Wrong Station
Episodes
49 - Something Snipp'ed This Way Comes
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fallen leaves swirl beneath the feet of devils, witches, and demons. Flame is put to ten hundred thousand wicks, making faces glow through the dark Oc...
48 - National Parade
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shavash Day came on a cold October morning. Stumbling to the window, I saw people already lining the grey streets, dressed in drab traditional attire,...
47 - October Devil
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“But that’s not fair,” she whispered. Her grandmother grinned at her, mouth very wide, long yellow-grey teeth clicking as they met. “Get used ...
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 knock on our door. Not abnormal at that hour, but ...
Please Consider This
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Something Wrong is back. --Written by Alexander Saxton, Anthony Botelho, and Jacob Duarte Spiel Support The Wrong Station by subscribing at www.patreo...
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 aquarium that fear had been buried under 16 straig...
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 saddened by a small, suspicious mind. “My child,”...
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 playing on me. Or at least, that I thought it was 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 and forth in front of the dead animal, examining i...
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 same ones. You could stick your head in the door at...
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. They tried to tell us, but it’s something you ...
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 fingernails, and how he crept away at night to gorge on t...
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 spatula, not hard enough to release the juices, but enou...
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 kitchen, and I heard what I thought was the cat, co...
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 the Town. They walk the streets; see what’s cha...
35 - Espalier
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From a central column, it branched upward; a disturbingly fleshy plant corralled into a rigid, diamond lattice. It had no leaves, which I thought stra...
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-tailed deer can grow as fast as an inch a day. An...
33 - Holotype
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I am currently standing in the biomedical laboratories of the *REDACTED*—or simply the Institute, as I shall here on refer to it as—and am just ou...
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’s a reason for the way I look. I’m not gonna tal...
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 die. But she had picked up a strange habit. It wa...
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 has been running smooth and clean for over 60 year...
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 will eat you. Some think that they go for the eye...
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 stocking. Just make sure to give it a few good whacks bef...
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 died on the road that afternoon. And there’d be...
27 - Come and See
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The letters swam, spilling into different words. “The crowning achievement of the Greatest and Best was Universal Discovery. Our voyagers found the ...
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 healing, visits from friends, and watching some of the t...
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 at first, at night. Something like the sound of dis...
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 every home. The doorbell rings in the dead of nigh...
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 supposed to be a sales pitch. No… please don’t ...
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 to the pavement. As I turned from the parking lot d...
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 puts them in danger." That's what Laudens told me wh...
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 Saxton, Jada Rifkin, and Anthony Botelho. ---Written ...
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 window’s arch, and strain her ears to catch scraps...
19 - Bush Party
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
And then, some strange, lingering sense of wrongness resolved itself into a realization. The people at this party were strange. They were all slightly...
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 ear, the one with the hearing aid. He took out the d...
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 wrinkled her nose. He’d said it was “Bessenjen...
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 beginning or an ending, all of them short. --Performed by ...
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 your youth to throw rocks at the crumbling caves past...
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 tower which soared to a height nearly double that o...
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, desperately searching for a clue, any kind of hint...
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 that, until their being here, no humans who had ev...
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 avoid it, never drive it after dark. It’s a bad str...
Incoming Transmission
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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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 me'n'im together what found the Frenchman, floati...
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 time I had this special, sick feeling. There was s...
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 learning the fine details of my work, given the natu...
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 outdoor education programs so I wouldn't have to re...
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 of half-facts. Catharsis is a rare treat for those...
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 price on pretty much everything else. Everything s...
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 track of time, and eventually comes to this park. A pl...
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 that I ever worked. The terrible cold and the awfu...
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 ago. I never knew much about his side of the family,...