TALL TALE TV - Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Stories

Of Risk and Relativity, Ch. 2 (book 5) ep.635 You Better Not Be Dandelion. Listen to the book five playlist here https://talltaletv.com/ series-of-risk-and-relativity / 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...

Stray Fire and Toppled Heads ep.634 After messing up a spell, a wizard loses his head and must escape a family of angry trolls. John Oakes is an emerging writer who is currently studying creative writing at Western Washington University. In his free time, he writes, reads, and writes some more. His work can be found in Lovecraftiana: The Magazine of Eldritch Horror and Etherea Magazine. Keep an ey...

Exotic Fish Subscription Service ep.633 David Mortimer was born in East London and is still there. He enjoys crosswords, crisps, and writing stories about knights and postal workers.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www. TallTaleTV.com   ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found a...

Of Risk and Relativity, Ch. 1 (book 5)  ep.632 A Nude Begining. Listen to the book five playlist here https://talltaletv.com/ series-of-risk-and-relativity / 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 3.5 h...

Haggis, Rhino and Other Unexpected Wildlife ep.631 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 in the UK where he writes stories and reviews, fuelled by copious amounts of tea. Author Website: www.garethdjones.co.uk Mo...

Test Amongst the Shadows ep.630 Todd Sullivan currently lives in Seoul, South Korea, where he teaches English as a Second Language. He has had more than two dozen short stories, poems, essays, and novelettes published across five countries. He currently has two book series through indie publishers in America. He writes for a Taipei web and play series that focuses upon black and African narratives...

A Game of Balances ep.629 D. A. D'Amico exists solely in the nightmares of a giant squid currently traversing the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench under the crushing depths of the Pacific Ocean. As legend has it, the cephalopod inks its bizarre musings on the flanks of passing beaked whales, later to be read by bored dolphins seeking entertainment, and who, in turn, squeak these stories to oblivious marine...

Grange Ghosts ep.628 Douglas Gwilym has been known to compose a weird-fiction rock opera or two. His short story "Poppy's Poppy" is a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award this year, and "Year Six" is on Ellen Datlow's recommended reading list for  Best Horror 14.  He edited  Triangulation  for four years and now co-edits The Midnight Zone—forthcoming edition,  Novus Monstrum.  See him read classics of...

Epic Dinner Conversation ep.627 A suburban family is not what it seems to be.  Or, perhaps, it's exactly what it seems to be.  That, ultimately, is a choice one can make. E. Kimball has nothing to promote, he just likes telling silly stories. A few have even been published! But if you'd like an up-to-date list of his other works, you can visit http://www.theekimball.com/   ---- Listen Elsewhere --...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 33 (book 4) ep.626 With every door that closes, one more opens. 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...

Hard Memory ep.625 Someone is hacking neural implants and the only clue is their last memory.   Addison Smith (he/him) is an author and laborer living in Upstate New York, where he spends most of his time at libraries. He is a member of the Codex Writers Group, and his fiction has appeared in Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Magazine, and other publications. You can find him on Twitter @AddisonCSmith.  ...

The Stamp Collector ep.624 When you receive everything you want for Christmas, do you ask who knows about your actions that previous year?   Robin Claiborne is a horror and fantasy writer living and working in New York. He is a stay-at-home father and short-story writer, and loves writing stories he'll one day share with his family.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/...

The Great Hall of Ahkurst ep.623 The old world may be forgotten, but it is not gone.   Lee Clark Zumpe, an entertainment columnist with Tampa Bay Newspapers, earned his bachelor's in English at the University of South Florida. He began writing poetry and fiction in the early 1990s. His work has regularly appeared in a variety of literary journals and genre magazines over the last two decades. Publ...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 32 (book 4) ep.622 Knowing what you're fighting for can make all the difference. 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-o...

Finding Georgia ep.621 It seems a lot of people go missing in the Aberdeen woods.   Chris Riley lives near Sacramento, California, vowing one day to move back to the Pacific Northwest. In the meantime, he teaches special education, writes cool stories, and hides from the blasting heat for six months of the year. He has had over 100 short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and...

Still Hungry ep.620 Something unnatural is sitting at table 9.   Bob Reiss is the best selling author of 24 books of fiction and non-fiction. Still Hungry is from Bob's short story collection, "Still Hungry, Tales From the Shadows" published as an ebook by Vida press in 2022. Many of his novels are based on his travels as a journalist in remote parts of earth, for magazines including Outside, Smit...

Rain Delay ep.619 Two tennis players' lives are turned upside down when they realize it never rains when they play. Daniel M. Cojocaru (he, him) was born and grew up in Switzerland (of Romanian and Czech background). He studied English Lit in Zurich and later completed his PhD at Oxford University (St. Peter's College). But, since everybody's a critic, he decided to start writing fiction himself,...

Checkpoint ep.618 On a distant planet, an alien teenager falls for the human girl whose exiled family has come to live there. Joel Fishbane's novel "The Thunder of Giants" is available from St. Martin's Press. His short fiction has been published in a variety of magazines, including On Spec, the Saturday Evening Post, the Massachusetts Review, and Witness. For more information, you are welcome to...

No Do-Overs ep.617 Brainwashing, the latest in child rearing technology! Andrew Rucker Jones is a former IT dweeb and American expatriate living in Germany with his Georgian wife and their three children. His greatest literary achievement to date is authoring ninety-eight iCloud reminders for every household chore from cleaning sinks to checking smoke detectors.  Author Website: http://selfdefeati...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 31 (book 4) ep.616 Some things must be done alone. 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/ Liste...

The Schooner Redwing ep.615 A Shipwrecked crew goes missing.   Andrew is an award winning fiction writer from Delaware where he owns and operates a small farm with his wife. His free time is spent as close to the water as possible, with a book in his hand, or writing stories that nobody wants to read.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www....

The Doomsday Virus ep.614 The Doomsday Virus defies scientific credulity but has a speculative explanation.   Arthur Pitchenik is a retired professor of medicine with many published research articles in top medical Journals on infectious diseases.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www. TallTaleTV.com   ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short...

Of Portals and Portents, Ch. 30 (book 4) ep.613 Monsters are made, not born. 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 t...

Winter Star ep.612 There's no telling what you'll hear on shortwave radio.   M. C. Tuggle is a life-long tinkerer and science geek now retired from the insurance industry, where he worked in project management and operations research. His science fiction, fantasy, and mystery stories have been featured in several publications, including Mystery Weekly, Hexagon Speculative Fiction, and Metaphorosis...

Duties of the Wind ep.611 It helps to know what you're going to do with it before you steal it.   Dan Crawford wrote three novels in the Nineties which led to a lot of "Whatever became of this guy" posts online.  His short stories are often to be found in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and his poems, alas, can be listened to on YouTube.   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.yout...