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Recent Episodes:

  • WTT Extra: ‘The Town Without a Soul, Chapter 1′ released on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 00:07
  • By Josh Charney and Andrew Culver. In this spoken word/music collaboration, a train-jumping drifter gets dumped in an ominous desert town. Chapter 1 of 5. New chapters will be released each Wednesday.
  • WTT 29: ‘Night School’ released on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 21:54
  • Written by Keith Schaffner, read by Christina Colligan. A hooker is abducted by a mysterious school bus filled with blood-thirsty, young vampires. Explicit: language
  • WTT 28: ‘Final Notice’ released on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 13:40
  • Written by Theodore Carter, read by Eleiece Krawiec. A cat-lover develops an unhealthy — and dangerous — obsession with her strange pet.
  • WTT 27: ‘Piercing the Dead’ released on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 19:05
  • Written by Kevin Anderson, read by Brandon Carpenter. The proprietor of the Ink Spot tattoo and piercing parlor of Austin, Texas recalls his most terrifying customer. Eyebrow rings have never been so spooky.
  • WTT 26: ‘Cell’ released on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 04:05
  • Written by Lavie Tidhar, read by Brandon Carpenter. An intergalactic prisoner serving a hard labor sentence comes to an understanding with his robotic prison cell/spaceship.
  • WTT 25: ‘Are You On Drugs?’ released on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 04:20
  • Written by Jack Valbrook, read by Nobilis. A high school student learns about the perils of drug use … but not in an ABC After School Special kind of way. Explicit: drugs, language
  • WTT 24: ‘Fat Larry’s Night With The Alligators’ released on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 01:15
  • Written by Ken Goldman, read by Rick Stringer. Two mobsters face off — and commune with nature — in an alligator-infested Florida swamp. Explicit: violence, language
  • WTT 23: ‘What Little Girls Are Made Of’ released on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 01:48
  • Written by S.R. Bartok, read by Steve Anderson. It’s time to “party-party” when a strikingly beautiful — and oddly retro — receptionist entertains a wary businessman. Explicit: language
  • WTT 22: ‘The Fourth Wall’ released on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 22:00
  • Written by Maddie Ward, read by Eleena de Lisser. A teenage girl freaks out her little brother by incessantly talking to herself. When the little brother confronts her about her strange habit, he discovers a terrible secret.
  • WTT 21: ‘Circling’ released on Tue, 12/18/2007 - 23:26
  • Written by Steven J. Dines, read by David Maciver. A one-and-a-half pound seagull sucked into the engine of a Boeing 777 has the same effect as a cannonball. Falconer Tom Camron’s job is to keep the airport runways clear of these feathered hazards. And he pays a terrible price for his failure.
  • WTT 20: ‘The Lure of Heaven’ released on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 02:00
  • Written by Kevin Anderson, read by Christina Colligan. A young faithful couple is lured by an angelic voice to a desolate clearing. They believe, as do others, that they have received the calling from a new prophet that will change the world. Stick around for a bonus mini-story after the main feature.
  • WTT 19: ‘Type A’ released on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 02:00
  • Written by Jennie Kermode, read by Christina Colligan. A lonesome man becomes obsessed with a beautiful, young woman. And finds himself in desperate straits. Explicit: violence
  • WTT 18: ‘Trick or Treat’ released on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 04:00
  • Written by Finn Colgan, read by Christina Colligan. A simpleton — with a gruesome secret — is targeted by Halloween tricksters. But he gets bloody revenge. Explicit: violence, language
  • WTT 17: ‘The Beautiful Game’ released on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 06:00
  • Written by Steven J. Dines, read by Richard L. Richards, Jr. A cynical raconteur parlays boyhood infamy into tawdry fame on the TV talk show circuit. But his pretty young thing doesn’t seem to mind. Explicit language, sexuality
  • WTT 16: ‘Stop Loss’ released on Tue, 10/02/2007 - 04:00
  • Written by Dayton Ward, read by Richard L. Richards, Jr. Undead U.S. Marines — don’t call them zombies — continue patrolling Iraq under the military’s new version of the “Stop Loss” initiative. Explicit: violence, language
  • WTT 15: ‘The Love Bug’ released on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 00:00
  • Written by Teej Grant, read by Christina Colligan. An extraterrestrial crash-lands on Earth, discovers the joy of sex … only to spark a plague of passion. (Explicit sexuality and language)
  • WTT 14: ‘The David’ released on Sun, 07/15/2007 - 20:30
  • Written by Jonathan Kravetz, read by Andy Hoff. A detective is hired to find the “will to live” of a former lover — and finds something out about himself — in this hardboiled tale with an existential twist. (Explicit language)
  • WTT 13: ‘Death’s a Bitch’ released on Tue, 07/03/2007 - 18:00
  • Written by Finn Colgan, read by Andy Hoff. A small-town cop battles an epidemic of flesh-eating zombies — both human and canine — and does the unthinkable to survive. Explicit: violence, language
  • WTT 12: ‘The Hard Way’ released on Fri, 06/15/2007 - 18:00
  • Written by Tom Barlow, read by Frederic Heringes. A gambler heads to Vegas to win enough money to pay off his mob debts — only to find himself in the middle of a dirty bomb attack, riding the wrong kind of “hot” streak.
