It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton

“Abreaction” by Theodore Sturgeon, narrated by Wil

Listen to the audiobook for “Other Worlds Than These” by Stephen King and Peter Straub, read by Patton Oswalt here - https://bit.ly/4jaHlRj

Original Publication Credit: Weird Tales, 1948

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recor...

Because Wil was able to sit down with Tia Tashiro this week, we are re-releasing the story "To Carry You Inside You"

"To Carry You Inside You" by Tia Tashiro, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: "To Carry You Inside You" was originally published in Clarkesworld in print and audio in November 2023; it was translated into Chinese in print in Science Fiction World: Translations in October 2024.

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://tiatashiro.com/ 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our p...

Wil sits down with Tia Tashiro. Wil read Tia’s story, "To Carry You Inside You," on the show April 29, 2026.

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful Sa...

“The Path of Water” by Emma Törzs, narrated by Wil

Listen to the audiobook for “Other Worlds Than These” by Stephen King and Peter Straub, read by Patton Oswalt here - https://bit.ly/4jaHlRj

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Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, ed...

Wil sits down with P.H. Low. Wil read P.H. Low’s story, “The Loneliness of Former Constellations,” on the show October 6, 2026. 

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the...

“The Loneliness of Former Constellations” by P.H. Low, narrated by Wil

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Original Publication Credit: Strange Horizons, August 9 2021

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San...

“Toothpaste Feelings” by Sharang Biswas, narrated by Wil

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Original Publication Credit: Khoreo Magazine (text and podcast)  We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2025

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyb...

Because Wil was able to sit down with AnaMaria Curtis this week, we're re-releasing AnaMaria's story "The Coffin Maker" in case you missed it!

“The Coffin Maker” by AnaMaria Curtis, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: 

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks...

Wil sits down with AnaMaria Curtis. Wil read AnaMaria’s stories, The Coffin Maker and The Glass City, on the show December 17, 2025 and September 16, 2026. 

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Med...

“The Glass City” by AnaMaria Curtis, narrated by Wil

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Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine 2026

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

“I Will Have This Diamond for a Heart” by Carlos Hernandez, narrated by Wil

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

If yo...

Because Wil was able to sit down with Brian Evenson this week, we're re-releasing Brian's story "Heathman Ldg" in case you missed it!

"Heathman Ldg" by Brian Evenson, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit:  “Heathman Ldg” was first published as a limited edition concertina chapbook in Brazil, in English with facing Portuguese translation:  Heathman Ldg (Sao Paolo, Brazil: Raphus Press, 2023). Edition of 88, concertina.  Nearly simultaneously it appeared in English as:  “Heathman Ldg,” Bourbon Penn 32 (2024), 7-22. 

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.brianevenson.com 

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Wil sits down with Brian Evenson. Wil read Brian’s story, Heathman Ldg, on the show April 15, 2026.

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, Ca...

“The Flaming Embusen” by Tade Thompson, narrated by Wil

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Original Publication Credit: UNCANNY MAGAZINE (Issue 62, January/February 2025), and the Best of British Science Fiction 2025, Edited by Donna Scott (NewCon Press, 17/04/2026). 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Chris...

Wil sits down with Angela Liu. Wil read Angela’s  story, Time is an Ocean, on the show last week.

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It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San...

“Time is an Ocean” by Angela Liu, narrated by Wil

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Original Publication Credit: Strange Horizons (November 6th, 2023)

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fern...

"The Council" by Kanan Gill, narrated by Wil

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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I'm your C...

Wil sits down with Ray Nayler. Wil previously read Ray’s story, A Gray Magic, on the show which dropped on July 22, 2026.

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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"A Gray Magic" by Ray Nayler, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Asimov's September/October 2024

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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Wil sits down with Andrea Chapela. Wil previously read Andrea’s story, As One Listens to the Rain, on the show which dropped on May 20, 2026

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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Wil sits down with Maria Dong. Wil previously read Maria’s story, The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han, on the show which dropped on April 1, 2026. 

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.mariadong.com/

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at...

"Anchorage" by Samantha Mills, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine, Issue 36, September/October 2020

To learn more about this author, visit: https://samtasticbooks.com/

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

Wil sits down with Lavie Tidhar. Wil previously read Lavie’s story, The Portal Keeper on the show which dropped on May 13, 2026. 

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://lavietidhar.wordpress.com/ 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in t...

"If the Martians Have Magic" by P. Djèlí Clark, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine Issue Forty-Two

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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Wil sits down with Daniel H. Wilson. Wil previously read Daniel’s story "SuperMAX" on the show which dropped on March 18, 2026. 

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.danielhwilson.com/ 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the...

