The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Episodes
Drabblecast 508 – The Bridge
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Come walk the road (or unsettling staircase leading down into the earth) less traveled this week on the Drabblecast, as we present author Rory Say’s...
Drabblecast 507 – Fatal Conditions
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Quantum Doctor is in! …on this week’s Drabblecast. We bring you “Fatal Conditions,” by Chris Campbell. Read by Onicia D Mueller. ...
Drabblecast 507 – Fatal Conditions
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Quantum Doctor is in! …on this week’s Drabblecast. We bring you “Fatal Conditions,” by Chris Campbell. Read by Onicia D Mueller. ...
Drabblecast 506 – The Window Boy
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Silosibyn Sandalhemp (Cryptkeeper Norm) returns to host the Drabblecast Hallowellness Special, and the Drabblecast presents a production of Thomas Ha’...
Drabblecast 505 – No Real Creatures
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Strangies Norm Sherman’s latest CD, “The Instruction Book” Would you like to look on the inside of the Drabblecast to see if we loo...
Drabblecast 504 – The Mub
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We can, as well. Create. Respect. His. Might. This story originally appeared in Clarkesworld. Go here to learn more and vote for your favorite stories...
Drabblecast 503 – The Bleeding Tree
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the Diggerman, the crooked music in his steps, the muddled drumbeat in his cusses. He can’t walk straight or talk straight. All those year...
Drabblecast 502 – Good Boy
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At last! Another touching dog story on the Drabblecast! This week we bring you an original by H. Robert Barland. Enjoy! H. Robert Barland is a teacher...
Drabblecast 501 – Pastorale
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a little pastel house, a seer and a psychopomp have questions. This week on Drabblecast– something’s fishy in a curious small town. We bring yo...
Drabblecast 500 – The Repairers of Reality
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We made it everyone! On this, the 500th episode, a commissioned original from a Drabblecast favorite– Shaenon Garrity. Episode Art: Bo Kaier Your Lo...
Drabblecast 499 – Nowhere
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Brown wears brown John Brown pants, on this week’s Drabblecast! We present an original story by Kay Vaindal called “Nowhere.” Enjoy! Ka...
Drabblecast 498 – The Sol Searching Fool
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lesson on loneliness on this week’s Drabblecast– an original story by Arasibo Campeche called “The Sol Searching Fool.” Arasibo Campeche (he...
Drabblecast 497- The Goat Wife
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast- a melancholy story about loss, abandonment, and the perils of old magic. Avra Margariti is a queer author, Greek sea mon...
Drabblecast 496 – Sundays with Pop-Pop
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stop asking so many damn questions. Come and listen to the newest weird story from Pop-Pop. He’s got something important to tell you. Zachary Olson(...
Drabblecast 495 – Jared Chapel’s The First Car Ballet
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lights! Wheels! Wipers! Curtain! This week, a marvel of machines and carbureted choreography awaits you. Kay Vaindal (she/her) is a coastal ecologis...
Drabblecast 494 – Trifecta: The Sherman Evening Post
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You have a ring on your door bell, and laid on your stoop is a brown papered parcel, tied with damp twine. You bring the package inside, noticing that...
Drabblecast 493 – China Doll
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your curiosity and your inner voyeur are calling. Will you be able to meet their gaze? This week on the Drabblecast we bring you “China Doll,”by K...
Drabblecast 492 – Doubleheader: Christine Nogle
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast, become something new! We bring you two stories about transformation by author Christine Nogle. Narrated by The Word ...
Drabblecast 491 – Learn to Count With the Doomed Expedition
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One, two, three, what’s that staring back at me? Four, five, six, I know what this viscera predicts… This week on the Drabblecast, we are going on...
Drabblecast 490 – Slime on my Hackles
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast, we have arrived in the seedy side of space. The sign on the front says, “Boffel’s”, and the sensation on your back...
Drabblecast 489- The Black Waters of Lethe
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast, we bring you a dark ancient tale from a distant lost land called “The Black Waters of Lethe,” by Oliver Buckram. Als...
Drabblecast 488- From Earth to Io, with Love
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tickets, please! Tickets! Right this way! Coupons to the right, and fast passes to left. NO pushing, folks. Watch your tendrils! Keep your goo to y...
Drabblecast 487- Bad Meat
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our story this week is spoiling for a good time. Enjoy a delicious exploration of the human condition, “Bad Meat” by Chip Houser! Chip Houser (he/...
Drabblecast 486- Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our story this week is “Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish” by K. W. Colyard. Enjoy! Cover art by Steve Lillie Do you long to be a part of the ...
Drabblecast 485- He Who Ruined Everything
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let us quell your unease with our favorite platitude, “When God closes a door, he opens a window, but when Tom Floss squints at the mob through his ...
