Fictional podcast

Fictional

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.

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.

 

#58

Wizard of Oz: The Great and Terrible (Part 3 of 3)

On the season six finale of Fictional, the Wicked Witch of the West is dead, but it came a... more

15 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:43

15 Oct 2025


#57

Wizard of Oz: Witchhunters (Part 2 of 3)

Dorothy and the party make their way via crumbling yellow brick to the Emerald City, but a... more

01 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:38

01 Oct 2025


#56

Wizard of Oz: Defying Gravity (part 1 of 3)

A girl from Kansas takes a ride on a cyclone to a bizarre, ridiculous, and dangerous land.... more

17 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:46

17 Sep 2025


#55

Arsene Lupin: Unseen

Two stories of Arsene Lupin. In the first, the Queen's necklace has gone missing from a lo... more

03 Sep 2025

40 MINS

40:49

03 Sep 2025


#54

O. Henry: Desperate Men

Two stories of crime and punishment and why kidnapping is wrong and dangerous but not for ... more

07 Aug 2025

38 MINS

38:43

07 Aug 2025


#53

Sherlock Holmes: Burn

A man discovers something reading the paper on his train ride into London: he's wanted for... more

23 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:57

23 Jul 2025


#52

Edgar Allan Poe: The Forgotten

Two stories from Edgar Allan Poe about the masks we wear and the work we do and the profou... more

09 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:38

09 Jul 2025


#51

Philip K. Dick: Veg

Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of... more

25 Jun 2025

35 MINS

35:49

25 Jun 2025


#50

The Island of Doctor Moreau: The Mark of the Beast (part 2 of 2)

The secret of the island is out, and Doctor Moreau is close to his greatest achievement. W... more

11 Jun 2025

41 MINS

41:41

11 Jun 2025


#49

The Island of Doctor Moreau: An Almost Religious Awe (part 1 of 2)

When Edward Pendrick makes it into the lifeboat as the Lady Vain sinks, he thinks he's one... more

11 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:24

11 Jun 2025


#48

Special - Christmas Ghost Stories: Phantoms

Hi! It's been awhile. Thanks for your patience. Today is a special episode and not the sta... more

24 Dec 2024

48 MINS

48:51

24 Dec 2024


#47

Jack London: The You You Are

Dr. Freddie Drummond is in a great position: a fulfilling job, a wonderful fiancée, and th... more

01 Dec 2022

32 MINS

32:06

01 Dec 2022


#46

Time Enough at Last: One for the Books

Someday Henry Bemis is going to do it. Sometime he is going to go to that wonderful, glori... more

10 Nov 2022

27 MINS

27:14

10 Nov 2022


#45

Nikolai Gogol: Nose Goes

What happens when your nose leaves your face...and starts living a better life than you? T... more

27 Oct 2022

30 MINS

30:44

27 Oct 2022


#44

Edgar Allan Poe: Comorbid

You receive a letter from an old friend. He isn't doing well. He invites you to visit him ... more

13 Oct 2022

43 MINS

43:15

13 Oct 2022


#43

Tolstoy: The Long Way Home

Two men, a servant and his master, take a drive on a snowy evening. The experience will fo... more

19 May 2022

42 MINS

42:29

19 May 2022


#42

Philip K. Dick: Fallout

It's the 2010s and nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union has forced humanity int... more

05 May 2022

32 MINS

32:40

05 May 2022


#41

Sherlock Holmes: Dealbreaker

We learn which crime Sherlock Holmes thinks is the absolute worst...and it's not what you ... more

21 Apr 2022

32 MINS

32:16

21 Apr 2022