Rob Hughes thought his kid was a genius--or, if not a genius, at least a very smart boy. Aaron was only five years old and already he could tie his shoes, count to 120, identify pictures of animals in books and recognize the constellation of O

EPISODE 07: "Nigh" a live reading [REDUX] UPDATED

Aug 24th, 2017 11m 56s

The end of the world is an event that has been predicted for millennia. It is always on the horizon, but so far has not come to pass. Mr. Daniels, however, has his own prediction and, unless he’s wrong, the danger of the end of the world is v

EPISODE 07: "Nigh" a live reading [REDUX]

Aug 23rd, 2017 11m 56s

EPISODE 06: "Wolves Among Stones at Dusk" REDUX

Jul 19th, 2017 25m 7s

The Mexican Gray wolf is among the rarest of North American wolf species. Few humans have seen them, fewer still have heard them growl, and far fewer have heard the pangs of hunger from the stomach of one. One old man, seated on the cliff of a

EPISODE 05: "...to a Flame" the stage play (live from the Pocahontas County Opera House)

Jun 17th, 2017 21m 19s

The Mothman of West Virginia is reported to be a winged creature, the size of a man, but with glowing red eyes. There have been a few plays written about this creature. This is one of them. Presenting the stage adaptation of Eric Fritzius��

EPISODE 04: "Old Country" a Live Radio Adaptation REDUX

May 9th, 2017 29m 46s

Episode 04 of the REDUX version of the Consternation of Monsters Podcast features a recording of a live radio adaptation of the short story "Old Country" as found in the collection A Consternation of Monsters. On a day in 1983, Martin Riscili

EPISODE 03: "Limited Edition" (excerpt)

Apr 14th, 2017 32m 15s

A story of bitter rivalries, stolen opportunities, forgery, and the angel of death, set in the cut throat world of public television antiques appraisal--a world in which one of the most powerful objects is a fork. This podcast is an excerpt

EPISODE 02: "The Ones that Aren��t Crows" REDUX

Mar 18th, 2017 19m 6s

The Seward Whale Strike Tragedy, they called it. Twenty-five people dead. The worst accident in Alaska��s tourism history since Will Rogers�� plane went down in ��35. Only one man left alive knows the truth of what really happened--the man

EPISODE 01: "...to a Flame" REDUX

Feb 7th, 2017 19m 31s

The Mothman of West Virginia is reported to be a winged creature, the size of a man, but with glowing red eyes. It was reportedly witnessed on multiple occasions around the area of Point Pleasant, W.Va., during the 1960s and has been reported

EPISODE 00: Foreword

Jan 25th, 2017 15m 30s

The Consternation of Monsters Podcast is an ongoing project, adapting and excerpting a few of the stories found in the short story collection A Consternation of Monsters as well as the unabridged audiobook of the collection. While many of the

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