TALL TALE TV - Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Stories

Alt Choice  ep.585 If you could see the outcome of changing the past, would you? Tyler grew up in Phoenix, where he enjoyed playing basketball, singing in the school choir, and writing anything from essays to rap lyrics. He is currently an assistant professor living in Michigan. Though his primary career is in academia, he continues participation in the passions from his childhood; he plays intram...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 24 (book 4)  ep.584 Even the best laid plans can go awry. Listen to the book four playlist here https://talltaletv.com/series-of-portals-and-portents/ or listen to book one http://talltaletv.com/series-monsters-mushrooms/ listen to book two http://talltaletv.com/series-of-tyrants-and-teakettles/ Listen to book three http://talltaletv.com/series-of-bandits-and-bad-magic...

Great Hairy Boats  ep.583 When dealing with Vikings being the smartest person isn't always a good thing. Gustavo Bondoni is a novelist and short story writer with over three hundred stories published in fifteen countries, in seven languages.  He is a member of Codex and an Active Member of SFWA. His latest novel is a dark historic fantasy entitled  The Swords of Rasna  (2022). He has also publishe...

Abominable  ep.582 Even Bigfoot deserves legal representation. "Michael A. Clark's work has been published in Galaxy's Edge, Liquid Imagination, Mystery Weekly Magazine, Tales from the Moonlit Path, Cosmic Horror Magazine, AnotherRealm, White Cat Publications, History Through Fiction and Black Hare Press.  His stories have also appeared in the anthologies Colp and Thuggish Itch, Burning Love and B...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 23 (book 4)  ep.581 Sometimes you just have to embrace the knife in your back. Listen to the book four playlist here https://talltaletv.com/series-of-portals-and-portents/ or listen to book one http://talltaletv.com/series-monsters-mushrooms/ listen to book two http://talltaletv.com/series-of-tyrants-and-teakettles/ Listen to book three http://talltaletv.com/series-of-...

Star Status  In a world where personal rating is everything, one man stops caring. Zelda C. Thorne is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy. Find out more at  www.zeldacthorne.com This story originally appeared on the Reedsy prompts website.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www. TallTaleTV.com   ---- Story Submission ---- Got a s...

A Dull Knight in the Life of an Old Dragon  ep.579 A dull knight with a sharp blade vs. a cranky old lizard with an agenda. Let the hilarity ensue... Keith Ahrens is a retired paramedic and new author of The Underhill Chronicles (Books 1&2 currently out) published by Aethon Books. He is currently finishing Book 3 and also trying to sell a new series. Please see his website: https://www.keithahrens...

The Tread of Angels  ep.578 When angels take an interest in your plans they may leave your options open, but good advice is always worth taking. Bob Johnston lives in Scotland where he writes, works, and enjoys riding through the wonderful countryside. In 'The Tread of Angels' he has adopted a deliberately stilted conversational style, wondering just how he would speak to an angel if such a terrif...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 22 (book 4)  ep.577 Sometimes you just need to escape a situation. Listen to the book four playlist here https://talltaletv.com/series-of-portals-and-portents/ or listen to book one http://talltaletv.com/series-monsters-mushrooms/ listen to book two http://talltaletv.com/series-of-tyrants-and-teakettles/ Listen to book three http://talltaletv.com/series-of-bandits-and-...

Godsmith  ep.576 A tour guide at the Museum of Scientific Curiosities recounts the history of their newest exhibit; the failed mechanical god built by a 19th-century 'magnetic healing' group on orders of luminous beings from higher planes of reality. Pat O'Malley lives in New York where he loves to write the kind of absurd/weird fiction that he and his friends would love to read. His short stories...

Darkness of the Night  ep.575 What would you do to get someone back? Julia LaFond is a geoscience/astrobiology PhD candidate at Penn State University. She's had short stories published via  Alternative Holidays  (B Cubed Press),  Utopia Science Fiction Magazine , and  Caustic Frolic . In her spare time, Julia enjoys reading and gaming. Website:  https://jklafondwriter.wordpress.com/ Other TTTV sto...

Super-Commodities  ep.574 Even superheroes find union negotiations difficult. Andrew Rucker Jones is a former IT expert and American expatriate living in Germany with his Georgian wife and their three children. He quit his day job to become an author, and he has yet to regret it. You can read his blog at http://selfdefeatistnavelgazing.wordpress.com/ . Other TTTV stories by Andrew Rucker Jones: ht...

