News, Reviews, and Commentary on all forms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror audio. Audiobooks, audio drama, podcasts; we discuss all of it here. Mystery, crime, and noir audio are also fair game.
Fantômas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre Source: LibriVox (zipped mp3s or M4B) Length: 10 hrs, 11 min Reader: Alan Winterrowd The book: Literature is full of great detectives; less so with great criminals. The criminal masterminds that take center stage… Read moreFree Listens review: Fantomas by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre
First published in the December 1951 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, To Catch A Thief is the romantic tale of an ex-American jewel thief living in retirement on the French Riviera. Randal S. Brandt, who penned the introduction to the recently… Read moreBBCR4 + RA.cc: To Catch A Thief
Here’s a really thoughtful short crime story that I think my Catholic friends will especially enjoy (it’s good and it’s pretty hard to find a good audio edition). Though some have classified it as humorous it has plenty of depth… Read moreA Piece Of String by Guy de Maupassant (as read by Stefan Rudnicki)
I get the sense that Rastignac The Devil is a satire, using the furniture of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. But I feel really embarrassed about not knowing what is going on, sub-textually, in this interesting, but baffling, novella by… Read moreLibriVox: Rastignac The Devil by Philip José Farmer
If you’re just a poor boy you’ll appreciate this monstrosity sized FREE audiobook from LibriVox. From the author of Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk comes part of the inspiration for Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini! If nothing… Read moreLibriVox: Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
The SFFaudio Podcast #020 – Today Jesse and Scott talk with James Powell, a terrific Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Crime writer. He was first published in April 1966 and has approximately 140 published short stories in such magazines as… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #020