46 - A Visitor in the Night
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was an hour past sunset, which in this land is earlier than you might think it, when there was a ...
Please Consider This
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Something Wrong is back. --Written by Alexander Saxton, Anthony Botelho, and Jacob Duarte Spiel Supp...
45 - Aquarium
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
That’s not to say I ever stopped fearing fish, but by the time I stepped through the doors of the ...
44 - Crimson and Turquoise
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“And what do you ask in return?” She said. The Druj shook her head at the question, as though sa...
43 - Into Pigment
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So staring at this painting every day, well, you can imagine the kinds of tricks my mind started pla...
42 - Hunter, Hunter
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
But the Hunter was not fazed; if anything, their tawny eyes seemed to catch light. They passed back ...
41 - Flynn's
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was the sort of place with the same number of people in it at 11am and 2am, and often the exact s...
40 - All Alone
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The solitude, on the other hand, was, what’s the word? Palpable. I wasn’t at all prepared for it...
39 - The Draugr
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I remember even now how our grandmother described the Draugr’s corpse-blue flesh, his long fingern...
38 - Grill Marks
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The meat hissed as it slapped onto the grill, and the Pit Master pressed down with his chrome spatul...
37 - The Rat Story
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“It was big.” “How big?” “Big.” I saw it a few nights after that. I was sitting in the k...
36 - Trevann Head
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tradition has it they come out of the mountains once a year at Golowan Night, in midsummer, to visit...
35 - Espalier
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From a central column, it branched upward; a disturbingly fleshy plant corralled into a rigid, diamo...
34 - Velvet
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Antlers are the fastest growing bone in the animal kingdom. In June and July, the antlers of a White...
33 - Holotype
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I am currently standing in the biomedical laboratories of the *REDACTED*—or simply the Institute, ...
32 - Northland Bus
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t worry though. I know I look a little intimidating to everyday people, but I promise there’...
31 - The Fair Folk
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The rest of her pregnancy was without complication. The town marvelled; many had been sure she would...
30 - Classic Car
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
See, what you oughta do is get yourself an older vehicle. Take the Chimera for example. That engine ...
29 - Keep the Crows at Bay
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Open your eyes. Don’t fall asleep, you mustn’t fall asleep. You have to stay awake, or the crows...
Snips in Stockings
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You've been so good this year that we decided to leave you an extra little something in your stockin...
28 - In the Dead of Night
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Later, I found out it was the coldest that day had been in a hundred years. I’m convinced I nearly...
27 - Come and See
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The letters swam, spilling into different words. “The crowning achievement of the Greatest and Bes...
26 - The Attendant
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I never thought a hospital could be so pleasant. It began to feel like a home and besides the healin...
25 - War Comes Home
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Not long after Thomas’ return, I started noticing strange things in and around the house. Noises a...
24 - Snip or Treat: An Analecticum of Halloween Shorts
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The chill wind blows and carries the smell of pumpkin rot. Creatures and bones and things peer from ...
23 - A Long Slice of Ham
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Now, that all sounds a bit dispassionate and business-minded when I listen to myself. This isn’t s...
22 - Farther Than Samarkand
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The sun was right overhead. It was so hot I thought the plastic wheels of my travel bag would melt t...
21 - The Catcher
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"It’s dangerous to face them alone. You must have others with you, others you trust, even if it pu...
We're Taking Calls
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sit tight folks, We're Taking Calls. Followed by announcements for Season 3. Featuring Alexander Sax...
20 - In Constantinople
29 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She would stand in purple darkness, back pressed against one of the marble pillars supporting the wi...
19 - Bush Party
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
And then, some strange, lingering sense of wrongness resolved itself into a realization. The people ...
18 - Cheveux de lin
15 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One night – it was late in the fall, I think – a foreign sound leaked into my father’s left ea...
17 - Dive Bar
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She looked down at her drink, and tilted it to watch the fluid stick to the sides of the glass. She ...
16 - Yet More Short Snips
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Another collection of stories, tales of strange beasts and far-flung places. None of them a beginnin...
15 - The Blasted Cove
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tell me, what draws you to that place? Were you raised here as child, wandering to the cliffs in you...
14 - The Quiet Quarter
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I was mesmerized by the building, looking up and up at its titanic height. Near this end, it had a t...
13 - On Black Lake
20 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You know, I’ve seen the video. There was a good six months where she watched it almost every day, ...
12 - These Old Trees
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You see, the people who lived here choose to do so for a very specific reason. In spite of the fact ...
11 - Bad Road
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
My old man turned to me, and he said, Jimmy, it’s a bad stretch of road along here. If you can avo...
Incoming Transmission
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's something Wrong with the signal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
10 - 'Come on out'
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Now I’d been in that camp fer 'bout six months, an' Jack’d been there fer 'bout four, an' it was...
09 - Punch for Punch
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve never felt at home with my wife’s family, and neither has Alison for that matter. But this ...
08 - The Family Business
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I must say that I was surprised when I received your call. Not many people are very interested in le...
07 - Outward Bound
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I went through sort of a rough patch when I was younger, and one summer I ended up in one of those o...
06 - Short Snips
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Not every story has an end, or a beginning. Every day we glean half-stories, based on half-memories ...
04 - The Hum
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Things have been pretty good since the war ended. Energy is a lot cheaper, and that drives down the ...
03 - A Walk in the Park
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
She was walking home on one of the snowiest nights of the year, she tells me. She kind of loses trac...
02 - In the Dead of Winter
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I used to be a sawyer, you know? Sawmill man. This weather tonight makes me think of the last place ...
01 - Family Photos
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I guess you wanna hear that story, huh? It all happened a short while after my father died, years ag...