Anthropomorphic Dreams Publishing » Horror http://www.anthrodreams.com Showcasing Storytelling with Anthropomorphic Animals Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:51:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AD 035 – Shreddy and the Zomb-Dogs http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2011/11/04/ad-035-shreddy-and-the-zomb-dogs/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2011/11/04/ad-035-shreddy-and-the-zomb-dogs/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:30:28 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=658 This episode was supposed to posted before the end of October, but Santa claimed his revenge for “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and the freak snowstorm that hit the North East knocked out power for most of this week.

So Happy Halloween, better late than never. We have a treat for you tonight, a dark-fantasy adventure with a character you might remember.

“Shreddy and the Zomb-dogs” is Mary E. Lowd’s second story about Shreddy, the cantankerous tabby cat who has a knack for running afoul of modern electronics. Mary’s story “The Necromouser” appeared in episode 30.

“Shreddy and the Zomb-Dogs” by Mary E. Lowd

Read by Peter Katt

Music cues by Infinity Squared

Download or listen to the episode here.

 

 

 

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2011/11/04/ad-035-shreddy-and-the-zomb-dogs/feed/ 1 AD Extra 006 – Autumn Vignettes http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2011/10/27/ad-extra-006-autumn-vignettes/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2011/10/27/ad-extra-006-autumn-vignettes/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:27:59 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=656 Extra episodes showcase something different from the normal stories here. These tales are not anthropomorphic, but fall into speculative fiction and dark fantasy genres. They are also timely, and fit the theme of Halloween and the colder autumn nights with the changing of the seasons.

“Adopting an Ancestor” by Will A. Sanborn

Read by Peter Katt

“Rediscovering Moonlight” by Will A. Sanborn

Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel podcast

Music cues by Infinity Squared

Download or listen to the stories here.

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“The Survivor” by Sean Silva

Read by Peter Katt

Music cues by Infinity Squared

Other links mentioned in the intro: Seminar from Pendant Productions.

Download or listen to the episode here.

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/11/30/ad-026-the-survivor/feed/ 1 AD 024 – The Stars are Wrong (part two) http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/28/ad-024-the-stars-are-wrong-part-two/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/28/ad-024-the-stars-are-wrong-part-two/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:28:08 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=540 We conclude October’s spooky stories with the continuation of Kevin Frane’s “The Stars are Wrong” In this part, Randolph Brightfield struggles against the changes stealing over his world in the night and the sinister forces behind them.

“The Stars are Wrong” (part two) by Kevin Frane

Read by Peter Katt

Music cues by Infinity Squared

“The Stars are Wrong” appeared in the fiction anthology Alone in the Dark. If you liked this story, you may be interested in that book.

Download or listen to the episode here.

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/28/ad-024-the-stars-are-wrong-part-two/feed/ 0 AD 023 – The Stars are Wrong (part one) http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/22/ad-023-the-stars-are-wrong-part-one/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/22/ad-023-the-stars-are-wrong-part-one/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:46:53 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=535 We continue our offerings for October with another spooky story. This work of speculative fiction by Kevin Frane would be right at home on “The Twilight Zone.” It’s a two-parter with a nice slow build-up and burn.

“The Stars are Wrong” (part one) by Kevin Frane

Read by Peter Katt

Music cues by Infinity Squared

“The Stars are Wrong” appeared in the fiction anthology Alone in the Dark. If you liked this story, you may be interested in that book.

Download or listen to the episode here.

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/22/ad-023-the-stars-are-wrong-part-one/feed/ 0 AD 022 – The Cuteness That Came to Asgarth http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/17/ad-022-the-cuteness-that-came-to-asgarth/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/17/ad-022-the-cuteness-that-came-to-asgarth/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:28:25 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=530 Now that we’re halfway through October, we have another Halloween story. This is the second of Simon Barber’s H. P. Lushcraft tales to have appeared here, which are loving comedic homages to the milieu of H. P. Lovecraft. The story mixes wry dark humor with horror elements, as well as some romance this time.

“The Cuteness That Came to Asgarth” by Simon Barber

Read by Peter Katt

Music cues by Infinity Squared

“The Cuteness That Came to Asgarth” appeared in the fiction anthology Alone in the Dark. If you liked this story, you may be interested in that book.

Download or listen to this episode here.

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/10/17/ad-022-the-cuteness-that-came-to-asgarth/feed/ 0 Drabblecast – The Outsider http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/08/31/drabblecast-the-outsider/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/08/31/drabblecast-the-outsider/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:10:45 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=508 The Drabblecast, the podcast of strange-fiction has a nice tribute for H. P. Lovecraft’s birthday again this year.

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.

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/08/31/drabblecast-the-outsider/feed/ 0 Pseudopod – Oded the Merciless http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/04/14/pseudopod-oded-the-merciless/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/04/14/pseudopod-oded-the-merciless/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:21:39 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=459 Artificial and cybernetic constructs make for interesting characters because they offer the ability to glimpse into a non-human intelligence. Oded the Merciless by Tina Starr is a good albeit dark example of that.

While it doesn’t have any animal characters in it, the story makes good use of anthropomorphism. The computer AI is an intriguing and disturbing character which allows atrocities to be carried out first by passive limitations of  its programming and then actively with dark experimentation on the nature of the human condition.

Warning: Pseudopod is a horror podcast and the story has strong horror elements of the visceral and psychological, and is for fans of the genre and not for the faint of heart.

]]> http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/04/14/pseudopod-oded-the-merciless/feed/ 0 Drabblecast Trifecta of Anthropomorphism http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/03/31/drabblecast-trifecta-of-anthropomorphism/ http://www.anthrodreams.com/wordpress/2010/03/31/drabblecast-trifecta-of-anthropomorphism/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:48:57 +0000 admin http://www.anthrodreams.com/?p=446 Drabblecast, the podcast of strange fiction for strange listeners, brings three odd and interesting tales.  Trifecta XI’s theme is anthropomorphic animals, and includes the following stories:

The Existential Lizard by Alasdair Stuart

Cod Philosophy by Stephanie Campisi

Monkeys Imitating Humans Imitating Monkeys by Nancy Stebbins

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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.

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