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It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton's name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985's timeless classic, Stand By Me. You may recognize his voice from one of the many audio books he's narrated, including number one New York Times bestseller, Ready Player One, John Scalzi's award-winning Collapsing Empire Trilogy, or even his own bestselling memoir, Still Just A Geek. Beginning on March 26th, Wil brings you It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, a weekly audiobook podcast, featuring stories that Wil loves, pulled from the pages of Uncanny, Lightspeed, On Spec, and others. You're going to meet authors you don't yet know you love, including some who are being narrated for the very first time. Listeners will travel through time, meet some gods, watch people fall in and out of love, and more, brought to life by Wil's remarkable narrative voice.
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Episodes

"Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt

"Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt, narrated by Wil Original Publication Credit: Uncanny, September/October 2025 issue To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.patreon.com/timpratt It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes...

Jan 21, 202643 min

"The Skin of a Teenage Boy is Not Alive" by Senaa Ahmad

"The Skin of a Teenage Boy is Not Alive" by Senaa Ahmad, narrated by Wil Original Publication Credit: Nightmare Magazine in Aug 2019, with an accompanying audio version read by Stefan Rudnicki. Also reprinted in the 2022 Short Story Advent Calendar (Hingston and Olsen). To learn more about the author, please visit: ⁠ https://senaa-ahmad.com/ It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is ...

Jan 14, 202654 min

“The Other Side of Mictlān” by M.M. Olivas

“The Other Side of Mictlān” by M.M. Olivas, narrated by Wil Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine Issue 49, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas To learn more about the author, please visit: ⁠ https://olivasthewriter.wtf/ It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered...

Jan 07, 20261 hr 3 min

“The Coffin Maker” by AnaMaria Curtis

“The Coffin Maker” by AnaMaria Curtis, narrated by Wil Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine To learn more about the author, please visit: https://anamariacurtis.com/ It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lane. Our Story Producer and Director is Gabrielle de Cuir. Our Content Editor is Michael Thomas. Our Podcast is mixed, edited, and mastered by Alex Barton of PhaseShift AV. Special thanks to Wes Stevens and Ch...

Dec 17, 202550 min

“A Cure for Solastalgia” by E.M. Linden

“A Cure for Solastalgia” by E.M. Linden, narrated by Wil When we leave home for the first time, and enter the so-called Real World, we become responsible for so much more than our laundry, our food, and our bills. We truly become responsible for ourselves. We choose our values, we choose who we will trust to share those values, and when we come home for the first time, we will do everything we can to convince our parents that the values we are now living should also be their values. The resultin...

Dec 10, 202531 min

“The Sort” by Thomas Ha

“The Sort” by Thomas Ha, narrated by Wil We don't have to imagine a world where people who aren't doing anything wrong have to hide themselves -- or, at least, their true selves -- for their own safety. I wish that world only existed in imagination, but, well, you know. Today, we will experience that world through a father and his son, who share a very special, telepathic bond. And, about that, a technical note: this communication is clear in the text, but it's less so in this format. So when th...

Dec 03, 20251 hr 1 min

"Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe

"Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, ‘6’" by F.E. Choe, narrated by Wil Every week, I take you with me through space and time to fantastical worlds, futures dystopian and hopeful, even to the rareified air of the gods themselves. This week, we're going to stay right here on Earth, but our visit will be just as fantastic as any of our tales as it comes to us through the eyes of an alien intelligence. They are called SWARM X1048 and this is their ethological field repor...

Nov 19, 202534 min

"The Dark House" by A.C. Wise

"The Dark House" by A.C. Wise, narrated by Wil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 29, 20251 hr 2 min

“End of Play” by Chelsea Sutton

“End of Play” by Chelsea Sutton, narrated by Wil Welcome, friends. I'm Wil Wheaton, and it's Story Time. This is the part of my introduction where I talk about the story you're about to hear, where I write what I call "the magazine heading" which will help you press pause on the real world and come with me into Story Time. This part is challenging for me; I need to summarize just enough of the plot to entice you, without giving away anything important. I'm struggling with this part more than usu...

May 07, 202542 min

“If We Make It Through This Alive” by A.T. Greenblatt

“If We Make It Through This Alive” by A.T. Greenblatt, narrated by Wil Welcome, friends. I'm Wil Wheaton, and it's Story Time. I must confess that dystopian fiction currently doesn't have the impossible distance from the present for me that it once did. A story about three women navigating crumbling roads and misogyny in equal measure on a dangerous and frequently deadly road race could have come from this morning's paper; we just happened to pluck it from the pages of TK PUBLICATION. Get ready ...

Apr 30, 20251 hr 4 min

"can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time" by Iori Kusano

"can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time" by Iori Kusano, narrated by Wil Welcome, friends. I'm Wil Wheaton, and it's Story Time. I remember being a kid in the late seventies, looking through this book I had called The Catalog of the Future. It was filled with imaginary vacation destinations, floating cities (in the air and in the sea), rockets, wireless phones, all beautifully illustrated. With a little assistance from my young imagination, I could pretend this catalog had been plucked f...

Apr 23, 202532 min

"The Hidden Heart of Brass Attending" by Christopher Scott

"The Hidden Heart of Brass Attending" by Christopher Scott, narrated by Wil Welcome, friends. I'm Wil Wheaton, and it's Story Time. The heart wants what it wants, and it will fight for it with a passion and fury that is unimaginable until you fall in love and feel it for yourself. Today, I'll take you to a time when a fulfilling a heart's most intimate desire could lead to prison or worse. A time when the truth of who you loved had to be hidden away in the most secretive places. A time when even...

Apr 16, 202552 min

“The God of Minor Troubles” by Megan Chee

“The God of Minor Troubles” by Megan Chee, narrated by Wil Welcome, friends. I'm Wil Wheaton, and it's Story Time. From a mortal's perspective, a god is a god. Omnipotence isn't really on a spectrum; it's pretty binary. The gods don't see it that way. From the moment humans dreamed them into existence, they've fought among themselves to determine which mortals they will hear, what responsibilities they have, and how they will be divided amongst the firmament. While mortals merely hope their pray...

Apr 09, 202531 min

“Proof by Induction” by José Pablo Iriarte

“Proof by Induction” by José Pablo Iriarte, narrated by Wil Welcome, friends. I'm Wil Wheaton, and it's Story Time. I love a good quest. The hero's journey to find the golden fleece and bring it home has been a cornerstone of storytelling for all of recorded history for a reason. At some point in our lives, each of us will hear the call to adventure and set out on a quest of our own. A lucky few even manage to complete their quests, sometimes against incredible odds. Some famous quests are for k...

Apr 02, 202552 min

"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" by Caroline M. Yoachim

"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" by Caroline M. Yoachim, narrated by Wil. There's an old saying about moving heaven and earth for the people you love; If you're lucky, you've experienced that feeling yourself for your partner, for your family. Take a moment with me to feel that -- really feel it -- in your body. Got it? Now, imagine that moving heaven and earth -- well, more earth, but I'm getting ahead of myself -- is not quite enough. You have to move Space and Time, as well. This is Rock ...

Mar 26, 202551 min

Introducing It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton

You may recognize Wil Wheaton's name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985's timeless classic, Stand By Me. You may recognize his voice from one of the many audio books he's narrated, including number one New York Times bestseller, Ready Player One, John Scalzi's award-winning Collapsing Empire Trilogy, or even his own bestselling memoir, Still Just A Geek. Beginning on March 26th, Wil brings you It's Storytime wi...

Mar 19, 20253 min
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