Auditory Anthology

Embark on a journey through time and imagination with ‘Auditory Anthology,’ a weekly podcast bringing to life the most captivating science fiction stories. Each episode, award-winning voice-artist and host of Weird Darkness Darren Marlar breathes life into a unique blend of classic and modern tales, ranging from time-honored masterpieces to groundbreaking works by emerging authors. Curated and produced by Keith Conrad.

The Outer Limit by Graham Doar

A test pilot’s experimental flight goes wrong, but he returns from the edge of space with a terrifying tale and an urgent warning: humanity has been quarantined by an alien force, and the world will end with the next nuclear explosion. If you...

The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft

A curious writer investigating a long-abandoned church in Providence unwittingly awakens an ancient, malevolent entity drawn to darkness, leading to his terrifying, inevitable doom. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can...

Skeleton by Ray Bradbury

Convinced that the skeleton inside him is a hostile, separate entity trying to take over his life, a perpetually anxious man seeks out a questionable “bone specialist” whose strange, whistling methods only confirm his terrifying delusion...

The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Seventeen-year-old Billy Weaver is charmed by the bizarrely cheap and cozy Bed and Breakfast he stumbles upon, only to discover that his sweet, forgetful landlady has a sinister connection to her last two tenants. If you have a story you’d like to...

Pickman’s Model By H. P. Lovecraft

After an acclaimed artist disappears, a colleague reveals the macabre secret of his genius: his terrifying, hyper-realistic paintings of demonic ghouls were drawn not from imagination, but from life. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to...

Don’t Look Now by Henry Kuttner

A cynical man’s drunken rants about Martians secretly controlling the world take a sudden turn when he realizes the reporter he’s been confiding in might be one of the few humans who can actually see them. If you have a story you’d like...

Tales From the Blue Line – Dead Ringer

A night shift ER nurse’s quiet evening turns surreal when a patient is admitted with a deep cut on his temple, and her computer system reveals he was pronounced dead in the exact same hospital room just four days earlier. Tales From The Blue Line:...