Leap Year = One More Day To Listen To Completed Audio Fiction

This issue is entirely too long. 25 shows highlighted. Wow.

The big news I teased last week? I've taken the next step in curation and have created 20 "collections" of completed audio fiction, each based around a central theme, like love stories, murder mysteries, and post-apocalyptic stories. But I don't do many things normal, so of course I called those collections Love Is In (On) The Air, Murder On The Audio Express, and We Had A Good Run, People. I gotta be me.

Next week, I'll figure out how to better share these. Today, I'm highlighting two collections:

• BIPOC Creators/Talent Showcase - 27 audio fiction shows made by creators who happen to be BIPOC—Black, Indigenous, and people of color—and are representative of the global majority, yet are under-represented in audio fiction.
• For Kids Of All Ages - 24 children's tales, YA stories, and other shows designed for kids, tweens, teenagers, or those of us who just can't—or refuse to—grow up.

As is true for all the listings in our directory, every show in a collection has reached either a season finale or a series conclusion so you can listen with confidence. I'm slowly going through the 750+ listings I've curated over the last year a half, adding to the existing 20 Collections and creating more as necessary. I'm going to work out a way to let you "subscribe" to one or more Collections so you get notified when new shows are added. I haven't sussed out how just yet, so I appreciate your patience.

Two more quick things: I have my 2nd round of surgery tomorrow to either remove the stone or the organ. I'm very, very done with these damned things. Also—special shout out to Jeff Gutierrez for becoming the latest Individual Supporter. Much thanks, Jeff, and I'm glad you're enjoying The End. Perhaps you'll inspire others to sign up with their support so I wake to excellent news from my anesthesia-induced slumber tomorrow.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo