Curated Collections & Genres of Completed Audio Fiction

Comedic fantasy, weird thrillers, and superhero dramas

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

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

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

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

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

WLW, Lesbian, and other sorts of sapphic stories.

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

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

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

Family-friendly shows for general audiences.

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

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

Anything performed by an actor you may have heard of!

Shadow governments, secret plots, and more.

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

Stories not of the dead, but by the dead.

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

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

Queer-forward stories of any genre, really.

Fiction podcasts that include discussions, interviews, and other non-fiction elements in each episode.

Shows that will make your brain ache. In a good way!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stories that feature your mom. Or someone else's mom. It's all about moms, really.

Plays from Shakespeare and other classics in audio fiction form.

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

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.

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

Romantic comedies, both heartwarming and tragic.

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

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

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

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

Tales of cosmic, Eldritch, and Lovecraftian horror.

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

"But he seemed like such a nice boy..."

Faith-based, religious stories of all denominations, sects, and whatnot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stories told via a series of letters, now in audio form.

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

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

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

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

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

Stories of trees, forests, and what dwells within.

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

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

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

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.