# Auditory Anthology Posts from Auditory Anthology, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/20/the-outsider-by-h-p-lovecraft/) _2026-08-20 · Keith Conrad_ Raised alone in an ancient, decaying castle with no memory of family or the outside world, a lonely figure finally attempts what seems impossible: climbing the one ruined tower tall enough to reach the sky above the trees. What waits at the top — and in the strange, moonlit world beyond — builds toward one of Lovecraft’s most haunting and often-cited revelations ## [Coffee Grinder Love by Siobhan Gallahger](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/18/coffee-grinder-love-by-siobhan-gallahger/) _2026-08-18 · Keith Conrad_ After a disastrous divorce sparked by her fatally toxic coffee, a desperate woman navigates interspecies dating and Martian travel to prove her domestic worth—and finally stumbles upon an insectoid suitor who appreciates a decent cup of tea. ## [The Man at the Table & Maiden Voyage – Chapter Three: No Way In](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/16/the-man-at-the-table-maiden-voyage-chapter-three-no-way-in/) _2026-08-16 · Keith Conrad_ “The Man at the Table,” follows an operative as he breaks into an empty house chasing a routine surveillance lead — and finds something waiting for him that no training could have prepared him for. It’s a quieter, stranger thread in this world, and one that’s far from finished. ## [Pink Grass Planet by Sam Merwin Jr.](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/13/pink-grass-planet-by-sam-merwin-jr/) _2026-08-13 · Keith Conrad_ After five years stationed on the alien world of Lri-gTu-riANa, Ricardo Webb finally makes it home to Earth, his fiancée, and everything familiar he’s been dreaming about — only to discover that “home” doesn’t feel quite the way he remembers it. What follows is a sharp, funny look at culture shock turned inside out, asking what happens when the place you left behind changes just as much as you… ## [I’ve Heard That Pluto is Nice This Time of Year by Lyle Talbot](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/11/ive-heard-that-pluto-is-nice-this-time-of-year-by-lyle-talbot/) _2026-08-11 · Keith Conrad_ As Earth’s atmosphere runs out, Clark and Alice have minutes to choose which planet they’ll spend the rest of their lives on — but Clark’s endless second-guessing about tobacco, cave crawlers, and the size of the locals may cost them both a ticket out. Lyle Talbot delivers a story that’s equal parts dark comedy and heartbreak, about how hard it is to let go of home even when home is disappearing… ## [Potential & Maiden Voyage – Chapter Two: The Approach](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/09/potential-maiden-voyage-chapter-two/) _2026-08-09 · Keith Conrad_ A young researcher named Wei joins a windowless, secretive facility to study a mysterious ancient artifact under the enigmatic Dr. Liang — and quickly discovers that some of what it does defies explanation entirely. ## [I’ll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen Huber](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/06/ill-kill-you-tomorrow-by-helen-huber/) _2026-08-06 · Keith Conrad_ A night-shift nurse walks into the hospital’s basket room to find something impossible: thirty newborns, all in complete, unnatural silence. What she discovers waiting behind one set of very old eyes sets off a race against time before the nursery’s littlest patients grow into something no one could stop. ## [On the Edge of Air by Ciro Capao](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/04/on-the-edge-of-air-by-ciro-capao/) _2026-08-04 · Keith Conrad_ When a bomb tears through the Adjuster’s headquarters, security officer Jonathan is thrown into a chase that leads him to the ravaged, weather-controlled outskirts of a domed city — and a suspect willing to risk everything to stop the world from being “adjusted.” ## [Maiden Voyage – Chapter One: The Artifact](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/08/02/maiden-voyage-chapter-one-the-artifact/) _2026-08-02 · Keith Conrad_ When a mysterious, unyielding artifact—made of an impossible extraterrestrial material—begins responding to a precise frequency, senior researcher Chen Liang realizes his team isn't just analyzing an unknown object; they are waking something up. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1G5QSZTrzewr) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [The Small Assassin by Ray Bradbury](https://www.auditoryanthology.com/2026/07/30/the-small-assassin-by-ray-bradbury/) _2026-07-30 · Keith Conrad_ New parents David and Alice Leiber should be settling into blissful domesticity with their newborn son. Instead, Alice is convinced something is deeply wrong with her baby — and as strange accidents start piling up around the house, David finds himself forced to consider whether her fears might be more than exhaustion and nerves.