Stories To Keep You Up At Night

Stories To Keep You Up At Night brings you fantastic dark fiction every week: ghosts, vampires, the living dead, Eldritch abominations, weird stuff nobody can explain, even some good old-fashioned murder. Whatever dark, bent, or twisted tale you’re in the mood for, you can find it here.

 

Curated from among the 21st century’s finest writers of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, from all over the world, Stories To Keep You Up At Night explores the human condition in ways that will keep your mind racing long into the night. Travel from small-town Pennsylvania to the court of an Indian raja, from dank European dungeons to haunted African deserts, from forgotten pasts to terrifying futures—and be ready to sleep with the lights on…if you can sleep at all.

 

Stories To Keep You Up At Night is a Realm production. Listen away.

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Society & Culture
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24. A Key to the Illuminated Heretic, Part 2
A. M. Dellamonica’s fascinating alternate history of Joan of Arc.
38 min
77
23. A Key to the Illuminated Heretic, Part 1
What if Joan of Arc had not been burned at the stake?
32 min
78
22. The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programm...
Sam Miller shows us a future when anything is possible—for better or worse
46 min
79
21. Weird Western Vibes
In perilous times, two women do what they must to survive.
49 min
80
20. Fire in the Haze
Mishell Baker weaves a tangled web of gender roles, and irreconcilable yet enduring love
69 min
81
19. Migration Suite: A Study in C-Sharp Minor
Maurice Broaddus’s lyrical meditation on the ongoing journey of the African people, voiced by Eboni Flowers
48 min
82
18. It's Machine Code
Curtis C. Chen shows us it’s slippery slope when a cop is more interested in crime than in criminals, narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
43 min
83
17. Dark and Disturbing
You’ll want to keep the lights on for these stories
53 min
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16. Before the World Crumbles Away
A. T. Greenblatt reminds us that, even at the end of everything, what matters most is love.
49 min
85
15. The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins...
Let Ana Clements’ voice carry you back to the ancestral home of the Lords Calipash
34 min
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14. The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins...
Join us as we welcome the two new arrivals to the unsavory and decadent Calipash family
37 min
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13. Breaking Water
The dead are rising in Kolkata.
63 min
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12. Strange Encounters
Odd meetings make for odder conversations.
48 min
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11. The Queen’s Garden
Follow Kate Elliot into “The Queen’s Garden,” a world of court intrigue and subtle humor, where two princesses join together to save their kingdom from their corrupt father, narrated by Rachel Fulginiti.
63 min
90
10. Monsters from Beyond
Two chilling tales that’ll make you latch your windows and lock your doors: Max Gladstone’s Lovecraftian “Crispin’s Model,” as voiced by Robin Ray Eller; and Jeffrey Ford’s unsettling “The Angel Seems,” as told by Kitty Hendrix
100 min
91
9. No Flight without the Shatter
Get swept away by Brooke Bolander’s haunting meditation on the wisdom of animals and the end of the world in “No Flight Without the Shatter,” as read by Gail Shalan
62 min
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8. Future Imperfect
Dark visions of days yet to come, as imagined by Chinelo Onwualu in “Read Before Use,” read by Shayna Small; and E. Lily Yu’s “Local Stop on the Floating Train,” read by Cristina Milizia
49 min
93
7. Pestilence and Plague
Inspiration can come from anywhere, even a global pandemic.
48 min
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6. Monstrous Folklore
Some monsters come from outside; others from within.
65 min
95
5. With a Golden Risha, Part 2
Let Walles Hamonde’s voice take you back to P. Djeli Clark’s astonishing vision of the ancient Near East, and the search for a mythical city of riches.
48 min
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4. With a Golden Risha, Part 1
P. Djeli Clark’s epic adventure of anarchist airship pirates is so big, it needed two episodes
42 min
97
3. Other People
Relish the mystery of Mimi Mondal’s dark fantasy whodunit set in a bar in India
61 min
98
2. Ken Liu + George Takei Special
Two science fiction superstars, together for the first time!
40 min
99
1. Haunted Houses...And Other Dwellings
Home is where the horror is.
59 min