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Auditory Anthology

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:11

Tales From the Blue Line - They Came From Channel Six

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/07/01

A cynical local news reporter investigates an alleged alien abduction in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac, only to uncover a hilariously mundane truth behind the "otherworldly" events.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you

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25:27

Rough Beast by Roger Dee

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/26

When a vicious alien monster crash-lands in the Florida Keys, two telepathic researchers and a reclusive hermit find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against a creature far more terrifying than they could ever imagine—or so they think.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you

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11:39

Tales From the Blue Line - The Shadowless Man

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/24

An ER nurse's routine night shift turns unsettling when a mysterious patient with a strange injury and no shadow appears, leaving her to question reality and forever change how she perceives the unseen.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely

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21:58

Zen by Jerome Bixby

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/19

When a paleontologist on an asteroid expedition encounters the last of an alien race, he faces an impossible request and a startling discovery that could change the future of two species.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!Curator: Keith

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14:29

Contact Lost by Keith Conrad

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/17

Back in 2020 during the middle of the COVID pandemic, I released a sci-fi novel called Righteous Might. There was a movie I really liked as a kid called “The Final Countdown.” It wasn’t exactly a big hit in its day but by the time I came on the scene it used to play late at night all over the place. In it the USS Nimitz was caught in a storm, and when they came out the other side they found themselves back on December 6th, 1941 the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As you might

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28:51

The Star Beast by Damon Knight

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/12

A murder aboard a starship, a vanished secret to faster-than-light travel, and the only witness is a silent, shapeshifting alien who may not be what it seems.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!Curator: Keith Conrad

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13:08

Tales From the Blue Line - Tape 83

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/10

An intern uncovers a mysterious news tape from a station that doesn’t exist—airing a broadcast from two days in the future.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You

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1:48:57

Blowups Happen by Robert Heinlein

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/08

In this episode we’re sharing the story "Blowups Happen", written in 1940 by Robert Heinlein. Among other things, Heinlein might be best known as the writer of Starship Troopers. This story was also featured on Weird Darkness, the paranormal podcast hosted by our narrator Darren Marlar. You can check out that podcast at Weird Darkness dot com."Blowups Happen" describes the tensions among the staff of a nuclear reactor. Heinlein's concept of a nuclear reactor was one of a barely contained explosion,

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18:24

The Dream Snake By Robert E. Howard

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/05

A man plagued since childhood by a recurring dream of a monstrous serpent stalking him across the African grasslands fears that if it ever catches him—even in sleep—he will lose his mind forever.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely

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15:38

Tales From the Blue Line - The Patient in 4A

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/06/03

A coma patient who hasn’t spoken in five years suddenly sits up and warns a night nurse about something that will happen tomorrow—at the river, at exactly 2:14 p.m.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit

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14:43

A Bad Day For Vermin By Keith Laumer

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/29

When a mysterious alien lands in small-town Illinois, the town must decide what makes someone a “person”… before it’s too lateIf you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconradNarrator: Darren Marlar

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15:26

Tales From the Blue Line - The Stairway

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/27

When Elliot gets a notification about an unexpected package at his apartment building, a mundane occurrence changes his entire understanding of life and the universe.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit

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29:49

The Jupiter Weapon By Charles L. Fontenay

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/22

When a drunken guard leaves a woman stranded in a sleazy saloon on Ganymede, she finds an unlikely protector in a quiet, man whose strange cowardice may hide a deadly secretIf you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!Curator: Keith Conrad

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21:01

Tales From the Blue Line - The Patient Time Forgot

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/20

A young nurse receives a page from a hospital room that no longer exists—and discovers a patient who claims he’s been waiting since 1953.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit

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16:19

Slaughter On Dornel IV By Ivar Jorgensen

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/15

This week’s story is Slaughter On Dornel IV By Ivar Jorgensen. It was first published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in April of 1957. Most of the time, getting in a fight in a bar is a very bad idea. But for Larry, a human getting ready for a big boxing match on Dornel IV, it just might save his lifeIf you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack:

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21:13

Tales From the Blue Line - Dreams Before Dying

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/13

When Tom begins dreaming about deadly accidents—before they happen—he’s forced to confront a terrifying connection to strangers who never wake up.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit

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24:14

The Golgotha Dancers By Manly Wade Wellman

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/08

After discovering a mysterious and disturbing painting in a museum, a man brings it home—only to find that some works of art were never meant to live beyond the canvas.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!Curator: Keith Conrad

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20:13

Tales From the Blue Line - Parallel Shifts

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/06

While adjusting to the night shift at a rural Mississippi hospital, a new nurse begins to suspect that reality itself is shifting around her—and that she may be the only one who notices.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series,

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18:43

The Engineer By Frederick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/05/01

At the bottom of the Atlantic, a small leak in Subatlantic Oil’s drilling chamber triggers a race against time — and a chilling reminder that ambition, arrogance, and pressure don’t just build under the sea.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.comBy becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely

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20:17

Tales From the Blue Line - Alternate Programming

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/04/29

During a quiet late shift at a rural TV station, two staffers discover their broadcast has mysteriously crossed into a parallel reality—one where a familiar celebrity’s life has taken an impossible turn.Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.If you have a story you’d like to

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