Episodes

• 2021

• Drabblecast 446 – The Wichita Drive

  Weird things are afoot in the west this week on the Drabblecast! Enjoy an original, previously unpublished story about snails of the plains gone awry by Joshua Bush called “The Witchita Drive.” Yeehaw! They were down in a gully watering the cattle when Billy came thundering down the ridgeline on his sorrel mare, waving his […] The post Drabblecast 446 – The Wichita Drive appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  June 17, 2021

  27 min

• Drabblecast 445 – Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death

  Drabblecast wraps up Women & Aliens month with a gritty and intense story by James Tiptree Jr., aka Alice B. Sheldon. Hope you’re hungry! Remembering— Do you hear, my little red? Hold me softly. The cold grows. I remember: —I am hugely black and hopeful, I bounce on six legs along the mountains in the […] The post Drabblecast 445 – Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  May 21, 2021

  65 min

• Drabblecast 444 – The Hands of Heroes

  What makes a hero? The Drabbecast brings you an original commissioned story by Cat Rambo this week called “The Hands of Heroes.” The thing is, I was never a hero. The first wave of aliens taught me that. The war with them – my older brothers became heroes there, one died in the stand-off at […] The post Drabblecast 444 – The Hands of Heroes appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  April 27, 2021

  20 min

• Drabblecast 443 – The Day I Didn’t Get A Pet Nebula

  Who says Drabblecast doesn’t do Young Adult Fiction? This week we launch Women & Aliens Month with a fresh, original Drabblecast commission by Effie Seiberg. We’re grateful to be able to bring you this story this week! On the day I turned nine I didn’t get a pet nebula. I’d really really wanted one, just […] The post Drabblecast 443 – The Day I Didn’t Get A Pet Nebula appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  April 16, 2021

  30 min

• Drabblecast 442 – The Secret of Theta Pi

  Sea creatures and sorority sisters on this week’s Drabblecast! We bring you an original tale by Stephanie Gray called, “The Secret of Theta Pi.” Enjoy! We travel back to Tandy’s Cove in a caravan of three, Cindy Q’s Miata leading, followed by the rented van, dirty white with the windows rolled up, and Beneeta G’s […] The post Drabblecast 442 – The Secret of Theta Pi appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  March 26, 2021

  28 min

• Drabblecast 441 – Trifecta: Strange Futures

  This week on the Drabblecast– three stories about Strange Futures. We bring you Drabblecast originals, “Department of Invention” by R.L. Thull, “The One’s Who Won’t Be” by Martin Munks, and “Cannabilism in the Inhuman Age” by Jaye Viner. Closing Music by 19 Action News Saul broke down in an unusual way for a robot. Saul […] The post Drabblecast 441 – Trifecta: Strange Futures appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  March 4, 2021

  56 min

• Drabblecast 440 – The Earth-Brain

  On this week’s show, every day is Earth Day when you’re living on an Elder God! We bring you a hidden gem from the 1930’s pulp science fiction era, written by Pulp Master General Edmond Hamilton! The post Drabblecast 440 – The Earth-Brain appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  February 20, 2021

  62 min

• Drabblecast 439 – Rocket Surgery

  We’d tested plenty of missiles before, but Teeny was the only one that convulsed when we cut him open. Oh, your listeners need more background? OK, I’ll back up a bit. Lemme tell ya, kids today don’t know their history. Even locked up in here for the past ten years, I can tell. No education. […] The post Drabblecast 439 – Rocket Surgery appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  February 6, 2021

  25 min

• Drabblecast 438 – Midnight Clear, or, How Santa Claus Killed the Sun

  Norm brings in the New Year with an original Drabblecast story by author Tim Pratt! This story is a sequel to last year’s Holiday Special story, “Comfort and Joy,” check that one out here! She was a blonde — the kind of blonde to make a bishop bite through his altar cloth. I used to […] The post Drabblecast 438 – Midnight Clear, or, How Santa Claus Killed the Sun appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  January 9, 2021

  22 min
• 2020

• Drabbleclassics- Dirty Santa

  A classic Drabblecast Tim Pratt story, presented to you by Guest Host, Avery Alexander! The apartment was a bustle of twenty other people more extroverted and festive than himself, all dressed in the requisite hideous holiday sweaters, drinking bourbon punch and rum punch and some sort of strange vegan eggnog, flirting and joking and ranting […] The post Drabbleclassics- Dirty Santa appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  December 30, 2020

