secretslothApr 1
Hey! Hi! Do you have any audio fiction podcasts to recommend? I especially like indie ones, feel free to plug your own or a friend's, I'm running low on the list that I had bookmarked, so recommendations welcome! Currently only looking for fiction, brain is not the best at absorbing facts lately.  
#podcasts #AudioDrama
Show threadoliverApr 1
@secretsloth i am curious what's on the list that's running out! 👀
Show threadsecretslothApr 1

@o1vr so many things 🤣
Hello From The Hallowoods
Selene
Less is Morgue
Palimpsest
Unwell
City of Ghosts
Desert Skies
Wooden Overcoats
Badlands Cola
Victoriocity
Archive 81
Ghost Wax
Lavender Evening Fog
Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye
Night Shift
McGillicuddy and Murder's Pawn Shop
Crap Noir
The Shadow Dispatch
Dark Ages
The Way We Haunt Now
The Book of Constellations
Arden
What Happened in Skinner
Sporadic Phantoms
Nowhere, On Air
Achewillow
Haunted Happenstance
Murphy

So many 🥰

Show threadJenn, blobby goblinApr 1
@secretsloth oh man someone who's heard of City of Ghosts! @o1vr
Show threadsecretsloth6d ago
@titania @o1vr I adore City of Ghosts! I've been branching out into more SciFi lately, basically anything that isn't romance or too violent is good for me, I adore stories, quirky is good, fairy tale inspired is good, anything that the author clearly loved making is something I will listen to and appreciate, basically, as long as there aren't noises that will trigger my tinnitus too much.
Show threadJenn, blobby goblin6d ago

@secretsloth Okay, if you haven't listened to the Phosphene Catalog, it's wonderful (and they're on Mastodon! @phosphenecatalogue). I loved, uh, Wolf 359 (space station!) and Unseen (urban fantasy), the other podcast by the creator of it. The Strange Case of Starship Iris is great. I really dug Olive Hill, for fake-but-feels-real true "crime" (not too graphic, not too violent -- it's about a case where a girl dies in the woods and the narrator, returning to her hometown, is trying to figure out what happened and who isn't telling all they know). I also loved The Antique Shop and The McIlwraith Statements (sole narrator in both, but she's great, they're weird paranormal/urban fantasy). Our Fair City is super-fun weird SF that takes some of the pulp tropes of the 50s and turns them on their heads...

I can probably think of more if allowed to, ha. I love audiodramas. :)

Show threadsecretsloth
@titania @phosphenecatalogue :o you have great ideas, I will add all of these and any other suggestions you have! (Hoovers up all the audio dramas like Kirby)
Apr 1 at 8:59pmWeb
Show threadJenn, blobby goblin6d ago

@secretsloth haha, well! The first season of Out of Place is GREAT, weird alt-history stuff. Also love the second season, but it gets a bit more graphic at points. The two can be listened to separately/as stand-alones; there's no reason to do both. (It's not SUPER violent, but it does go into some really heavy themes and I hesitate reccing it wholeheartedly because of that -- I personally loved it, but not everyone will!)

You (probably?) heard about it, but Passenger List was fucking *epic* and it lives rent-free in my head to this day. Modern what-if sort of podcast about a flight that goes down over the Atlantic, and a woman who is just trying to understand what happened, because her brother was on it. It's a weird sort of thriller thing about grief and how well we know the people we love, and it's *great*.

Um, I also loved The Wrong Station -- anthology horror, you can pick and choose based on what episodes sound interesting to you.

Nonfic, but amazing: SNAP JUDGMENT. Not informative, still stories!

Show threadsecretsloth6d ago
@titania oh I did hear about passenger list but somehow forgot to add it! Yesssss! It did sound super good. Gosh I just love stories so much. Especially since I'm stuck in bed a lot, and I'm so tired, I love that these lovely people make these dramas and tell me these great stories so I'm not bored.  so many great thoughts and ideas and honestly, even some of the difficult themes have helped me process some of my own feelings. They're so eloquent sometimes.
Show threadJenn, blobby goblin6d ago
@secretsloth I love to listen to them while I'm doing other stuff, like cross-stitch. It's nice to feel like I get to be somewhere else for a while! Love a good audiodrama. :)
Show threadsecretsloth6d ago
@titania oh same, as soon as I'm back to crafting I will be doing both at once. :o do you post photos of your cross stitch? Do you mind if I follow you? I loooove cross stitch! 🥰
Show threadJenn, blobby goblin6d ago

@secretsloth I do, it's all in my media -- I haven't done anything for a while, but I have a project I've been meaning to start!

And yes, feel free, I'll request you too. :)