Paperback Radio
Paperback Radio unveils bi-monthly stories from an eclectic array of genres. Two award-winning creatives invite you to indulge in their strange fiction. L.J. Longo (author) and Lane McLeod Jackson (playwright and director) love audio drama, so we decided to make some. We come out of our shells on the odd weeks of each month, hopefully to your delight and probably to God’s scorn. We hope you are sometimes delighted, sometimes spooked, but always entertained by the stories of Paperback Radio!
Episodes
April 3, 2026 "We're in a Temporal Distortion, Abby. Did you notice? It's been a month!" Part two of Bridger Duc Hahn's stange journey to... the North Pole? Part two of Bridger Duc Hahn's stange journey to... the North Pole? Vibe: Cozy Cosmic Horror, weird stories, Lovecraftian Comedy ---- This is an AUDIO-ONLY presentation (no video). So Imagine. sittin' around the radio in your 1950's bomb shelter. Relaxin' to bi-monthly st...
March 20th, 2026 - "We drill, adjust, set, and... click! Oh no. Look. An explosion... " What's a crime without a crew? Wind-Up destroys jail cells, dodges alien gangsters, and meets old demonic friends in his quest for the perfect team. But he'll need more... and his past could break more than just his heart. Vibe: Superhero v Supervillain, Action Adventure, Crime ----
This is an AUDIO-ONLY presentation (no video). So Imagine...March 6, 2026 "Here at the station there’s a trifling amount of money riding on this moment. Representatives of the Heavenly Host, mostly in HR, are betting on cosmic leniency. The guys over in finance, mostly demons, predict total violence. Ninety-three percent of them have bets that Bridger Duc Hahn has already killed his mother. Five percent of them think he might eat her!" Friends, welcome back to our installment on Madness an...
February 20th, 2026 - "Wouldn't you like enough cash to retire?" "Depends, see? What kind post-work life can we expect? The Maldives? Or working in a gas station like you." "Palm trees and cool breezes. I guarantee." After a corrupt super-hero beats Wind-Up to a pulp, the retired super villain and toy-maker extraordinaire decides there is no more time to waste. Money and villains. He needs both NOW in order to survive in this exc...
February 4, 2026 - "I do hate these scenes. Solving people’s destinies is such a… personal and messy business."
In this cozy fantasy, a witch cursed to wander until she can change the lives of 78 people in one year falls in love with the uptight steward, who happens to be one of her ... clients. Vibe: Cozy fantasy, romance, cute ---- This is an AUDIO ONLY presentation (no video). So Imagine. sittin' around the radio in your 19...January 30th, 2026 - "Welcome to The Inspiration Chop Shop, where we take apart our favorite films, books, and anything else we darn-well like—and steal every useful bit for our own creative malfeasance."
Lane and L.J. chat (or try to) about the newest segment of Paperback Radio: Plagiarize: The Inspiration Chop Shop! In this episode, we'll look at Sorry, Wrong Number the great radio drama by Lucille Fletcher, and discuss whether...
Jan 16 th, 2025 - "Bad guys don't get the breaks, Wind-Up. You might have fooled the papers, but I remember them toys shot to kill. Did you do your time? No. Then pay for the privilege of freedom." Wind-Up, a retired super villain and toy-maker extraodinaire has escaped the clutches of Synergy... temporarily. Now he's got limited time to assemble a crack team of minions, henchemen, and goons. He's on the clock, but that's the way ...
Jan 2nd, 2026 "Xuanlu Dao had never appeared fragile to her. Not until her hands cradled her mother’s paper-thin skin and she saw the bloom of blood under her robes, the indent in her chest." When XuanLu's heart exploded at the dinner table, her daughter, Laiyan Dao vows veangance. Powerful warrior's don't perish over soup, so someone must have murdered her. Fprtunately a local tourist who happens to be a traveling warrior/investi...
Dec 19 th, 2025 - "For some reason the bullet didn't seem to hurt the 30 foot monster." Wind-Up, a retired minor criminal mastermind, has been kidnapped by a world spanning Supervillian. While imprisoned in a five star gothic blimp of fantastic proportions our intrepid villian watches a titantic battle. Two headed demonic monsters, super heroes, cyborgs, and epic chaos battle in the skies. But what will the survivors want from poo...
