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

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 Skyboat Media in the beautiful San Fernando Valley, California. 

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

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

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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. 

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

Original Publication Credit: Originally published in "Uncanny Magazine." The short story "SuperMAX" by Daniel H. Wilson was published in Uncanny Magazine Issue 53, which is the July/August 2023 issue.

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

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

Original Publication Credit: Originally published in The Deadlands, March 2023. Reprinted in Apex Magazine, January 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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“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/

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"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. 

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"The Last Lucid Day" by Dominique Dickey, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: The story was simultaneously published by Lightspeed and io9; it's also been reprinted in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1, edited by Michael Kelly. 

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

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"Lily, The Immortal" by Kylie Lee Baker, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: “Lily, the Immortal” was read on Uncanny Magazine Podcast episode 44B in 2022

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

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"We Will Weather One Another Somehow" by Kristina Ten, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Diabolical Plots, June 2021: https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-76b-we-will-weatherone-another-somehow-by-kristina-ten/ Story Hour, Sept. 2025: https://youtu.be/u56vj3Cg-Ts?si=UJhsvRVCeRVRT5MB (recording of online reading series) 

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

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"Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality" by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Lightspeed Magazine, November 2020 / Previous audio version: Audio reprint in CatsCast episode 6, September 2022

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

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"Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt, narrated by Wil

Original Publication Credit: Uncanny, September/October 2025 issue

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

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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