“Teeth" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Kaleidotrope (2025)

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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Wil sits down with Mary Robinette Kowal. He also reads a piece of her flash fiction, “With Her Serpent Locks” 

Content warning: the episode contains sounds of rumbling and thunder, and mention of snakes.

To learn more about this author, please visit: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to We...

"As One Listens to the Rain" by Andrea Chapela, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Uncanny (2022) translated by Emma Törzs

Original Spanish published by Editorial Almadía (2020) as part of the short story collection “Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio”

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens...

"The Portal Keeper” by Lavie Tidhar, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: 

Uncanny Magazine, 2022 (text)

Uncanny Magazine, 2022 (audio)

The Year’s Best Fantasy: Volume 2 (text and audio)

Podcastle, 2024 (audio)

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://lavietidhar.wordpress.com/ 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseS...

"Phoenix Tile" by Guan Un, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Khoreo (including audio version): https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/phoenix-tile/ 

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://guanun.com/ 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in...

"To Carry You Inside You" by Tia Tashiro, narrated by Wil

Today, we are going to visit a future where child actors are still exploited, still used up and discarded, facing an adult life without purpose, that they were never prepared for, because nobody cared what happened to them past an arbitrary age.We will meet a young woman who is doing her best to assemble the pieces of a stolen childhood into a fulfilling adult life. It isn't what she wanted, or would have chosen for herself, but she's doing her best, which is all any...

"Bird-Girl Builds a Machine" by Hannah Yang, narrated by Wil

Today, we have a beautiful story for you that is all about love, specifically the kind of love we have for our children. And when we're finished, I think you'll want to hug your kids, or reach out and tell them you love them. I know that I did.

This is: Bird Girl Builds A Machine.

Original Publication Credit: Clarkesworld Magazine

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://hannahyang.com/stories/ 
It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler E...

"Heathman Ldg" by Brian Evenson, narrated by Wil

A splashing fountain in the center court of a mall with fully stocked stores but no shoppers, muzak cheerfully playing for an audience of none. A paper ticket in your hand, in an airport departure lounge that hasn't seen a passenger in fifty years, the board still updating flight information, with whirling letters. The front desk in the empty hotel lobby, an abandoned cigarette burning down in a glass ashtray, static on a black and white TV.

.These are Liminal Spaces: familiar, recognizable, but not quite right, an...

"The Nine Scents of Sorrow" by Jordan Taylor, narrated by Wil

This week's story features one of history's memorable, real-life villains, and while this isn't her story, directly, when she tells it, she is the hero, and so very, very justified. And as much as I hate it, I gotta tell you that she isn't wrong. 

Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine Issue 35, July 2020

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://jordantaylorwrites.com/ 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris La...

"The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong, narrated by Wil

As long as we've existed, humans have told each other stories to understand and interpret the world around us. There are as many different myths about the sun and the moon as there are different cultures and mythmakers, in some places, even the wind gets a name and a backstory from the ancient artists who sought to understand our natural world.I've always been drawn to the stories that seek to explain and understand the world inside of us, the world we live in every...

“End of Play” by Chelsea Sutton, narrated by Wil

To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.chelseasutton.com/

To purchase The Body audiobook, please click here: https://bit.ly/3NZd3DT

Audio excerpt courtesy of Simon & Schuster Audio from The Body by Stephen King, read by Wil Wheaton. Copyright © 1982 by Stephen King. Used with permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor...

"SuperMAX" by Daniel H. Wilson, narrated by Wil

One of the biggest lies set into the foundation of America is that we are the land of the free, a nation of fair and impartially adjudicated laws that seeks not to punish, but to rehabilitate, the almost two million of our citizens we imprison, some of them in conditions so horiffic, they shock the conscience.
Let's imagine a future together, one in which crime and punishment are handled quite differently from our present. In this future, there is a prison dedicated to rehabilitation ... or so it seems...

"Notes From a Pyre" by Amal Singh, narrated by Wil

In just a moment, I will take you to the far future, where we will meet a dead man who spent his life traveling the universe, chronicling the grieving and funerary practices of extra-terrestrial species. It turns out that death, and grief, and loss, aren't just human conditions; they are literally universal experiences. His grandson, no stranger to his own grief and loss, has picked up that work, and is doing his best to complete it. Maybe, if he does, his own burden will be lifted.

“The God of Minor Troubles” by Megan Chee, narrated by Wil

This is a re-release from season one of the podcast. We have also added the original Coda from Wil to the back of the episode, which is a weekly Patreon exclusive for every episode. 

To learn more about the author, please visit:  https://meganchee.carrd.co/

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas Our Podcast is mixed...

"Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the Universe" by Beston Barnett, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Nov 2023 issue of Strange Horizons

It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Christopher Black. It's Storytime is recorded at Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

If you'd like t...