Almost 120 days after I began this project, I’m wrapping it up with a big finale, the classic science fiction novel, The Invisible Man. Originally serialized in Pearson’s Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible
From the October, 1958 Issue of Super Science, a short adventure tale by Science Fiction master Robert Silverberg. archive.org/details/Super_Scien…10/page/n3/mode/2up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
Today, I bring you a short story from Philip K. Dick that is about as different from our last episode as you can get, while staying with the same author. The image I used comes from emilylongbreak dot com: emilylongbrake.com/day-325-the-eyes-ha
The great Philip K. Dick wrote about the human condition as well as any speculative fiction writer of the 20th century, and I am incredibly lucky that this story of his is out of copyright.This was originally published in 1953. It’s about r
Since I started Radio Free Burrito Presents several weeks ago, lots of you have asked me if I would narrate something by HP Lovecraft.I love the Cthulhu mythos, but I’m not crazy about Lovecraft’s storytelling. I feel like he spends a lot o
I did a SUPER short little audiobook thingy for y’all today. The whole thing is only about 11 minutes long, perfect for a quick walk around the block.Published in 1970, today’s short story comes from a battered old paperback I own called SU
Today’s RFB Presents comes from my friend, Cory Doctorow.Cory says, “This is the story of the ogres who run the concession stands on Pleasure Island, where Pinnocchio’s friend Lampwick turned into a donkey. Like much of my stuff, this has a
A wickedly funny, beautifully written, tale from one of the great American authors.More info for my fellow nerds who like to know this sort of stuff:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_…f_the_Right_Footwww.gutenberg.org/files/15143/1514…143-h.
From the Spring, 1940 issue of Fantasia Something, edited by Ray Bradbury, today’s short story is a goddamn delight.www.gutenberg.org/files/41651/4165…N_THE_WORLDSTATEThoughts on the World State by Henry KuttnerDownload
Today’s reading is a satirical Victorian ghost story from the 1890s.Found at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8377/…8377-images.htmlThe Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick BangsDownload
While we are Social Distancing, and Staying Home to Stay Safe (how about those capital letters?!), I’m recording and releasing free audiobooks a couple times a week.I’ve been putting them at SoundCloud, but I’m going to start putting them h
While we are Social Distancing, and Staying Home to Stay Safe (how about those capital letters?!), I’m recording and releasing free audiobooks a couple times a week.I’ve been putting them at SoundCloud, but I’m going to start putting them h
Another mixtape, combining lots of weird and random files I have accumulated over the years, and keep in a folder that’s called “weird and random audio”.Includes: Telly Savalas being really 70s, some random preacher who is really into UFOs, As
Holy shit has it been like a year since I last did one of these? It certainly feels like it, because in 2018, a week feels like a month! This is basically one long recounting of the last few days of my life, which have been filled with joy, goo
Stuff and things and other things, and moog synthesizer music. Yes, it is all in one place, and it’s all for you, Damien! IT IS ALL FOR YOU!Radio Free Burrito doesn’t work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did,
I have a pair of stories this week. One is about my family’s connection to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The other is about the first time I met Adam West. There’s some music here for you, too.Radio Free Burrito doesn’t work as hard to earn its [E
It’s time for a new Radio Free Burrito! This week, I brave an unexpected headache from hell to bring you music from some friends, the origin story of a nemesis, SPORTS!, and some thoughts about this moment in history.Radio Free Burrito doesn’
Who has kept to a weekly schedule for one whole week in a row? THIS GUY!Radio Free Burrito doesn’t work as hard to earn its [EXPLICIT] tag as Memories of the Futurecast did, but it still manages to upset mom and get Twitter breakup messages f