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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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23:53

X Minus One: The Veldt

Auditory Anthology ·

2026/01/11

Just a few weeks ago here on Auditory Anthology we shared the Ray Bradbury story The Veldt. Here's our version of the story: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kRCIf3AIK1wusehXNhngZ?si=1d7f3f3f828d4be4This is another story that was featured on the 1950's radio drama series X Minus One. It originally aired in August of 1955.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

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24:19

The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes by H.G. Wells

Auditory Anthology ·

2026/01/08

A scientific experiment goes awry, leaving a man trapped between two worlds and forcing science to confront the limits of perception.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 linktr.ee/keithrconradNarrator: Darren Marlar

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35:41

The Jar by Ray Bradbury

Auditory Anthology ·

2026/01/06

A mysterious carnival prize becomes a vessel for fear, imagination, and the unsettling power of what we choose to believe.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 linktr.ee/keithrconradNarrator: Darren Marlar

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16:41

X Minus One: Zero Hero

Auditory Anthology ·

2026/01/04

Back in January of 2024 when we launched Auditory Anthology, one of the first short stories we shared was Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury. Here’s a link to that episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tZ7cShJ2kKtqQna8DT86n?si=28fa19a6e71a456bThis is another story that was originally featured on the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. We’ll be back with our normal original content on Tuesday and Thursday, but in the meantime for your listening pleasure here’s the X Minus One episode Zero Hour, which

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25:56

Invader from Infinity By George Whittington

Auditory Anthology ·

2026/01/01

Faced with an alien predator whose weapons render Earth’s strongest defenses useless, Commander Jon McPartland must execute a desperate scientific bluff and a high-stakes tactical gamble to save the Solar System from total annihilation.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

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16:52

Tales From the Blue Line - One Last Drink at Jimmy...

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/30

After stumbling into a mysterious Chicago tavern where the patrons treat him like a long-lost legend, a reserved young man disappears from his life forever, leaving his friends to eventually discover that the bar, and everyone inside it, never existed at all.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

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22:08

X Minus One: Prime Difference

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/28

Back in January of 2024 when we launched Auditory Anthology, one of the first short stories we shared was Prime Difference by Alan Norse. Here’s a highlight from that episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/52Uf0lF35EPpfxfbWpKR8XWe’ll have a link to that episode in the show notes. This is another story that was originally featured on the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. We’ll be back with our normal original content on Tuesday and Thursday, but in the meantime for your listening pleasure here’s the

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32:51

The Signalman by Charles Dickens

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/25

I have always been bothered by the line in the Andy Williams Christmas song "It's the most wonderful time of the year" when he says "There'll be scary ghost stories." I always wondered who told scary ghost stories for Christmas. So naturally, with Christmas falling on a Thursday, I decided it was a good idea to share a scary ghost story. Here is "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens, certainly a writer people associate with Christmas. Darren Marlar shared it on his amazing podcast Weird Darkness.If you

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58:46

It's A Wonderful Life by Lux Radio Theater

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/24

It's Christmas Eve! It's A Wonderful Life has been a part of my family's Christmas experience my entire life. Back in 1947, Lux Radio Theater created a radio adaptation of It’s A Wonderful Life. This production stars Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed reprising their iconic roles as George and Mary. Just like the movie, George goes on an unforgettable journey of self-discovery, guided by the bumbling yet endearing angel Clarence, as he learns just how much one life can touch so many others. Filled with

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2:59:30

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/23

Christmas wouldn't be complete without the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, and today we’re enjoying a very special version. We’re featuring Darren Marlar’s audiobook of A Christmas Carol. Whether you’ve heard this story a hundred times or are hearing it for the first time, Darren’s narration brings every character to life, from the rattling chains of Jacob Marley to the infectious joy of Tiny Tim. Let’s head back to 1843 and see if a heart of stone can truly be changed.If you have a story you’d like to

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25:23

X Minus One: The Snowball Effect

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/21

Back in 2024 when we launched Auditory Anthology, one of the first short stories we shared was The Snowball Effect by Katherine MacLean.Here’s a link to our original episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ScU47W6gsiDYnZKPZByDT?si=f38308411b994a2aThis is another story that was originally featured on the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. We’ll be back with our normal original content on Tuesday and Thursday, but in the meantime for your listening pleasure here’s the X Minus One episode The Snowball

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13:57

Call Center by Noah Vale

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/18

Working his first shift at an abysmal call center for the “Vital-Link Wellness Band,” new hire Elias quickly realizes that the red status light on the wristbands is not a glitch but a death timer, and his scripted, seemingly nonsensical instructions are actually guiding the wearers to their exact, preordained places of demise.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

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13:06

Tales From the Blue Line - The Engineer

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/16

On his first solo overnight shift at an old radio station, a young announcer is guided and mentored by the station’s kindly, veteran engineer, only to discover in the morning that the man who kept him company—and whose tools still sit on the console—died years ago in the locked transmitter room.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

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24:11

X Minus One: The Merchants of Venus

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/14

One of my favorite episodes of X Minus One was The Merchants Of Venus, so when I was looking for stories to share on Auditory Anthology, it was one of the first ones I looked for.We released our version of the story on April fourth of twenty twenty-four: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Y7AjqxR4KTNvtGHSnpKeT?si=26632dbb02104263Here is the episode of X Minus One originally aired on July eighteenth of nineteen fifty seven. We hope you enjoy it.If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the

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30:34

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/11

When George and Lydia Hadley realize their children’s expensive, automated nursery… which projects any mental landscape with vivid reality… has been stuck on a terrifying, lion-filled African veldt, they find their attempt to shut down the machine may lead to a deadly confrontation with the technology that has replaced them as parents.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

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10:24

Tales From the Blue Line - Caller on Line Seven

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/09

The overnight staff at a dimly lit newsroom learns to dread… and then depend upon… a cranky, anonymous 11:37 p.m. caller on Line Seven who relentlessly complains about the station’s coverage of future events, accurately predicting everything from escaped goats at City Hall to the weatherman fainting live on air.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

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24:46

X Minus One: Man's Best Friend

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/07

Back when we launched Auditory Anthology, one of the first short stories we shared was Man's Best Friend by Evelyn E. Smith. It's a story that describes a very different way of picking political leaders.Here’s a ink to that episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SWMjsljmNR9bgtWkAuKbuThis is another story that was originally featured on the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. We’ll be back with our normal original content on Tuesday and Thursday, but in the meantime for your listening pleasure here’s

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19:47

Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/04

A lonely aunt’s pride in her exotic, gift-giving nephew turns to dread when his latest botanical offering—the Venusian “Rambler”—proves to be a massive, blood-sucking, mind-controlling carnivorous plant that begins feeding on local animals until it finally sets its sights on her.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

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10:02

Tales From the Blue Line - The Midnight Janitor

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/12/02

The exhausted staff of a hospital’s chaotic night shift comes to depend on an unsettlingly silent, unscheduled janitor nicknamed “Saint Squeegee,” who materializes exactly when and where messes, accidents, and minor crises erupt, leading the nurses to believe he is either a guardian angel or a cleaning ghost.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

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31:38

X Minus One: Chain of Command

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/30

Back in January of 2024 when we launched Auditory Anthology, one of the first short stories we shared was Chain of Command by Stephen Arr.Here’s a link to the episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/579BArR03hwf1UgSP5kZwq?si=c505422014504396This is another story that was originally featured on the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. We’ll be back with our normal original content on Tuesday and Thursday, but in the meantime for your listening pleasure here’s the X Minus One episode Chain of Command,

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