Tessa Hadley Reads “The Quiet House”

Joseph O’Neill reads his story “Light Secrets,” from the January 26, 2026, issue of the magazine. O’Neill is the author of a story collection and five novels, including “Netherland,” which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2009, “The Dog,” and “Godwin,” which was publishe ... Show More

Sadia Shepard reads her story “Kim’s Game,” from the January 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Shepard is a writer and documentary filmmaker. Her first book, “The Girl from Foreign," was published in 2008. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices 

Allegra Goodman reads her story “Deal-Breaker,” from the January 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. Goodman is the author of ten books of fiction, including the novels “Kaaterskill Falls,” which was a National Book Award finalist, “Sam,” and “Isola,” published last year. Her new co ... Show More

<p><em>Holden made love to his friends wife. Because he couldn’t help it. The Portable Star by Isaac Asimov</em>, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.</p><br><p>There will come a time when we will run out of stories in the public domain to share with you that were written by I ... Show More

Tom O’Neill is an award-winning investigative journalist and entertainment reporter whose work has appeared in national publications such as Us, Premiere, New York, The Village Voice and Details. His book, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties (htt ... Show More

<p>Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” by John McGahern, which was published in <em>The New Yorker</em> in 1977. Enright, a winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, among others, has published eleven book ... Show More

<p>As she learns more about what Riley was doing before he disappeared, Maxine is briefly sidelined from her search by another mystery. But, unbeknownst to her, this mystery might hit even closer to home...For cast and crew information, transcripts, and more please visit maxinemi ... Show More

<p>After her ordeal in the cabin - and the new evidence it brought up - Max is almost relieved to be investigating a "haunting" at the local inn. But what begins as a nice afternoon with a woman Max looks up to becomes strange as Honeywell begins to warn Max against trusting Ross ... Show More

<p>A short story of a grisly ride through a blizzard with a corpse! The Last Drive by Carl Jacobi, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.</p><br><p>Carl Richard Jacobi was an author and resident of Minneapolis M ... Show More

The Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever anthology features five new stories about some of our favorite Wakandan heroes – past, present, and future! And on this episode of the podcast, Angelique talks to two of Marvel’s newest comic creators about writing those stories! Dr. Sheena Ho ... Show More

A dark October country road, a driver, a hitchhiker... and a strange, strange story told across cold, lonely miles. All stories on the Knifepoint Horror podcast are written by Soren Narnia, who can also be heard narrating or acting on the podcasts 'The Ghosts on This Road', 'Sibl ... Show More

<p>As part of The New York Times Book Review's project on the 100 Best Books published since the year 2000, Nick Hornby called "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" one of the "greatest literary achievements of the 21st century." The author Patrick ... Show More