Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing

Continuing the Halloween season, we bring you the first chapter of a serialized novella, equal parts dramatic horror and dry humor.

“The Thing in the Toyshop”  Chapter One by Simon Barber

Read by Peter Katt

Music from the Podsafe Music Network

Intro song: “Restless Spirits – Halloween” by composer David Beard

Outro song: “Halloween” by The Coffinshakers

More information on “Alone in the Dark” can found here.

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Welcome to the Halloween season, with this tale of love and loss and dark surprises in the graveyard…

“Epitaph” by Jason Gillespie

Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Podcast novel.

Music cues by Infinity Squared

Additional music from the Podsafe Music Network.

Sound effects from the FreeSound Project.

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When searching for something magical beyond a mundane life, it’s not certain what you’ll find, or at what cost.

“Transformation” by Renee Carter Hall

Read by Peter Katt

Music by Infinity Squared

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The time of the full moon is tougher on some more than others.

“Hiding From the Moonlight” by Will A. Sanborn

Read by Kemmy Sirrah

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EscapePod the science-fiction podcast with robotic characters. Synthetic characters have always been a favorite of mine as they allow for wonderful uses of anthropomorphism and examining of the human condition.

On the Eyeball Floor has workers at a cyborg factory not only peering into but hovering over the abyss of the uncanny valley.

Harry the Crow does a wonderful job of mixing older cultures and myths with the modern world, holding onto old traditions while dealing with new technology.

Tideline has a leftover war machine trying to make a memorial to the soldiers who died in the battle, while befriending and protecting an orphaned boy.

Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk sets the task of grave importance on a small robotic bear from the ship’s nursery. Edward must take an arduous journey to save the people and the children he was built to love and care for.

These stories are all marked mature for various levels of violence and/or themes of death, but they also contain strong and moving drama and are well worth a listen.