Magic Tassels  ep.573 A young boy returns home with magic tassels. Joseph Carrabis has been everything from a long-haul trucker to a Chief Research Scientist and holds patents covering mathematics, anthropology, neuroscience, and linguistics. He created a technology in his basement that was in use in over 120 countries and was selected as an International Ambassador for Psychological Science in 20...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 21 (book 4)  ep.572 Reunions never go the way you want them to. Listen to the book four playlist here https://talltaletv.com/series-of-portals-and-portents/ or listen to book one http://talltaletv.com/series-monsters-mushrooms/ listen to book two http://talltaletv.com/series-of-tyrants-and-teakettles/ Listen to book three http://talltaletv.com/series-of-bandits-and-bad...

The High Priest of Turmiz  ep.571 It is rumored that the raspy voice of the long-interred High Priest echoes down the ages whispering invocations. Lee Clark Zumpe has been writing and publishing horror, dark fantasy and speculative fiction since the late 1990s. His short stories and poetry have appeared in a variety of publications such as Weird Tales, and Space and Time; and in anthologies such a...

Junker Joe  ep.570 Looking for wrecked battleships in the Kuiper belt, Joe finds something special. Simon Kewin is the author of over 100 published short and flash stories. His works have appeared in Analog, Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Abyss and Apex and many more. He is also the author of a growing number of novels. He lives deep in the English countryside. Find him at  simonkewin.co.uk   ----...

Accountability  ep.569 Fletcher can't stop counting. Going to work, going home, going through a portal into an alternate reality - counting is the one constant in his life. Gareth D Jones is unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world, having been published in 31 languages. He is a father of five, two of whom are also published authors. He lives i...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 20 (book 4)  ep.568 Family is everything. Listen to the book four playlist here https://talltaletv.com/series-of-portals-and-portents/ or listen to book one http://talltaletv.com/series-monsters-mushrooms/ listen to book two http://talltaletv.com/series-of-tyrants-and-teakettles/ Listen to book three http://talltaletv.com/series-of-bandits-and-bad-magic/ Listen to book...

Sixpence  ep.567 Witch hunting isn't a bad trade if you know how to do it right. Rick Danforth resides in Yorkshire, England, where he works as a Systems Architect to fund his writing habit. When not working valiantly at the typeface or the plot mines, he can normally be found doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a type of involuntary yoga with uncomfortable pyjamas.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  h...

Onyx Olympus  ep.566 The first nocturnal dive into Olympus Mons goes differently than imagined. Robert Pettus is an English as a Second Language teacher at the University of Cincinnati. Previously, he taught for four years in a combination of rural Thailand and Moscow, Russia. He likes writing, but he never found the time or the courage to try and regularly do it until quarantine forced him into a...

All Kinds of Time  ep.565 A college football star gets a message from his future self. Matt McHugh was born in suburban Pennsylvania, attended LaSalle University in Philadelphia, and after a few years as a Manhattanite, currently calls New Jersey home.  Website:  mattmchugh.com   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www. TallTaleTV.com   ---- St...

The Mad Scientist's Brother  ep.564 A mad scientist living in a poor, rural area gets thrust into contemporary America. Jason Lairamore is a husband, father, and medical professional. Jason is also a reader and writer of strange stories from across the science fiction, fantasy, and horror spectrum. He has a yearly garden, thinks cooking and canning are escape therapy, coaches football, really love...

A Fistful of Credits  ep.563 This is what happens when an alien card game goes wrong. Marc Shapiro is a New York Times Bestselling author, a published short story writer, poet, comic book writer and the author of more than 90 unauthorized celebrity biographies. Recent books include Existential Jibber Jabber (poetry)Demain Publishing, Keanu Reeves Excellent Adventure (biography) Riverdale Avenue Bo...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 19 (book 4)  ep.562 Yep, that's a dragon. Listen to the book four playlist here https://talltaletv.com/series-of-portals-and-portents/ or listen to book one http://talltaletv.com/series-monsters-mushrooms/ listen to book two http://talltaletv.com/series-of-tyrants-and-teakettles/ Listen to book three http://talltaletv.com/series-of-bandits-and-bad-magic/ Listen to book...

Butler and Barrie's Wild Faery Land Stolen Child Carousel  ep.561 An enchanted carousel comes to town, but the parents get a different ride. Caleb Coy is a freelance writer with a Masters Degree in English from Virginia Tech. He was first captivated by the poetry of William Butler Yeats in high school. His writing has appeared in Mystery Magazine, Hippocampus, Coachella Review, and elsewhere. He p...