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This is my reading of my own short story. It is a sort of horror story set in Victorian London.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: The Open Boat, Credit: Robert Quakenbush
Based on Crane's real-life experience while serving as a journalist corresponding from the Cuban War of Independence. The steamship on which he was...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
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An array of horror tales that tackle the artistic ego, an original score, and field recordings to insulate a unique atmosphere for the mind.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:20:37
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Part 2 - The Homeless - WORD for WORDcast continues E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at the future, wh...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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In Part 2 - The Mending Apparatus - WORD for WORDcast continues E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at th...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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"Commerce," by Ken Cormier

  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:49
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It is an experimental radio piece based on the poem by the Argentine poet Oliverio Girondo. 25 seconds of life was created in the context of the ne...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 15:11
Caption: Poecast, Credit: Art by Blue Bliss
In mourning at his wife's grave, Edgar Poe encounters unnatural and supernatural beings.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
Caption: Basswood Shoes (digital painting), Credit: Donald Whalen
A group of children worry about their Hispanic grandmother after the death of her only sibling, Uncle Lolo. Written by Michael Fidel Marquez, Narr...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 25:31
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For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we revisit Benjamin Alire Saenz, who is known for his award-winning fiction, young adult novels, and poetry....

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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For Women's History Month, we revisit a novel that's built around real life West Virginia murders of a widow and her three children during the Grea...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Zeb's just found a trailer which is lucky because crocobass tend to enjoy their prey while it's still alive.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:09
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National Novel Writing Month and Native American Heritage month come together again in the work of Linda Rodriguez. She talks about how her mystery...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNJR, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Pip returns to Miss Havisham's and learns the secrets of Satis House.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 27:41
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A man is driven to commit a horrible but seemingly perfect crime, only to find that 'getting away with it' is harder than it seems.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 14:20
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The classic Poe tale of vengeance full of irony, horror, and alcohol

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Sep 07, 2015
  • Length: 20:08
  • Purchases: 1
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We have two guests with us tonight to discuss the play both as production or performance and as text; the deed and the word. As Harold Goddard said...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
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An Audio Drama about table-top, pen and paper role playing games.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 43:00
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KUER's RadioWest and Salt Lake City's Plan B Theatre Company present The Juniper Tree, adapted for radio from the Grimm Fairy Tale.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:25
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Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Job in Suck City, reads his poem "Embrace Noir."

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
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A radio drama adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 36:05
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"The Fall Of The House Of Usher" starring Kevin Sorbo, John Billingsley, Bonita Friedericy and Jim O'Rear. An Audio Drama adaptation of the classic...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Two of Daniel Woodrell's eight novels are now acclaimed films. The 1998 movie RIDE WITH THE DEVIL was adapted from his novel WOE TO LIVE ON, and th...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The say Sunday at 11am is the most segregated hour in America. But one of the nice things about this land of freedom to worship is that there seem...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:02
Caption: LeatherBound Series, Credit: John DiCarlo
A short explanation of how LeatherBound works along with a brief demonstration.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:26