The Outsider does not have animal characters, but it is another wonderful use of anthropomorphism and dealing with The Other. It’s a nice bit of dramatic and sympathetic horror and Norm Sherman does a wonderful job narrating the tale.

“I Guard the Gate” by Carmen K. Welsh

Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast novel podcast

Music cues by Infinity Squared

Download or listen to the episode here.

For Memorial Day, we offer this tribute to all soldiers who have fought or who are still fighting in wars overseas, far from home. This is also a remembrance of those canines who have served along side human soldiers, offering companionship and protection during wartime.

“Duty” by Vargr Dragonwolf

Read by Belic Bear

Music cues by Infinity Squared

This story was inspired by and dedicated to the United States War Dogs Association.

Download or listen to the episode here.

Story “Goodnight Ari” by Steven Crane

Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel Podcast

Music cues by Infinity Squared

Additional music from the Podsafe Music Network

Download or listen to the episode here.

It’s not a simple gimic though. It’s a wonderful collection of fiction covering both our world and those so very different. There are alien worlds ans cultures awash in issues of politics and families and battles big and small fought as worlds collide. House cats fight off tiny invaders and a woman struggles to read the Tarot for a reptilian overlord in order to save her life. Those and other stories are linked below.

What Fluffy Knew by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Her routine was perfect in its simplicity. She spent her mornings in the kitchen waiting for someone to brush her, her afternoons sprawled on the couch in the warm sunshine, and her evenings on the nearest lap. Sometimes she watched the water droplets in bathtub after her people took showers. Yes. It was a good life. Until they came….

Family Values by Sara Genge

Although she was tired, Wu was careful not to show it. Her pregnancies were progressing nicely. The eldest foetus, Hoo, was about to be born, and she was getting too big for parties, but the Senate elections were only months away and her visible pregnancy gave her an advantage she could not afford to waste…

The Second Conquest of Earth by L.J. Daly

I barely recall how it used to be, before the Kus slashed open our sky—before their ships descended, battering the clouds with hurricanes and lightning. I remember the thunder and the majesty. And I remember the weeks of fire that followed…

Going to the Chapel by Sandra Odell

Amilee Jo Baker’s day of wedded bliss was the biggest scandal the congregation of Millton County’s First Brotherhood Baptist Church had endured since Ginger Lynn married that Liebowitz boy from the Army, bless her heart…

Brief Candle by Ruthanna Emrys

The children washed up early this year; we raced down to the beach as soon as we heard. There was already a traffic jam coming out of the inland cells. My pockets are always filled with notes, so I left them well-anchored on the beach. Cells may not survive without new children, but without our studies, survival is meaningless…

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Anthropomorphic Dreams is furry fandom’s fiction podcast, showcasing dramatic and entertaining story readings with anthropomorphic animals. The podcast highlights quality fiction within the fandom and endeavors to bring it to a wider audience.

Come join us for story time. This first volume includes 28 stories and over 10 hours of content and features the stories of: Simon Barber, Austen Crowder, Jason Gillespie, Chris Goodwin, Phil Geusz, Renee Carter Hall, M. C. A. Hogarth, Allen Kitchen, Mark Mellon, Ken Pick, Will A. Sanborn, Sean Silva, Tim Susman, Vargr Dragonwolf and Xeans.

The Existential Lizard by Alasdair Stuart

Cod Philosophy by Stephanie Campisi

Monkeys Imitating Humans Imitating Monkeys by Nancy Stebbins

These are from the more canonical sense, building on Jewish Mysticism and the dark historic setting of World War II. Both have some wonderfully moving character drama as well. They are:

Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane by Jonathon Sullivan on Escape Pod.

Brothers by J. C. Hay on Pseudopod.

When Shakko Did Not Lie by Eugie Foster is a wonderful fantasy of Japanese myth in which a cunning fox must undertake a quest and must succeed at it without using his characteristic tricks.

Narrative of a Beast’s Life by Cat Rambo is a more serious story, a narrative of a centaur’s enslavement in an allegorical tale of alternative history.