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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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18:26

Escape From Pluto By William Oberfield

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2025/11/27

Exiled Martian dictator Marcius Kemble, maddened by defeat and banished to frozen Pluto, believes he has secured an escape ship from the mysterious native inhabitants, only to discover too late that his vengeful return to the inner solar system is foiled by a fatal design flaw: the ship is made of mercury and will melt under the heat of the sun.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

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10:10

Tales From the Blue Line - The Phantom Channel

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2025/11/25

The late-night technician at an outdated TV station discovers a mysterious phantom channel that broadcasts a live, eerie feed of their town, only to realize the footage isn’t showing the present, but the immediate, inevitable future, with predictions that quickly turn from strange coincidence to terrifying catastrophe.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

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23:43

X Minus One: The Lights on Precipice Peak

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2025/11/23

Back in January of 2024 when we launched Auditory Anthology, one of the first short stories we shared was The Lights on Precipice Peak by Stephen Tall. Here’s a link to that episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IDdvopOUIyvGjaVvxKjp4?si=f09f5d43000e411b.This is another story that was originally featured on the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. It was one of my favorite episodes and I was very excited when I found the short story. We’ll be back with our normal original content on Tuesday and

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26:20

The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/20

Bored with the comforts of 25th-century civilization, a famous adventure novelist and his bride convince a drunken friend to use an experimental teleportation device, the Cosmic Express, to send them to the primitive, wild jungles of Venus, where their romanticized notions of "back to nature" are instantly and miserably crushed.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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11:58

Tales From the Blue Line - The Vending Machine Prophecy

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/18

The night shift at the hospital is dramatically altered when the staff discovers that the old, untrustworthy vending machine, an office joke, starts dispensing eerie and hyper-specific fortune tea bottles that accurately predict everything from missed birthdays to patient emergencies on their floor.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

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29:00

X Minus One: $1,000 A Plate

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/16

Back in January of 2024 when we launched Auditory Anthology, the first short story we shared was $1000 A Plate by Jack McKenty. Here's a link to that first episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xTy4mKQao1eAjvmt5gkMb?si=e54ccfd5e23a4b7fThis 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 for now here’s the X Minus One episode $1000 A Plate, which originally aired March 21st 1956If you

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24:28

Space-Lane of No-Return By George A. Whittington

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/13

When a couple rookie Inter-Planetary Patrol officers a legendary pirate, they realize their mundane “asteroid fishing” equipment holds the secret to defeating the outlaw’s superior defenses.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:

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11:44

Tales From the Blue Line - Hold Music

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/11

After calling a customer support line for his broken streaming box, Evan is horrified when the voice on the other end begins using an unnervingly cheerful tone to reveal private memories, predict his immediate future, and ultimately prove she knows more about his life than he does.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

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30:15

X Minus One: The Outer Limit

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/09

A few weeks ago, on our classic sci-fi series we shared the story “The Outer Limit” by Graham Doar. It was originally published in The Saturday Evening Post in December of 1949, but I originally heard it on an episode of the 1950’s radio drama X Minus One. I mentioned in the episode that Darren and I were unable to find a copy of the original story, so we actually adapted the original radio drama script into a short story version.Here's our version from the September 25th episode:

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29:45

Six Frightened Men by Randall Garrett

Auditory Anthology ·

2025/11/06

Crouching on an alien desert, a man must quickly identify a sixty-foot-tall, seemingly indestructible monster that appeared from nowhere after it kills two of his crew, only to realize the terrifying creature is not a product of alien evolution but a powerful, localized psychological weapon.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:

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