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Untold Tales

Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Melissa Del Toro Schaffnerwww.untold-tales.com
Authored and led by Dr. J. A. Robinson, technologist and author, and narrated by Melissa Del Toro Schaffner, The UNTOLD TALES Audio Anthologies is a collection of original science fiction short stories of the highest caliber, perfect for your commute or unexpected downtimes. These bite-sized audio dramas come in different flavors and highlight the works of new authors. Victorian Sci-Fi, parallel realities, cautionary tales, horror, time travel - each episode of UNTOLD TALES is an independent short story drenched in the luscious promises of danger, technology, love, hope, discovery, & mystery.
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Episodes

Episode 85 : Moving On

Moving On: Alien archeologists discover an Earth in the distant future where civilization has collapsed and mankind has long since become extinct. However, they also find clues to unexpected discoveries regarding Man's destiny. Another author collaboration! We hope you enjoy this new, original story, co-written by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow! We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology and consider leaving us a...

Jan 15, 202329 minSeason 4Ep. 85

Episode 84 : Cormorant

Cormorant : Politics makes strange bedfellows they say, but when the agents of two rivals empires meet in pursuit of a science terrorist, what is a lowly agent of the Empire to do. Take to the skies of course. We hope you enjoy our newest original story on the Untold Tales podcast by author Andrew J Lucas ! Andrew has contributed to books published by FASA, Dream Pod Nine, White Wolf Games, Rebel Minis and Atlas Games among others. He has twelve solo books for various RPG publishers and while hi...

Jan 02, 202343 minSeason 4Ep. 84

Episode 83 : Alternities

Alternities : The past is fixed but largely unknown, while the future is filled with endless possibilities. However, given the right technology almost anything is possible. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can find them here... https:...

Dec 20, 202229 minSeason 3Ep. 83

Episode 82 : An Interview with Untold Tales Author Don Muchow

Enjoy this rare interview with our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit of hope and the yearning for a better tomorrow. When he's not imagining dystopian futures, you can catch Don running across the US or planning his next epic exploit. For more information, visit t1determined.org. Here are the books he mentions in this fun , interesting and t...

Dec 15, 202241 minSeason 3Ep. 82

Episode 81 : The Christmas Man

The Christmas Man - An assassin working for the time police completes a typical job on Christmas Eve, taking out an illegal time traveller. However, a year to the day he meets the same man again, the man whom he killed, or should that be will kill; for the Christmas man, dressed as Santa himself, is back from the dead to deliver a message of goodwill. This is the first contribution by our newest Untold Tales author, Chris Morton! Chris Morton's stories have been described as being in the genres ...

Dec 01, 202226 minSeason 3Ep. 81

Episode 80: The Traveling Salesman Part 3

The Traveling Salesman Part 3: Bob and Glactyl spend their $10 billion to achieve Glactyl’s real purpose. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tales-1368809 and consider visiting our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/melissadeltorovoiceover ! If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, yo...

Nov 15, 202229 minSeason 3Ep. 80

Episode 79: Tesla's Time

Tesla's Time : Nicola Tesla is the subject of many myths and exaggerations today... But his genius was very real. What if his efforts had been applied just a little differently? Would our world be better... or worse? Welcome to the fold our newest author, Hal Fulton! Fulton is a software developer in real life; he has two degrees in computer science and is the author of "The Ruby Way". His passions are reading, writing, music, art, and theatre. He lives in Austin, Texas, in a condo located direc...

Nov 01, 202224 minSeason 3Ep. 79

Episode 78: An Unfortunate Perspective

An Unfortunate Perspective: A man with enhanced vision becomes estranged from reality. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please consider leaving us a 5-star review and and subscribe to our audio anthology on Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/untold-tales/id1515168571 and consider visiting our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/melissadeltorovoiceover ! If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories f...

Oct 15, 202225 minSeason 3Ep. 78

Episode 77: Behold the Son of Man

Behold the Son of Man: A military robot becomes self-aware and begins asking the big questions about life, existence, and what it means to be human. Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit of hope and the yearning for a better tomorrow. When he's not imagining dystopian futures, you can catch Don running across the US or plann...

Oct 01, 202232 minSeason 3Ep. 77

Episode 76: Dinner with the Doge or Stagnation versus Directional Change

Dinner with the Doge or Stagnation versus Directional Change: Altering the established Timeline has multiple ramifications. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short stories. Married, he currently resides in the Southeastern United States. He can be contacted via his Facebook Fan page. Howard Loring’s Time Traveling Adventures possess a unique application of his chosen genre, and so they defy classification. His...