  36 min

• Drabblecast B-Sides 86 – The Yellow Sign

  The classic story by Robert W. Chambers, this week on Drabblecast Bsides! There are so many things which are impossible to explain! Why should certain chords in music make me think of the brown and golden tints of autumn foliage? Why should the Mass of Sainte Cecile send my thoughts wandering among caverns whose walls […] The post Drabblecast B-Sides 86 – The Yellow Sign appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  December 23, 2020

• Drabblecast 437 – The Shallow One

  The Drabblecast wraps up HP Lovecraft Month this year with a mythos story unlike any variety you’ve likely heard before! We bring you “The Shallow One,” an original Drabblecast story by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Norm closes out with a song about awkward romance called “There’s a Fetus in Your Kitchen.” I first met Madeline at […] The post Drabblecast 437 – The Shallow One appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  December 13, 2020

  42 min

• Drabblecast 436- The Wallpaper Out of Space

  Our next original Drabblecast-commissioned story for HP Lovecraft month installment, “The Wallpaper Out of Space!” by Adam-Troy Castro read by Jacob Boris. All right, so it’s Cheryl’s kid, okay? I didn’t know she had a kid until we were two months in and already deeply involved, and then she tells me she has a sixteen […] The post Drabblecast 436- The Wallpaper Out of Space appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  November 20, 2020

  25 min

• Drabblecast 435 – Maternal Instinct

  Lovecraft and love life mix on this week’s Drabblecast! As our first offering HP Lovecraft month, we present “Maternal Instinct,” by Chris Lester. They say you can find absolutely anything on the Internet. The authenticity and good condition of said “anything,” however, is by no means guaranteed. This caveat applies to rare movies, import CDs, […] The post Drabblecast 435 – Maternal Instinct appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  November 14, 2020

  62 min

• Drabblecast 434 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth Pt. 2

  Part two of a Drabblecast production of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic The Shadow Over Innsmouth. The reality of what I had been through was highly uncertain in my mind, but I felt that something hideous lay in the background. I must get away from evil-shadowed Innsmouth—and accordingly I began to test my cramped, wearied powers of […] The post Drabblecast 434 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth Pt. 2 appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  October 31, 2020

  37 min

• Drabblecast 433 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth Pt. 1

  The Drabblecast Annual Halloween Special kicks off this year simultaneously with HP Lovecraft month on the show, a full month of original Drabblecast-commissioned stories playing around with elements of Lovecraft’s style and mythos. We kick things off this year with a fullcast adaptation of one of Lovecraft’s most popular stories– The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Do […] The post Drabblecast 433 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth Pt. 1 appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  October 18, 2020

  52 min

• Drabblecast B-Sides 85- Nothing Changes

  A sadistic tale from a sadistic future on the Drabblecast this week; we bring you a Drabblecast original from People’s Choice Award winning author Robert Reed. Brought to you by the ever-sexy and captivating voice of the internet’s one and only Word Whore. For Drabblecast Bsides subscribers only! A work colleague suffers a stroke and […] The post Drabblecast B-Sides 85- Nothing Changes appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  October 18, 2020

• Drabblecast 432 – Housebound

  Weirdness is in the air at Drabblecast as we bring you an original story about spousal life and home ownership by author Ao-Hui Lin. “Hey babe, where did the closet go?” The Hubby, Victor, gives me a blank look, like the word “closet” is Swahili for “bratwurst”. He neither understands the question nor the purpose […] The post Drabblecast 432 – Housebound appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  October 5, 2020

  27 min

• Drabblecast 431 – A Promise

  This week’s Drabblecast features a poignant story about patience, perspective, parenthood and the paranormal. We bring you “A Promise,” by Jennifer Hudak. Enjoy! I reach out nonexistent fingers to catch your arm, the hem of your shirt. You, there. Sitting on the edge of the bed, head bowed, dripping with sorrow. Your hair is thinning, […] The post Drabblecast 431 – A Promise appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  September 3, 2020

  26 min

• Drabbleclassics- Maybe the Stars

  Drabblecast fan Jen Fischer hosts another Drabbleclassics episode this week, bringing you a touching H.P. Lovecraft mythos story called “Maybe the Stars,” by Samantha Henderson. The post Drabbleclassics- Maybe the Stars appeared first on The Drabblecast.
  August 26, 2020

  37 min