The Midnight Storyteller - Short Fiction Podcast

Tonight on The Midnight Storyteller, justice walks hand in hand with the supernatural in two deeply unsettling tales of guilt, truth, and the horrors that linger beyond death. In  Witness Beyond , a murder trial in the quiet town of Evergreen Falls takes a chilling turn when the ghost of the victim appears in the courtroom itself, threatening to unravel everything the jury believes to be true. The...

Tonight on The Midnight Storyteller, we follow the rhythm beneath the words—where rhyme twists into longing, secrets stir beneath still waters, and hearts refuse to beat quietly.   In The Pursuit of Penelope Pine, love stumbles and stutters through clever verse, where every line risks collapse under the weight of its own devotion. In River Secrets, a simple act of kindness draws forth something an...

Step into the dark where time falters, guilt takes shape, and the past refuses to stay buried. In this haunting episode of  The Midnight Storyteller , a rebel spirit rises from the forests to defy tyranny, a solitary watchman discovers that time itself may be correcting him, and a desert outlaw realizes he cannot outrun what follows in his wake. In the fog-choked town of Grayspire, a desperate man...

Tonight on The Midnight Storyteller, we descend into the quiet spaces where regret lingers, reflections speak back, and the past refuses to stay buried. In  Fear of Failure , we stand in the wreckage of ambition and ask whether collapse is an ending—or a beginning disguised as ruin. In  Homecoming , a soldier returns from war only to confront a deeper battlefield waiting in his living room. Guilt,...

The Midnight Storyteller returns with a season premiere that journeys through quiet reckonings, cosmic wonder, fractured identity, and the strange poetry of instinct and choice. In this opening episode, we follow travelers caught between who they were and who they might become. A snowbound train ride becomes a crossroads of risk and renewal in The Last Train Home. Beneath distant galaxies, love st...

Step into cities where time bends, streets whisper, and reality itself frays at the edges. In this episode, Justin LeDuc guides listeners through four haunting tales of chaos, memory, and survival: Juno’s Bite  — A young dreamer confronts a cryptic challenge that sends him spiraling through fractured memories, surreal visions, and the restless echoes of the city itself. Street Lethal  — A desperat...

In this episode of The Midnight Storyteller, we step into worlds shaped by memory, solitude, and the quiet forces that watch us from just beyond the firelight. We begin with “The Weight of Snow,” a tender meditation on grief and remembrance, where a woman’s morning ritual unearths more than a buried object—it uncovers the fragile balance between holding on and letting go, and the quiet mercy found...

Step into the haunted corners of memory, legacy, and identity in this chilling collection of tales where the past refuses to stay buried. In this episode of The Midnight Storyteller, we unravel five stories of uncanny possession, cursed inheritance, and the secrets we cannot outrun: Wisteria – A new home promises peace, but a single candle and a crooked frame reveal a presence that refuses to let...

Step into the quiet spaces where the strange and the beautiful collide. In this episode of The Midnight Storyteller , we journey through three haunting tales: • Choose — A man faces an impossible decision hidden in plain sight. • The Last Concerto — A dying composer weaves his final breath into music. • The Song of the Hollow Wind — A forgotten soul gives voice to a valley long silenced. Three ech...

In this hauntingly tender episode of The Midnight Storyteller , five stories drift between fleeting romance, forgotten grief, and the uncanny edges of dreams and memory. From a chance encounter that lingers beyond its moment, to a cabin deep in the woods where darkness holds a gentler truth—each tale invites you to linger in the stillness between heartbeats. Let the hush of the night guide you thr...

In this high-octane tale of grit and greed, The Midnight Storyteller plunges you into a sun-scorched wasteland where danger lurks beneath every dune. A ruthless treasure hunter and a reckless smuggler form an uneasy alliance as they race against time—and each other—to reclaim an ancient artifact of unimaginable power. Bandits close in, ancient traps awaken, and betrayal simmers just beneath the su...

In the salt-stained town of Seabrook, sixteen-year-old Evie Davenport feels like a ghost in her own life—overshadowed, unheard, and unseen. But when she stumbles upon a forgotten mural hidden in the ruins of an old lighthouse, everything changes. As she sets out to restore the painting and uncover its secrets, Evie is drawn into the legacy of Lydia Harper, an artist who dared to tell the truth thr...

In this quietly powerful episode, two deeply human stories explore the echoes of love, grief, and memory. In The Weight of a Single Stone, a daughter returns home to confront the silence left by her father—and discovers an unexpected language of painted stones. In The Last of the Letters, a widow finds traces of a past love her husband never mentioned, leading her to a surprising connection and qu...

Tonight, we dive headfirst into the absurd with three tales of mishap, mystery, and maybe a little meaning. From a border crossing that hinges on sheer audacity, to a bacon-induced existential crisis, and finally, a man so locked into his routine that not even an impending apocalypse can shake him — these stories remind us that sometimes life’s strangest moments are the ones that stick with us the...

In this special extended episode of The Midnight Storyteller, we journey into the depths of cosmic horror with Echoes of the Unseen. When Dr. Avelina Thorne, a linguist specializing in lost languages, arrives at the isolated Vermillion Station, she expects an intellectual challenge. Instead, she finds an artifact that defies reason — its shifting glyphs are not just symbols but something far more...

Tonight, we journey through poetry, dystopia, history, and the infinite unknown with four haunting and thought-provoking tales:  • “Cult of Unrest” – A professor at Miskatonic University uncovers a dark cult intent on unraveling reality itself.  • “Picker Supreme” – In a ruthless dystopian wasteland, a warrior fights for survival, where every choice is a matter of life or death.  • “Innocence in W...

Marking the debut of The Midnight Storyteller, this episode features a few stories featured in my short story collection “Tales from a Midnight Caprice” available on Amazon “He Who Shouldn’t Be” Oliver, a seemingly ordinary man in perfect health, visits the doctor for a routine checkup. What begins as a standard examination soon turns into a perplexing mystery that leaves the medical team question...