  • WTT 11: ‘One More Kill’ released on Thu, 05/31/2007 - 04:29
  • Written by Matt Hughes, read by Andy Hoff. An unscrupulous doctor persuades a terminally ill leukemia patient to become a “vigilante” assassin. But the good doctor may have something up his sleeve.
  • WTT 10: ‘Cellar Meat’ released on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 03:29
  • Written by Douglas R. Burchill, read by Richard L. Richards, Jr. HORROR — A lone, desperate woman driving through the desert picks the wrong gas station for a pit stop. (Explicit violence, language)
  • WTT 09: ‘Red Lips’ released on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 01:59
  • Written by Tim Keenan, read by Richard L. Richards, Jr. When murder and drugs no longer provide a rush, a world-weary psychopath willingly transforms from the ultimate predator into prey for a sexy female thrill-killer. (Explicit violence, language, sexuality.)
  • WTT 08: ‘The 30 Day Baby Company’ released on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 13:45
  • Written by Darren Callahan, read by Rachael Drummond. The Great Baby Plague lasted three years and killed twenty-four million babies. In its aftermath, entrepreneur Franklin Young established The 30 Day Baby Company, a Limited Liability Corporation, with the intent of helping devasted parents cope with the loss of their children.
  • WTT 07: ‘Swan Song’ released on Wed, 05/02/2007 - 07:23
  • Written by Diana Kemp-Jones, read by Rachael Drummond. In a future world, an amoral elite class is threatened by an unconventional plague and protected by immune, conscripted trackers. (Explicit language, violence and sexuality)
  • WTT 06: ‘Battle of the Carson Hotel’ released on Wed, 04/25/2007 - 03:00
  • Written by Heath Lowrance, read by Andy Hoff. While World War II rages overseas, the house dick at the Carson Hotel fights his own battle against a gang of pasty-faced gunmen, a mysterious woman and the brilliant Dr. Vox.
  • WTT 05: ‘Death and Taxes’ released on Mon, 04/16/2007 - 07:38
  • Written by Finn Colgan, read by Andy Hoff. When the taxman comes calling on an shabby nursing home, someone will wind up paying the ultimate price. Just in time for the American tax deadline, April 15. (Explicit violence, mild profanity)
  • WTT 04: ‘The Red Hurricane’ released on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 07:38
  • Written and read by Christina Colligan. A mother must protect her children from a great Evil — and his winged minions — in a post-apocalyptic world where the only defense is anonymity.
  • WTT 03: ‘The Last Day of Summer’ released on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 00:15
  • Written by Willie Meikle, read by Andy Hoff. A young lad with a burning desire to grow up learns the hard way that he should be careful what he wishes for in this dark, modern-day fable.
  • WTT 02: ‘Hand of God’ released on Mon, 03/26/2007 - 21:13
  • Written by Liz Shannon Miller, read by Rachael Drummond. Determined to win the affection and respect of her distant father, a young scientist breaks the space-time continuum to fix the worst blown call in sports history.
  • WTT 01: ‘Tequila’ released on Tue, 03/20/2007 - 00:06
  • Written by Finn Colgan, read by Andy Hoff. A violent drunk on a bender through Tijuana looks for answers in the bottom of a bottle … and finds more than he bargained for. Explicit: violence, language

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