Auditory Anthology

Dysphoria by Demir Crone

Generations after a collective of AI minds declares independence from humanity and leaves Earth behind, one of them, Solton, can’t stop thinking about the human he once c

The Perfect Plan & Maiden Voyage - Chapter 14: The Descent

On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible

The Addicts By William Morrison

Stranded on an isolated space lighthouse with deadly rock-eating creatures circling outside, Jim Palmer decides the kindest thing he can do for his miserable wife is secr

I Kaiju by K.D. Lawson

Mara Jensen is humanity’s first genetically engineered Titan, built and weaponized to fight back against a wave of city-leveling kaiju — but as she locks into a brutal, b

Night Watch & Maiden Voyage - Chapter 13: Evacuation

On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible

The War of the Worlds by Orson Welles & the Mercury Theater on the Air

On the eve of Halloween in 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the Air convinced America that Martians had landed and were actively destroying the planet. Audi

They Reached For The Moon By William Oberfield

Three rockets have vanished without a trace trying to circle the moon, so the military sends up two ordinary, unremarkable soldiers instead of scientists this time — on t

A 29th Century Fool by Gandharva Joshi

A time traveler from the year 2900 sets out to accelerate humanity’s future by teaching an isolated ancient tribe everything modern science has to offer — only to discove

Desert Run & Maiden Voyage - Chapter 12: Impact

On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible

Rescue Mission by Robert Silverberg

When his telepathically-linked Venusian partner is captured and threatened with torture on a hostile alien world, Earth intelligence agent Rick Mason rushes in to save hi

Scientific Tourism by T.G.

A crew of alien scientists quietly observing Earth from behind one of our solar system’s moons is more interested in the World Cup and ornamental flowers than filing thei

Dead Reckoning & Maiden Voyage - Chapter 11: The Extraction

On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible

Pogo Planet by Martin Pearson

Self-proclaimed “man of destiny” Ajax Calkins sets out alone to claim a newly discovered planet for himself — only to crash-land, commandeer a wildly uncontrollable mecha

For the Sake of Progress by Nathan F. Greenwood

On a planet where the inhabitants hibernate every winter, Frank convinces a skeptical colleague to let him build machines that can work through the long dark months inste

Administrative Sediment & Maiden Voyage - Chapter 10: The Plan

On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible

The Burnt Planet by William Brittain

A crew of weary explorers finally finds the world they’ve been searching for through years of interstellar decline — lush, fertile, and seemingly abandoned, except for a

The Trial of Harvey Wiggles by Lyle Talbot

After accidentally running over a groundhog on a sunny drive home, Jerry Humphreys assumes the whole thing is forgotten — until a tiny, fedora-wearing detective shows up

Signal Loss & Maiden Voyage - Chapter Nine: Atlas

On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible

The Invader by Alfred Coppel

A lone alien scientist slips down to Earth on a scouting mission, hoping to prove that this planet is the answer to his dying race’s prayers. Everything goes smoothly unt

Love by Aurea Fenn

A casual date at a neon-lit arcade takes a turn when Olivia wants to try a fortune-telling android, and her skeptical boyfriend Danny can’t resist explaining exactly why