Drabblecast 484- Cosmic Bowling
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast hits the lanes this week with original story, “Cosmic Bowling” by Mike James Davis. Cover art by Shane Bevin! Drabblecast Patreo...
Drabblecast 483- Snow
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast wraps up 2023 with a Drabbleganza, followed by a story about tough decisions and leaving things behind– a Drabblecast original by Em...
Drabblecast 482- That Bloody Frontier
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast Weird West Event closes out this week with another original story– this time with epic train shoot-outs, centaurs, and manifest dest...
Drabblecast 481- The Alamo
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast Weird Wild West continues, with “The Alamo” by Cedrick May. Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst The Alamo by Cedrick May The wounded man...
Drabblecast 480- Rusty Sue
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast Weird West event continues, with “Rusty Sue” by Arthur H. Manners. Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst Rusty Sue by Arthur H. Manners Th...
Drabblecast 479-Headhunting
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast kicks off the Weird West event, with Avra Margariti’s story “Headhunting” and 100 word Drabble Quickdraw Contest winner “Tamin...
Drabblecast 478- Cool Air
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the summer winds down and things cool down, the Drabblecast brings you a story that will give you chills! We present, “Cool Air” by H.P. Lovecr...
Drabblecast 477- The Eight-Thousanders
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mountain climbing might be more treacherous than you think. This week on the Drabblecast, we bring you Jason Sanford’s “The Eight-Thousanders.” ...
Drabblecast 476- The Pigeon
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Norm talks birds on this week’s episode, before presenting Drabblecast’s production of “The Pigeon” by Michelle Knudsen. Enjoy! Cover art b...
Drabblecast 475- Doubleheader
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A merry hanging and a game of jacks, this week on the Drabblecast! Cover art by Bo Kaier
Drabblecast 474- Exit the Professor
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast– mutant hillbillies! Cover art by Bo Kaier Exit the Professor by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore We Hogbens are righ...
Drabblecast 473- Trunk to Trunk
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast brings you an original tale of interspecies aid. We present “Trunk to Trunk,” by P.B. Yeary. Enjoy! Art by Bo Kaier Trunk to Tru...
Drabblecast 472 – The Hard Problem of Consciousness
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#Hivelife this week on the Drabblecast! We bring you “The Hard Problem of Consciousness” by Andrew Giffin. The Hard Problem of Consciousness by An...
Drabblecast 471 – The Monster-God of Mamurth
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast takes you on an expedition you’re gonna have to see with your own eyes to believe! We bring you The Monster-God of Mamurth by Edmond...
Drabblecast 470 – Personal Best
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast presents an original story by Michael Bettendorf about football and growing up the hard way. Read to you by Renee Chambliss. Art by ...
Drabblecast 469- Yummy Tummy
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dating is weird this week on the Drabblecast. We bring you a Drabblecast original, “Yummy Tummy” by Chelsea Pumpkins, read by The Word Whore. ...
Drabblecast 468 – The Bad Ones Are Always The Best
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast returns with a sinister tale of generational ick. We present “The Bad Ones Are Always the Best,” by Michelle Ann King. The Bad One...
Drabblecast 467 – Woods For the Trees
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Drabblecast, Dendrology meets Criminal Psychology. A story by Harley Carnell. Art by Bo Kaier. Woods For the Trees by Harley Carnell ...
Drabblecast 466 – Is This a Plate?
11 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel Déjà vu on the road supposedly less traveled? Truth and lies on this week’s Drabblecast, we bring you an original story from Bob McHugh ...
Drabblecast 465 – Trifecta: Love Hurts
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s show has it all: vampires, evolutionary biology, and quivering jacked up Taylor Swifts. We bring you three flash fiction pieces about th...
Drabblecast 464 – The Follower’s Revel
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we the Drabblecast brings you some interesting original historic found footage uncovered by author Jonathan Louis Duckworth called, “The F...
Drabblecast 463 – A Hymn Upon the Lips of the Dead
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Sponsor– Mothmen 1966 The secret’s out on this week’s Drabblecast, and nothing will ever be the same. We bring you an original Drabble...
Drabblecast 462 – The Tenant
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An uncanny episode of original fiction this week on the Drabblecast– we bring you, “The Tenant” by Sarah E. Stevens. Cover created by Bo Kaier i...
Drabblecast 461 – How to Impress a Top Food Critic and Put Your Restaurant on the Galactic Map
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Finally, a Drabblecast episode for weird foodies. We bring you a Drabblecast original called, “How to Impress a Top Food Critic and Put Your Restaur...
Drabblecast 460 – Distributed Denial of Sexytimes
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Sponsor: Mothman 1966 In this week’s Drabblecast story, the only scenes that aren’t sex scenes are crime scenes. We bring you an original ...
