One voice, a whole story – a selection of single-narrator podcasts

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0X1ORge4aLnT1qCX8kIk2z?si=1bd0f29c2b834ba7 2298 A.R Olivieri has been a pioneer of the microfiction format since they released 2298 in 2017. In microfiction, episodes are under 10-15 minutes long, and many use that format to create shows that feature just one character (I made a list featuring some of my favourite microfiction podcasts back in January). Olivieri’s shows …

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Episode Focus: We Fix Space Junk – A Cure for Bindweed

https://open.spotify.com/episode/77H8MFk0PseAiaD8TqcBRs?si=mrb4lQZuSEiy4bKu8R7Q5g When I was thinking about writing about an episode of We Fix Space Junk, the choice as to which episode to feature was obvious. And when you ask other fans of the show, many will give you the same answer - the episode they find the most memorable out of all the ones that …

Audio Fiction Sunday 7th February 2021

Personal Highlights Hubris, 1.5 - Idle Eternity. A heartwarming story of a group of vampires with their vampire dog, who are on holiday in Paris. Some of the vampires are centuries old; but one, Jaxon, is still getting used to no longer being human. Interestingly, they all have different powers, some are able to eat …

Me and AU

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OjVWA4mg7QtA7Dbs3KMnU?si=nzO52O0kTiKxJwB0wD-GEw Me and AU is a queer romance, written by Andrea Klassen, and is part of the Procyon Podcast Network. Me and AU follows fanfiction writer Kate, as she becomes friends with Ella, another fanfiction writer. The show is set in Canada, with Kate living in British Columbia, on the West Coast, and Ella in …

Audio Fiction Sunday 31st January 2021

Personal Highlights Hubris, 1.4 - Mirror, Mirror. A fantasy story, which gives us a point of view that we don’t traditionally see. An adventurer brings a broken magic mirror to Eliana, an artificer who fixes broken magical objects. The mirror only speaks Greek, and it turns out that he was only pretending to be broken, …

Audio Fiction Sunday 24th January 2021

Personal Highlights Great & Terrible, Blood Lust. Driving is difficult enough, even without all the inner turmoil of dealing with immortality. Linnaeus the absolutely-not-demon also appears, scaring Jane, and causing her to swerve - which she, of course, has to explain to her mum with a lie. There’s also the issue of the detective who’s …

A Selection of Microfiction

Inspired by a tweet by A.R. Olivieri from last month, I wanted to put together a list of ten of my favourite microfiction podcasts. Microfiction refers to shows which have short episodes, typically under 10 or 15 minutes long. Tal Minear, the creator of Sidequesting, has also put together a brilliant list of Microfiction podcasts …

Audio Fiction Sunday 17th January 2021

Personal Highlights Hubris, 1.2 - Exit, Pursued by a Ghost. I've talked before about how ghosts are often very human in fiction podcasts, and this episode is no exception. It’s also not a surprise to see that Caroline Mincks was part of the group behind this episode! This 24 hour project's Group 2 episode features …

Null/Void

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YMjLmTgF5DcArdXku5AME?si=wbpuyJU_RVOyZHA7Hcm1Xw (CW: Null/Void centres around the malicious mega corporation of Void Networks. Specific content warnings are in the show notes of each episode, and this post includes mentions of death and deadly accidents; in particular a deadly traffic accident, which happens in episode one.) Null/Void is a sci-fi series by Cole Burkhardt, which follows Piper …

Audio Fiction Sunday 10th January 2021

Personal Highlights This Planet Needs a Name, 1.05 - Recklessly and Perfectly Alive. (Note: I play Nessa in This Planet Needs a Name). With all the challenges of 2020, TPNAN went on hiatus for a few months, and returned in time for the beginning of the new year. After the revelations and conflict of the …