December 5 th, 2025 - "Near Thanksgiving, I was in the freezer, fetching the mac-n-cheese and the turkey chunks, uh, I lost my soul."
Three microfictions by L.J. Longo capturing the strange and monstrous events of everyday life during the holiday Season Vibe: Holidays, Horror, Surreal, Comedy ---- This is an AUDIO ONLY presentation (no video). So Imagine. sittin' around the radio in your 1950's bomb shelter. Relaxin' to...November 21st, 2025 - "This too well-dressed spiritualist is accompanied by temptation. A woman- or at least a hormone-inspired vision of one. The smile looks almost real. It's embarrassing seeing her after all these years. She was never my best work."
A former supervillian, now a toy maker, is chased for one final job. Vibe: Superhero v Supervillain, Action Adventure, Crime ---- This is an AUDIO ONLY presentation (no video...November 7th, 2025 - "Is Josh in that hole?" "Of course not. I didn't kill him." Three years after the body finished decaying, Didi thinks she can escape her debt. But Amanda's watching, and even the ends of the Earth aren't far enough. Especially, when it's time to pay up. Vibe: Psychological Thriller, Suspence, True Crime... Adjacent
October 17th, 2025 - "Either God or the Devil gave me that strength and I suppose one day I’ll know which to thank..."
Clara loved her doll... and the feeling was mutual. And when someone you love is in trouble, you'll do anything to protect her. Vibe: Horror, Madness, Gothic Terror Tale ---- This is an AUDIO ONLY presentation (no video). So Imagine. sittin' around the radio in your 1950's bomb shelter. Relaxin' to bi-mon...October 3rd, 2025 - "I should have called—oh God, I should have—" "But you didn’t. You called me. That’s what matters now." After a sorority pledge goes horribly wrong, Didi calls her summer mentor for advice. She expects sympathy. What she gets is control. Amanda knows how to clean up a mess — but every solution has a cost. Vibe: Psychological Thriller, Suspence, True Crime... adjacent
September 19th, 2025 - "Deathbed confessions should be amusing or shocking...they should twist any previous interpretation of the soul in question. If a deathbed confession does not make you FEEL in your heart of hearts that this soul should be sent straight to Hell what kind of live can be said he lived?" A dying ringmaster, haunted by the murder of his friends in the circus, seeks vengeance using all the powers at his disposal. ...
September 5th, 2025 - This is an sample from L.J.'s latest novel (and a re-release of her first). Evasive Love is on sale now at Evernight Publishing (and where ever else you get your smutty e-books). Learn More Kavan Griffiths is a bounty hunter trying to claw his way back into respectability after a scandal destroyed his career. His latest mark might be innocent... or else Elliot Grayson might be a seductive mad-scientist wanted...
August 15th, 2025 - " I started suspecting something about a year and a half ago. Growing numbers of accidents, disappearances. Our technology ending up on the other side of the galaxy. It’s been like a madness. Or a demon. No proof. But I was ordered to hold off. Professionals were on the way..." Veronica Starr, spy, socialite, saboteur, tackles interstellar intrigue with weaponized charm and laser guns. Whether she's outwitting ...
August 1, 2025 - "You are waiting to be born. The wishes of the entire city swirl in the nebula of your heart and head." The Witch-Light Monologues—an urban romantasy where magic pulses through every corner of a city built on secrets and dreams. A long stable witch-light unexpectedly hatches at a wedding causing chaos as it grants wishes, absorbs its 'family', and tries to make everyone happy before it's own inevitable destruction...
July 18th, 2025 - " "How much longer do I have to live?" "Days. Maybe two weeks. I have three months. Then I’ll find a way to die accidentally on the forty-fifth of Mosh. It’s allowed to be painless." Veronica Starr, spy, socialite, saboteur, tackles interstellar intrigue with weaponized charm and laser guns. Whether she's outwitting alien warlords in a steam spa or flirting with danger via encrypted comms, Veronica doesn't just s...
July 4, 2025 - "Fate did not bring me to this cafe to spy on a couple planning their wedding. I’m here because my daughters are meddlers and fools."
The Witch-Light Monologues—an urban romantasy where magic pulses through every corner of a city built on secrets and dreams. Even though she's been ten years sober, Zinka still won't go to alchemical bars or trust anything stronger than cinnamon in her coffee after she nearly lost her...Popular Podcasts
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