by Stephen A. Roddewig
No ads. Ever. Stephen writes them. Jon narrates them. You listen to them(?). Limited run fiction series with seasons themed around different genres (history, humor, horror). New episodes air weekly for the duration of a season. Credits: - Voice narration by Jonathan Kilgore - Stories written by Stephen A. Roddewig unless otherwise noted - Cover photo by Matt Botsford and licensed through Unsplash All copyrights belong with their respective creators
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11/3/2021
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June 19, 2026
<p><strong>Content Warning</strong>: This story contains violence, graphic imagery, depictions of war, and allusions to murder. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p>A combat veteran returns home after many months away at the front. The inhabitants beyond the door of his flat are not expecting his arrival, especially since his departure from their lives was less than graceful. No matter, now he is a hero, the sins of his past burned away by the fire of war and the pardon that came with surviving them.</p><p>Only one more mission remains.</p><p>View the original story on Vocal to read along: <a href="https://vocal.media/fiction/rebirth-qas5a0frx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://vocal.media/fiction/rebirth-qas5a0frx</a></p><p>The Washington Post article referenced in the Author’s Note: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/04/russia-prisons-recruits-criminals-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/04/russia-prisons-recruits-criminals-ukraine/</a> </p><p>As always, please consider leaving a quick rating or review wherever you listen.</p><p>Cover photo by Arthur Podzolkin and licensed through Unsplash.</p>
June 12, 2026
<p><strong>Content Warning</strong>: This story contains blood, death, graphic imagery, and allusions to cannibalism. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p>Navy divers manning a top-secret underwater lab discover they are not the only intelligent life forms plumbing the depths for knowledge. And unlike the human researchers, their contemporaries are quite well-suited to the murky blackness and crushing depths. </p><p>What happens when the scientists themselves become the subjects of an experiment?</p><p>View the original story on Vocal to read along: <a href="https://vocal.media/horror/sealab-iv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://vocal.media/horror/sealab-iv</a></p><p>Alternate recordings:</p><ul><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SA5XBoXLUEMiJqDIDPowe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">Kaidankai Podcast</a></li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3tPBFcfBQSeRi18aqN39OM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">The NoSleep Podcast</a></li></ul><p>As always, please consider leaving a quick rating or review wherever you listen.</p><p>Cover photo by Alex Rose and licensed through Unsplash.</p>
June 5, 2026
<p><strong>Content Warning</strong>: This story contains blood, graphic imagery, violence, torture, and allusions to cannibalism. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p>An escapee from the prison camp of an authoritarian state, we join our haggard protagonist as he stalks the streets of the crumbling nation’s capital. His only companion? A mirror that shows a reflection that is not his own.</p><p>But with the counsel of an ancient voice that awakened at the height of his torture and guided him from the prison camp to freedom, the man of purpose and the idyllic world shown within the mirror are closer than the fugitive thinks. Even if the means to achieve this vision are less than pleasant.</p><p>View the original story on Vocal to read along: <a href="https://vocal.media/horror/in-him-we-know-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://vocal.media/horror/in-him-we-know-freedom</a></p><p>As always, please consider leaving a quick rating or review wherever you listen.</p><p>Cover photo by Ali Arif Soydaş and licensed through Unsplash.</p>
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