Screw Kafka By Gustavo Bondoni Gustavo Bondoni is a novelist and short story writer with over four hundred stories published in fifteen countries, in seven languages.  He is a member of Codex and a Full Member of SFWA. He has published six science fiction novels including one trilogy, four monster books, a dark military fantasy and a thriller. His short fiction is collected in Pale Reflection (2020), Off the Beaten Path (2019), Tenth Orbit and Other Faraway Places (2010) and Virtuoso and Other Stories (2011). In 2019, Gustavo was awarded second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Contest and ..read more

The Watchman by James Crowell The Storyteller’s Guild (YouTube) James Crowell is an aspiring writer with a passion for entrepreneurial endeavors and a love of storytelling. When not pursuing these interests, he can be found managing his YouTube channel and online writer’s community: The Storyteller’s Guild, reading, and cooking exotic meals with his wife.   Trees. Crawling, twisting, shifting trees. Thousands and thousands of them. They were just wood and bark, the final stage of a well-studied cycle of biology, and yet, they still made him uneasy. Edward shuddered, nervously looki ..read more

Of Risk and Relativity by Lesley Herron   Playlists: (Book 1) Of Monsters and Mushrooms (Book 2) Of Tyrants and Teakettles (Book 3) Of Bandits and Bad Magic (Novella 3.5) An Interlude of Intrigue (Book 4) Of Portals and Portents (Book 5) Of Risk and Relativity The post Of Risk and Relativity, Ch. 18 appeared first on Tall Tale TV- Short Story Audiobook Blog ..read more

Sacrificial Love by Jamie Anthony Louis   Jamie Anthony Louis is a non-binary chicano who has been writing stories for almost a decade on their own, but recently decided they are ready to share with the world. They have been featured in Maudlin House and The Metaworker. Find them @jamieanthony187 on Twitter.   She was going to be sacrificed tomorrow. As her mother pulled Jia’s hair into the tight braids that were customary in special ceremonies of their—her mother’s—people, Jia could not get her mind to drift away from the glaring fissure between them. The colossal difference in up ..read more

Of Risk and Relativity by Lesley Herron   Playlists: (Book 1) Of Monsters and Mushrooms (Book 2) Of Tyrants and Teakettles (Book 3) Of Bandits and Bad Magic (Novella 3.5) An Interlude of Intrigue (Book 4) Of Portals and Portents (Book 5) Of Risk and Relativity The post Of Risk and Relativity, Ch. 17 appeared first on Tall Tale TV- Short Story Audiobook Blog ..read more

Good Heavens by Stephen Stuart Raised in New Jersey, Steve now lives in Arizona. His background is in computer hardware and software engineering. He writes mostly mainstream short stories featuring a single element of science fiction or fantasy. His stories have appeared in the Mensa Bulletin, in Calliope (a Writers’ Group publication), and on Tall Tale TV. His story about delivery robots, “Here’s Your Lunch, Human,” can be found at https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/heres-your-lunch-human/ Other TTTV stories by Stephen Stuart https://talltaletv.com/tag/stephen-stuart/ &nbs ..read more

Our Discontent by Paul Cesarini Paul Cesarini is a Professor & Dean at Loyola University New Orleans.  His fiction is published in 365 Tomorrows, Antipodean SF, the Creepy Podcast, Aphelion, Sci-Fi Shorts, Apocalypse Confidential, and Black Sheep, with stories in-press at Savage Planets and Mobius Blvd.  In his spare time, he serves as the editor / curator of Mobile Tech Weekly, at: https://flipboard.com/@pcesari/mobile-tech-weekly-lh2560e4y. He is a big fan of science fiction from the 1930s – 1950s.  He is not a fan of wax beans.  Beans are supposed to be green ..read more

Winter by Paul Cesarini Paul Cesarini is a Professor & Dean at Loyola University New Orleans.  His fiction is published in 365 Tomorrows, Antipodean SF, the Creepy Podcast, Aphelion, Sci-Fi Shorts, Apocalypse Confidential, and Black Sheep, with stories in-press at Savage Planets and Mobius Blvd.  In his spare time, he serves as the editor / curator of Mobile Tech Weekly, at: https://flipboard.com/@pcesari/mobile-tech-weekly-lh2560e4y.  He is a big fan of science fiction from the 1930s – 1950s.  He is not a fan of wax beans.  Beans are supposed to be green, n ..read more

Misterioso by Andrew Newall A music student who plays piano is trying to practice for a talent competition but a ghost keeps making her hit the wrong keys. Andrew Newall lives in Scotland and he hopes you enjoyed listening to “Misterioso”. The term “Misterioso” is an Italian musical term for music that is played with a hint of mystery, and he felt the term fitted as the title of the story. In 2022, it was published by “Dark Dossier”, a magazine specializing in horror/fantasy, and it can be found in their Hallowe’en issue the same year. Andrew’s fiction has also been broadcast on the “Scare Y ..read more

Spoiled Riches by Cameron Craig Cameron Craig is a writer based in the Boston area. He wrote screenplays for nearly a decade before deciding to make the switch over to novels. When he’s not writing fiction, he can be found likely watching movies, playing video games or cheering on his hometown team the Tampa Bay Lightning. More TTTV Stories by Cameron Craig   “It’s called a cragbrute?” Kal asked, steering his horse along the dirt path. He led a group of three other riders through a snow covered ravine between two mountains. “Never heard of one before,” he said, adjusting the fur coverin ..read more