Drabblecast 459 – 7099 Brecksville Road, Independence, Ohio
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Norm is cryptic this week in terms of offering information on the featured story, “7099 Brecksville Road, Independence Ohio,” by JR Hamentaschen. ...
Drabblecast 458 – Plans for Expansion
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast is molting! Norm shares some exciting news in the intro this week, Drabblecast has launched a Patreon, and a new quarterly magazine, “...
Drabblecast 457 – When the Sun Hits
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s show brings you an original commissioned HP Lovecraft mythos story by Nick Mamatas called “When the Sun Hits.” Afterwards, Nick ta...
Drabblecast 456 – In My Brain in My Body
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shark week on Drabblecast has never been so unnerving! Enjoy an original Drabblecast story this week from Evie Mae Barber about what lurks even deep...
Drabblecast 455 – How Lovely Are Your Branches
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Norm closes out the year and existence as we know it, due to the phenomena known as “The Continuation,” with the Drabblecast annual holiday Tim Pr...
Drabblecast 454 – The Doom That Came to Sarnath
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast kicks off H.P. Lovecraft Month with the grandfather of Weird Fiction’s cautionary dark fantasy, “The Doom That Came to Sarnath.”...
Drabblecast 453 – Trifecta: Modern Fairy Tales
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast brings you three original stories this week (Modern Fairytales, if you will) from authors Alice Gauntley, Matthew Sanborn Smith, and K...
Drabblecast 452- Watch Anya Blume
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re getting back to nature this week on the Drabblecast, with Michael Piel’s original story, “Watch Anya Blume.” Enjoy! Anya Blume showere...
Drabblecast 451 – How to Get Back to the Forest
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: some explicit language. Join us this week for a little Camp Dystopia! The Drabblecast brings you a story about growing up the hard way by Sof...
Drabblecast 450 – A Good Man Is Hard to Find
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Sponsor: You Know It’s True by J.R. Hamantaschen This week on the Drabblecast, we bring you a classic story by Flannery O’Conner about sim...
Drabblecast 449 – The Tyrant Lizard (and Her Plus One)
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dinosaurs gone awry on this week’s Drabblecast! We bring you an original story by John Wiswell called The Tyrant Lizard (and Her Plus One), enjoy!...
Drabblecast 448 – Stay
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is brought to you by J.R. Hamentaschen’s fourth horror fiction anthology “You Know It’s True.” Grab a copy for kindle or...
Drabblecast 447 – Echoes
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast is on the scene this week, with an original story by Gail Ann Gibbs, read by Starla Hutchton, that reminds us that it’s ok to be a l...
Drabblecast 446 – The Wichita Drive
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Weird things are afoot in the west this week on the Drabblecast! Enjoy an original, previously unpublished story about snails of the plains gone...
Drabblecast 445 – Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drabblecast wraps up Women & Aliens month with a gritty and intense story by James Tiptree Jr., aka Alice B. Sheldon. Hope you’re hungry! Remember...
Drabblecast 444 – The Hands of Heroes
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a hero? The Drabbecast brings you an original commissioned story by Cat Rambo this week called “The Hands of Heroes.” The thing is, I...
Drabblecast 443 – The Day I Didn’t Get A Pet Nebula
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Who says Drabblecast doesn’t do Young Adult Fiction? This week we launch Women & Aliens Month with a fresh, original Drabblecast commission by Effie...
Drabblecast 442 – The Secret of Theta Pi
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sea creatures and sorority sisters on this week’s Drabblecast! We bring you an original tale by Stephanie Gray called, “The Secret of Theta Pi.”...
Drabblecast 441 – Trifecta: Strange Futures
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast– three stories about Strange Futures. We bring you Drabblecast originals, “Department of Invention” by R.L. Thull, ...
Drabblecast 440 – The Earth-Brain
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show, every day is Earth Day when you’re living on an Elder God! We bring you a hidden gem from the 1930’s pulp science fiction e...
Drabblecast 439 – Rocket Surgery
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’d tested plenty of missiles before, but Teeny was the only one that convulsed when we cut him open. Oh, your listeners need more background? OK, ...
Drabblecast 438 – Midnight Clear, or, How Santa Claus Killed the Sun
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Norm brings in the New Year with an original Drabblecast story by author Tim Pratt! This story is a sequel to last year’s Holiday Special story, “...
Drabbleclassics- Dirty Santa
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A classic Drabblecast Tim Pratt story, presented to you by Guest Host, Avery Alexander! The apartment was a bustle of twenty other people more extro...
Drabblecast 437 – The Shallow One
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast wraps up HP Lovecraft Month this year with a mythos story unlike any variety you’ve likely heard before! We bring you “The Shall...
Drabblecast 436- The Wallpaper Out of Space
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our next original Drabblecast-commissioned story for HP Lovecraft month installment, “The Wallpaper Out of Space!” by Adam-Troy Castro read by Jac...
