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Fictional

Fictional

By: Jason Weiser Carissa Weiser | Nextpod
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Classic lit with a modern tone, every other week. From the creators of Myths and Legends, comes an altogether same-but-different podcast set in the world of classic lit. These are the stories of Dracula, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers. They're stories written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and H.P. Lovecraft, but with a casual, modern tone. Listen as Jason and Carissa Weiser breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written.© 2017-2023 Nextpod, All Rights Reserved Art Literary History & Criticism World
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  • Sherlock Holmes: Burn

    Sherlock Holmes: Burn
    Jul 23 2025

    A man discovers something reading the paper on his train ride into London: he's wanted for murder. What does he do next? Lead police on a low-speed chase to 221B Baker Street.

    Say hi on discord: https://myths.link/discord
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    37 mins
  • Edgar Allan Poe: The Forgotten

    Edgar Allan Poe: The Forgotten
    Jul 9 2025

    Two stories from Edgar Allan Poe about the masks we wear and the work we do and the profound consequences of both.

    Today's stories were adapted from:

    • "Hop-frog" by Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poe%27s_Tales_of_Mystery_and_Imagination/Hop-Frog
    • "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_the_Late_Edgar_Allan_Poe_(1850)/Volume_1/The_Oval_Portrait
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    37 mins
  • Philip K. Dick: Veg

    Philip K. Dick: Veg
    Jun 25 2025

    Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of defense against a vast, strange galaxy, because there's a strange infection growing among the soldiers of the outpost: they think they're turning into plants.

    Adapted from "Piper in the Woods" by Philip K. Dick: (Warning, link NSFW as it contains a drawing of a nude alien) https://myths.link/piper
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    36 mins
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