By Eugie Foster

Read by Cori Samuel

Thanks for tuning in to the fourth Aberrant Dreams Podcast. This month's feature is Nobodies and Somebodies, by Eugie Foster.

Nobodies and Somebodies

By Eugie Foster

The first time I see a new patient, I try to fix upon something distinctive or idiosyncratic about them as a mnemonic to keep them straight. Oftentimes, a physical quirk or peculiarity is more effective than any amount of note taking, and there’s nothing quite so embarrassing, not to mention unprofessional, as bringing up a salient point in a patient’s case history, only to discover that I’ve misremembered their background. I’ve often wondered if some purported cases of repressed memories have been due to overzealous efforts on the part of my less scrupulous compatriots to cover their gaffes.

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By Rob Shelsky

Read by Rob Shelsky

Thanks for tuning in to the third Aberrant Dreams Podcast. This month's feature is Without Omens, by Rob Shelsky.

Without Omens

By Rob Shelsky

They were all dead when we found them–all of them. We knew how they had died. Telltale clues were waiting there for us to discover, to painstakingly piece together, bit by horrible bit, and just as we had done twice before in two other solar systems. But why? That question haunted us. It stalked our every waking hour. Because, you see, there was a twin ghost to that question, and that was a foreboding, a dread as to what it all might mean.

Yet, we were careful never to speak of that fear. We never acted, for the most part, as if we were even aware of it. Each of us too afraid, I suppose, that if we did it...

By E. N. Wilson

Read by Jodi Krangle

Thanks for tuning in to the second Aberrant Dreams Podcast. This month's feature is The Misfortunes of Bar Dan, by E. N. Wilson.

The Misfortunes of Bar Dan

By E. N. Wilson

As Bar Dan emerged at the top of the castle tower for the two hundred and forty-second time, pigeons bombarded him for the two hundred and forty-second time with their droppings, and then a shadow blotted out the sun.

Bar Dan looked up, prudently shielding his eyes with one hand, to discover that the shadow did not belong to a pigeon of unusual size as he had supposed. Instead, it was produced by a dragon of rather normal size–not that Bar Dan had ever seen a dragon, but when people kept describing something as “large as a house” or “looming like a mountain,” an impression...

By Robert A. Madle

Read By Joe Dickerson

Thanks for tuning in to the first Aberrant Dreams Podcast. This month's feature is The Infinite Vision, by Robert A. Madle.

The Infinite Vision

By Robert A. Madle

Allen Barton was a very imaginative young man. In fact, so imaginative was he that his neighbors and acquaintances doubted that he was entirely sane. But Allen Barton was far from being insane; at least he convinced himself of his sanity, and he had little consideration for the views of others, especially when it came to the question of just how mentally unbalanced he was. Anyway, he considered the majority of the people a little lower than morons, so why should he worry about what they thought?

Allan was what is commonly known as a dreamer. He would often lie awake, gazing at the...