Drabblecast 435 – Maternal Instinct
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lovecraft and love life mix on this week’s Drabblecast! As our first offering HP Lovecraft month, we present “Maternal Instinct,” by Chris Leste...
Drabblecast 434 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth Pt. 2
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of a Drabblecast production of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic The Shadow Over Innsmouth. The reality of what I had been through was highly uncert...
Drabblecast 433 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth Pt. 1
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast Annual Halloween Special kicks off this year simultaneously with HP Lovecraft month on the show, a full month of original Drabblecast-...
Drabblecast 432 – Housebound
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Weirdness is in the air at Drabblecast as we bring you an original story about spousal life and home ownership by author Ao-Hui Lin. “Hey babe, wher...
Drabblecast 431 – A Promise
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Drabblecast features a poignant story about patience, perspective, parenthood and the paranormal. We bring you “A Promise,” by Jenni...
Drabbleclassics- Maybe the Stars
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Drabblecast fan Jen Fischer hosts another Drabbleclassics episode this week, bringing you a touching H.P. Lovecraft mythos story called “Maybe the S...
Drabblecast 430 – Notes from the Assistant’s Intern
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Drabblecast: dirty jobs. We bring you a quirky original tale by Bryan Miller about mad scientists and henchmen gone awry. Enjoy! ...
Drabblecast Director’s Cut – On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Get Your Home Improvement On, Sucka…” Norm and author Desmond Warzel sit down and talk about fiction, ghosts, aliens, and of course his hit sto...
Drabblecast 429 – Letter from Lynchburg
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alternate history on this week’s show– an original story by Edward J. Knight about the American Civil War that we perhaps only narrowly missed! 7 ...
Drabblecast 427 – Doubleheader- Matthew Sanborn Smith
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Drabblecast, Norm and author Matthew Sanborn Smith bring you a dose of perspective during these crazy times where weirdness seems to ...
Drabblecast 426- Trifecta: Friends Close, Enemies Closer
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, another Drabblecast Trifecta, this time with the theme: Friends Close, Enemies Closer. We bring you three stories, with three different...
Drabblecast 425 – The Bodies
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another gripping and macabre tale from Drabblecast fan favorite Tim Pratt. Finding that first body wasn’t so bad, though it rattled me at the time. ...
Drabblecast Director’s Cut – Necessary Cuts
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“My headlights were streaked pink with frog blood…” Norm and author comedian/writer Bryan Miller about comedy and horror, editing and frog count...
Drabblecast 425 – Unlike Most Tides
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Norm pays tribute and bids farewell to the greatest unsung hero of the podcast for the past two years: editor Sandra Odell. This fantastic story and m...
Drabblecast 424 – On the Feeding Habits of Humans: A Firsthand Account
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our first Women & Aliens Month commission for 2020– It’s a goodie, a full-cast production of a Drabblecast original by Rachel K. Jones and Khali...
Drabblecast 423 – The Martians Claim Canada
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Drabblecast begins it’s 9th Annual Women & Aliens Month”– a full month of original commissioned stories by women about (you guessed it) alie...
Drabblecast 422 – The Full Moon Group
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show Norm makes a case for adult diapers in preparation for the apocalypse before giving us a taste of “The Peoria Plague,” a 197...
Drabblecast 421 – The Life You Save May Be Your Own
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Norm begins this episode with a metacast update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at the Drabblecast lately. He initiates a call to action ...
Drabblecast 420 – Comfort and Joy
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This year’s Drabblecast Christmas Special brings you another original commissioned holiday story from the master of Christmas weirdness himself: Tim...
Drabblecast 419 – Trifecta: Halloween Special
08 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Special Guest Host Cryptkeeper Norm hosts this year’s Drabblecast Halloween special. The Drabblecast brings you a special 3 original stories from Ed...
Drabblecast 418 – Not Recommended for Guests of a Philosophically Uncertain Disposition
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Sponsor- I’m From Nowhere by Lindsay Lerman Damita managed The Fracture’s visitor centre and gift shop, while Jem took the guided tours. T...
Drabblecast 417 – Love in the Balance
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Sponsor- I’m From Nowhere, a novel by Lindsay Lerman. This week’s Drabblecast explores unrequited love and how relationships, like anythin...
Drabblecast 416 – Necessary Cuts
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Closing out this year’s H.P. Lovecraft month, we bring you another Drabblecast original, this time from author by Bryan Milller, about editing a man...
Drabbleclassics 31 – Boojum
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this Drabbleclassics episode, author and Drabblefan Weirdo Abbie Hilton breaks down the hit Drabblecast story Boojum, by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah M...
Drabblecast 415 – The Best Scarlet Ceremony Ever!
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sweet Valley High and the Babysitters Club meet cult life and H.P. Lovecraft mythos, as we continue our special Lovecraft anthology month this week, b...