Deep Overstock Fiction Podcast

Kummam Al-Maadeed reads “The Lullaby” by Ben Talley from DO Issue 5: Dreams .  Al-Maadeed, author of The Lost Rose and Calling Magic , and host Z.B. Wagman discuss the dreamy nature of the “The Lullaby” and ask, if the lullaby ends, do we all die? Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Buy Future here! The Zenith “Dear 21st Century” by Jonathan Van Belle “Lost in Space” by Karla Linn Merrifield “Take Refuge in the Sky” by Nicholas Yandell “Medicine 2180” by Lynette Esposito “Jane, Inc.” by K.B. Thomas

Buy Future here! The Wasteland “S.A.L.” by Bogdan Groza Three pieces by Ben Crowley  ( @pluto_house_ ) “God’s in His Heaven, And All Orders will be Fulfilled” by Walter Moon

Buy Future here! The Fall “Boston, Light the Way” by Michael Santiago “The Body” by Eric Thralby  ( @pluto_house_ )

Buy Future here! The Prophecy “In the Cards” by Karla Linn Merrifield “Dew Point” by Kate Wylie “The Pharaoh’s Orchid,” by Amy Van Duzer “Prophecy” by AJD

Sara Kachelman reads "A Country Visitation" by Joe Galván, published in DO Issue 3: Paranormal Romance . Kachelman, a master and unparalleled turns, reads Joe Galván, a master of beauty, intrigue and, in “A Country Visitation,” the true master of romance, paranormal or otherwise. Both authors use Gothic elements in their fiction, Kachelman, the Southern Gothic, and Galván, Roman Catholicism. Follo...

E.T. Starmann reads "A Few Days After Becoming a Vampire" by Kummam Al-Maadeed, published in DO Issue 9: New Arrivals . Kummam Al-Maadeed is the author of Court of Wizards series. Kummam's style is known for incredible world and character building, worlds of fantasy that feel so real you can live in them.  Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Benjamin Kessler reads "The Small Man" by Sara Kachelman from the DO Issue 1: Space Exploration .  Kessler and Kachelman are both masters of turning any setting into fiction. Kessler is interested in the defamiliarization of the mundane while Kachelman is interested in incredible images.  Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Erin Karbuczky reads "Alien Boy" by E.T. Starmann from DO Issue 10: Origin of Life .  Erin Karbuczky is a master of speculative fiction with great emotional depth. E.T. Starmann is an author of pulp fiction with an interest in small moments. E.T. Starmann  ( @pluto_house_ ) Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Kevin Sampsell reads "Composition" by Benjamin Kessler from DO Issue 4: Nautical Lore .  Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Buy Mysteries here! “Whistling in the Dark” by Nicholas Yandell “The Case of the Disposal” by Bob Selcrosse  ( @pluto_house_ ) “The King’s Man” by Ben Crowley  ( @pluto_house_ )

Buy Mysteries here! “One Thing I Won’t Forget” by Karla Linn Merrifield “Exchanged” by Lynette G. Esposito “The Art of the Never-Ending Ego” by Kate Falvey  “The Case of the Radiator” by Bob Selcrosse  ( @pluto_house_ )

Melissa Kerman reads "The Replica" by Erin Karbuczky from DO Issue 10: The Origin of Life .  Melissa and Erin both explore tension in relationships around subtly horrific events, desires and mistakes. The couple's infant is crushed by a car. They replace it with a replica. Will this fix their relationship?  Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Desmond Everest Fuller reads " You OK" by Kevin Sampsell from DO Issue 5: Dreams .  Sampsell is the founder of Future Tense Books and the author of A Common Pornography and This is Between Us. He is an events coordinator and the small press section curator at Powell's Books. Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Robert Eversmann reads "Man Eater" by Melissa Kerman from our DO Issue 9: New Arrivals .  Melissa Kerman is a master of tone, here telling a straightforward plot which never really happens, yet is full of suspense and potential. She creates the feeling of a horror story without making any direct references to horror. There is something deeply distressing about the normality of the scenes in M...

Elizabeth Neal reads "Sisters" by Kristi Lovato DO Issue 7: Horror.   Neal and Lovato are both masters of the anti-hero, or writing that dividing line between good and evil, that tantalizing grey area where all-powerful clowns give us orders in our dreams and ancient little girls devour despicable men. This episode is hosted by Z.B. Wagman. Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Laura Scott reads " Small Things " by Desmond Everest Fuller from DO Issue 6: Westerns .  Laura Scott and Desmond Everest Fuller are both known for their careful detail highlighting the beauty of small moments and small gestures.  Hosted by Michael Santiago.  Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.

Buy Animals here! Birds and Seabirds "Hummingbird" by G Michael Smith "Blackbird" by Ariel Kusby "Black Birds in the Backyard" by Lynnette G. Esposito "Elegy to the Great Auk" by Yuan Changming "The Coromorant" by Sarah Bartlett "Marport" by Zuriel van Belle

Buy Animals here! Quadrupedal Mammals which are Not Cats "GongXi FaCai" by Yuan Changming "bone" by Michal Goldstein "meow" by Jonathan van Belle "Early Evening" by Lynette G. Esposito "Leaving the Slaughterhouse" by Lynette G. Esposito "Rescue" by Desiree Ducharme "The We Hate Animals Club" by Arnold B Cabdriver  ( @pluto_house_ )

Buy Animals here! Chipmunks, Mice and Antlers "Day 5: Chipmunks" by Esther Fishman "The Deer" by Bob Selcrosse ( @pluto_house_ ) "Story for Sabi" by Heather Glover

Buy Animals here! "kitty" by Jonathan van Belle "The Temp" by Walter Moon "My Cat" by George White "Hospital for Reanimated Pets" by Kellye McBride

Buy Animals here! Fireflies, Beetles and Diving Bugs  "Blackberry Epiphany" by Michael Baldwin (read by Azalea Micketti) "Fireflies" by Z.B. Wagman "Dytiscus Larvae" Yuan Changming "Traumatic Indocrtination" by Robert Torres

Buy Animals here! Amphibians and Reptiles "Frog Calls" by Yuan Changming "Or Was it Not a Koi" by Sarah Bartlett "Gharial: A Riddle Poem" by Marlowe Whittenburg "Golden Eyes" by Michael Baldwin  "A Small Group of Fisherman" by Arnold B. Cabdriver   ( @pluto_house_ )

Robert Eversmann reads "Felita and the Green Bean" by Laura Scott from DO Issue 9: New Arrivals .  This story features a 15-year old girl moving away from her life in Wisconsin back to a new old future in Oregon. Scott's style blends beautiful imagery with coming-of-age plot and digestible moral philosophy. This episode is hosted by Michael Santiago. Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new...

Mark Savage reads "Lucy" by Elizabeth Neal from DO Issue 5: Dreams . Elizabeth Neal is the author of They All Die in the End and Mark Savage is the author of Fictional Film Club .  This episode is hosted by Z.B. Wagman. Follow DO on Instagram for updates on new issues.