Stories from the Hearth
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster (Sci-Fi Horror) - Story #16
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A love letter to Gojira, a post-Cold War parable, a tale of confinement, escape, and approaching catastrophe. Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster is...
The Fox That Moved in Upstairs (Glaswegian Fauxklore) - Story #15
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bumps in the night. Shrieks through the wall. Strange smells in the hallway. A long-empty flat suddenly occupied by a reclusive and rather... furry in...
The Art of Floating (Surreal Satire) - Story #14
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An old woman with her can of spray paint invokes the anger of the Argentinian government, a group of armed civilians, and an American newsroom run by ...
La Ville des Nuages Noirs (Magical Crime Noir) - Story #13
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Detective-Inspector Rosa Dubois is half-magic, half-human, and ever since she got blipped up here to the City of Black Clouds she's been searching for...
The Bard - A First Birthday Special!
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our very first birthday! Come gather round the fire with us once more in this special birthday short story. Take a look at what the future holds ...
From the Bauer of a Larch in Autumn (Mental Health) - Story #12
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Avery is about to turn 28, which means that soon she'll have lived longer than her father, the legendary rock-star Kash Bauer, ever did. She's been de...
The Wandering Burger - An Interview with Joe Fisher of Midnight Burger
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An extra special episode of The Wandering Bard on Stories from the Hearth, in which Cal holds a conversation on storytelling with Joe Fisher, creator ...
The Selkie of Beinn nam Mic Caillte (Halloween Horror) - Story #11
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a loch in the lee of a mountain in the Scottish Highlands there lives an ancient king. Banished by his people millennia ago, these days he survives...
The Merwife of Shetland (Bonus Minisode #7)
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the Stories from the Hearth minisode series - normally exclusive to Patreon - Calum reads a classic story from the public domain; be it fable, fair...
Modest Mussorgsky and the Lonely Soldier (Historical Romance) - Story #10
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ludoslaw Dragon is a lonely drunk. Ludoslaw Dragon has a hole in his heart. Ludoslaw Dragon has disappeared... In the aftermath of World War Two, a on...
Chinese Shadow Puppets - TWB S2 E3
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By flickering candlelight, Chinese storytellers have been telling tales with exquisite, colourful shadow puppets for over two-thousand years. Survivin...
Caveworm: 2/2 (Fantasy Drama) - Story #9
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reaching the elven town of Eldritch, it soon became clear to Lucky the troll that their kind was unwanted. Now, Lucky is set to face an even greater t...
West African Griots - TWB S2 E2
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In West Africa, speech goes deeper than just communication - the spoken word is imbued with the natural power to create and to give life. For centurie...
Caveworm: 1/2 (Fantasy Drama) - Story #9
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lucky is the unluckiest troll in the Hole: a massive cave system which has provided sanctuary for trolls like Lucky since his great-great-great-grandp...
Hawaiian Hula Dancers - TWB S2 E1
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Polynesians first settled the isolated Hawaiian Islands, they transformed traditional dancing into Hula, which almost all of us recognise in some...
Lights Out (Post-Apocalyptic Romance) - Story #8
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the world isn't caused by a meteor, a nuclear blast, a monster or god. The end of the world isn't exciting, nor is it terrifying. The end o...
Spirit (Fantasy Sci-Fi) - Story #7
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deep in the jungle interior of the Southern Islands, a species of sentient beings live out their lives at peace and in harmony with the forest, and wi...
Why Do We Tell Stories? - TWB S1 E3
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part Three in the first season of Stories from the Hearth's bonus historical and interview series: The Wandering Bard. Each season of The Wandering Ba...
The Pale Blue Dot: 2/2 (Sci-Fi Comedy) - Story #6
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this extra special episode of Stories from the Hearth, The Pale Blue Dot comes to its dramatic (and rather silly) conclusion. Flying freelancer Jah...
The Pale Blue Dot: 1/2 (Sci-Fi Comedy) - Story #6
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this extra special episode of Stories from the Hearth, flying freelancer Jahanara Khan seeks refuge in a run-down space station called the Pale Blu...
Why Do We Tell Stories? - TWB S1 E2
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part Two in the first season of Stories from the Hearth's bonus historical and interview series: The Wandering Bard. Each season of The Wandering Bard...
Tsujigiri: Death from the Shadows (Historical Horror) - Story #5
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You stand in shadow. The moon is late to rise tonight. At your side is your katana, newly forged, never used. And so you wait, ready and eager to test...
Why Do We Tell Stories? - TWB S1 E1
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part One in the first season of Stories from the Hearth's bonus historical and interview series: The Wandering Bard. Each season of The Wandering Bard...
The Keymaker: 2/2 (Time Travel Drama) - Story #4
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Xi'an, China. 1967. A Kazakhstani writer has travelled through time to the heart of Communist China's barbaric Cultural Revolution. Now, he awaits tri...
The Keymaker: 1/2 (Time Travel Drama) - Story #4
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Xi'an, China. 2045. A Kazakhstani writer sits down at his desk and begins to type. Beneath his fingers, the story of a young girl unfolds: she holds a...
Ludmiła and the Duckling (Queer Fantasy) - Story #3
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On a lonely island, wreathed in mist, Ludmiła the two-spirit harvests the soft down of eider ducks for a living. Made an outcast because of their gen...
The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Bonus Minisode #1)
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the Stories from the Hearth minisode series - normally exclusive to Patreon - Calum reads a classic story from the public domain; be it fable, fair...
Carcosa (Surreal Sci-Fi) - Story #2
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a distant future, intergalactic space-travel happens in the blink of an eye. One young astronaut has been tasked with finding a viable alternative ...
The Imam and His Pirates (Historical Action) - Story #1
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a pirate terrorising the Red Sea, Shahar has long survived by disguising herself as a fearsome and solitary man. But on a return trip to Oman, carr...
Introducing: Stories from the Hearth
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stories from the Hearth is an immersive storytelling experience, delivering original soundscape-backed short-stories, written, performed and produced ...