Curated Collections & Genres of Completed Audio Fiction

All the "to be listened to" stories in our curator's queue.

It's anime. But for your ears. And you don't have to listen backwards.

Escapes and Reflections, Worlds Beyond, or Dystopian Escapism

Think magazines, other periodicals, or collections of short stories—but in audio.

Scary stories, gory performances, unsettling tales, and other horror shows.

Classic vampire tales, reimaginings with a modern twist, and off-the-wall stories featuring those who vant to suck jor blod.

Slapstick to sketch, improv to irreverent, goofy to guffaws. You know... teh funniez!

Stories of monsters, fey folk, cryptids living with us today.

Children's tales, YA stories, and other shows designed for kids. Of all ages!

Murder mysteries, who-done-its, and other ways to find out who killed Mr. Body.

Audiobooks and other mostly-narrated stories, often with audio elements that enhance the story.

Fictional investigations, spoof true cime series, crime fiction, and other deep-dives into things that sound very true, but aren't.

Apocalyptic and post-civilization tales that show life goes on.

Superheroes, metahumans, and other people who are litereally better than you.

Scifi, sci-fi, and science fiction tales.

Weird, bizarre, and other trippy tales that defy normalcy.

Slice-of-life and other reality-based tales that explore the human condition.

Multi-character shows created by a single person, though you probably wouldn't guess just by listening.

Radio plays and audio dramas done in the style of radio performances, often with a modern twist.

Stories where some sort of recorder—tape, digital, wax cylinder—is the primary vehicle that tells the story.

Wormholes, police boxes, ancient tomes, and other explorations of jumping around in time.

Stories featuring ghost hunters, paranormal investigators, or those whose job it is to seek out things that go bump in the night.

From Skynet to HAL9000, synthetic sentience was supposed to make our lives better. Yeah, right.

Shows with 20+ hours of previously-completed seasons, but are releasing more seasons or have new seasons coming soon.

Queer-forward stories of any genre, really.

Stories about vacations, road trips, and travel to exotic lands.

Static, everyday places with magical powers that serve as some form of allegory.

All the "to be listened to" stories in our curator's queue.

Dramatizations and complete fabrications from history.

Found footage, taped confessions, and other "Hey, read this" tales.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks created by people of color.

Musicals and other audio fiction shows with heavy use of original music in the production.

Tales of Kris Kringle, snow men, and other Christmas-inspired tales.

Romance, romcoms, Hallmark shows, and other tales of love and relationships.

High, low, and all fantastical points inbetween.

Stories of wizards, witches, warlocks, and other users of magic.

Single-episode stories. Some long. Some short. But only one episode. That's it.

When playing a game—machine, tabletop, puzzlebox 😱—is central to the plot.

Sitcoms, soap operas, police procedurals, fake reality shows, and other types of storytelling popularized on the small screen.

High-tech meets the street. Sometimes dystopian, sometimes hopeful. But always tech unleashed not for, but by the people.

Space operas, galactic warfare, and journeys to the farthest reaches of the universe.

Tales of scrappy crew running jobs, working together, getting in and out of trouble, dealing with their interpersonal drama—all while navigating the void of space/time/reality.

Stories of alien abduction, visitors from the stars, ancient aliens, and things that go "pew-pew" in the night.

Tales of the grind, making the bacon, office romance, and generally celebrating(?) capitalism, baby!

Ambies, WebFests, Peabodys, Parsecs, AVAs, and other winners of various awards.

Erotica, steamy stories, and other tales to get your blood pumping. Adults-only, please.

Stories of trees, forests, and what dwells within.

Ghost stories, vampires, and tales of other things that go bump in the night!

Stories with one or more characters dealing with mental health issues.

Tales that showcase and highlight the cause of feminism in audio form.

Tales of cosmic, Eldritch, and Lovecraftian horror.

It's anime. But for your ears. And you don't have to listen backwards.

Stories of isolation, lonlineness, and the way a single person entertains themself.

Flensing, flaying, and other horrible things that happen to the human body.

Political thrillers, epic sagas, and other tales of political intrigue.

Stories of the sea, rivers, lakes, and other wet places.

Tales from the perspective of the monster/ghost/baddie.

Tales of zombies, shamblers, walkers, the undead, and other mindless creatures. 🧟

Plays from Shakespeare and other classics in audio fiction form.

Westerns, stories from the trails, and other stories of the Old West, New West, and even other worlds that feel like Westerns.

Retrofuturistic technologies, steam-powered machinery, and loads of shiny brass.

Tales of a monsters terrifying(?) the villagers. Or spaceship. Or scientists. Or...

Dungeon crawls, underground cities, critters below us, and other tales from underground.

Stories about, from, or inspired by Ireland and the Irish.

Stories that feature walking, talking, and otherwise civilized animals.

Tales of dragons, wyrms, serpents and other scaly wealth-hoarding bests.

Spy thrillers and other stories featuring espionage, secret agents, and tales of other shadowy figures plotting and scheming.

Tales of rising waters, burning forests, and mass extinction, all due to climate change.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks that posted their final (or finale) episode in 2024 as curated by Evo Terra.

Desert-based tales of survival, hope, family, horror, and some trippy stuff that could only happen in a desert.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks that posted their final (or finale) episodes in 2023 as curated by Evo Terra.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks that posted their final (or finale) episodes in 2022 as curated by Evo Terra.

Escapes and Reflections, Worlds Beyond, or Dystopian Escapism