Sep 02, 202240 minSeason 3Ep. 76

Episode 75: The Traveling Salesman Part 2

The Traveling Salesman Series - Part 2: Bob and Glactyl continue their adventures amassing great wealth through unusual business transactions. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tales-1368809 and consider visiting our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/melissadeltorovoiceover ! If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more s...

Sep 01, 202232 minSeason 3Ep. 75

Episode 74: Reversing Gravity

Reversing Gravity: Time Travelers thinking outside the box revise the established flow of History. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short stories. Married, he currently resides in the Southeastern United States. He can be contacted via his Facebook Fan page. Howard Loring’s Time Traveling Adventures possess a unique application of his chosen genre, and so they defy classification. His writings, including this...

Aug 02, 202222 minSeason 3Ep. 74

Episode 73: The Traveling Salesman Part 1

The Traveling Salesman Part 1: An ordinary man meets an unexpected traveler who offers him interesting business opportunities. This is the first episode of a longer "The Traveling Salesman" series. Let us know what you think?! We hope you enjoy this newest collaborative story by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don’t Muchow! We love bringing you original, thought provoking stories of the weirdest kind on The Untold Tales Podcast! Short sci-fi stories you can finish from start to end while your doing ...

Aug 01, 202233 minSeason 3Ep. 73

Episode 72: Life is but a Dream

Life is but a Dream: It is often difficult to figure out what dreams mean; sometimes it's even hard to figure out if they are real. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can find them here... https://www.amazon.com/Untold-Tales-1-Jeffrey-R...

Jul 02, 202220 minSeason 3Ep. 72

Episode 71: Creating the Timepiece

Creating the Timepiece: This story is a PREQUEL to Season 1 - Episode 2: The Timepiece. In this story, we learn about Paul’s discovery, it’s unusual properties and the motivation behind the secret he hid from his dear wife, Margaret, all those years. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology and consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have ...

Jul 01, 202233 minSeason 3Ep. 71

Episode 70: Miranda

Miranda: Miranda sings in telepath. One of her former lovers remembers a sultry, heart-wrenching concert she gave in France in a student bar, just before she became famous from Mercury to the moons of Pluto and beyond. Listen to these two “clawing at the emptiness of interstellar space.” Meet our VERY NEWEST Untold Tales Author, Philip Cahill. Cahill is a retired accounting academic living in Caen, France. In 2020 he published his first novel ‘Noystria’. This is a story about human/android relat...

Jun 02, 202212 minSeason 3Ep. 70

Episode 69: Flash Fiction

FLASH FICTION (by Jeff Robinson, Don Muchow, and Gill Schmidt) Time for something DIFFERENT! Please enjoy this episode of FLASH FICTION sci-fi stories. These stories have been proven even more difficult to write, and write well, than our longer stories - as well as novels and novellas. Writing short stories is a challenge. It is harder to write a very short story than a long one, because every word becomes important. “Perhaps the best example of this is the “six-word story”. Legend has it that E...

Jun 01, 202216 minSeason 3Ep. 69

Episode 68: Clash of the Redheads or Methodology and Firmly Fixed Jargon

Clash of the Redheads or Methodology and Firmly Fixed Jargon - A US President meets Time Travelers and alters the Historical Record. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short stories. Married, he currently resides in the Southeastern United States. He can be contacted via his Facebook Fan page. Howard Loring’s Time Traveling Adventures possess a unique application of his chosen genre, and so they defy classifica...

May 02, 202238 minSeason 3Ep. 68

Episode 67: Perfect Memories

Perfect Memories - Sometimes even the best memories can be bittersweet. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tales-1368809 and consider visiting our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/melissadeltorovoiceover ! If you'd like to purchase books in the Untold Tales series, which have many more stories for your reading enjoyment, you can find them here... https://ww...

May 01, 202211 minSeason 3Ep. 67

Episode 66: The Crazy Old Sandman OR General Mechanics of Warfare

The Crazy Old Sandman OR General Mechanics of Warfare: Changing the flow of History is not always a benign undertaking. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short stories. Married, he currently resides in the Southeastern United States. He can be contacted via his Facebook Fan page. Howard Loring’s Time Traveling Adventures possess a unique application of his chosen genre, and so they defy classification. His wri...

Apr 02, 202217 minSeason 3Ep. 66

Episode 65: Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity: Upon his recovery from an accident, a criminal is mistaken for someone else. He decides to use this error to his own advantage, but things are not what they seem. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tales-1368809 and consider visiting our Patreon site at www.patreon.com/melissadeltorovoiceover ! If you'd like to purchase books in the Unto...

Apr 01, 202238 minSeason 3Ep. 65

Episode 64: Meet the Authors of The Untold Tales Podcast!

MEET THE AUTHORS, LIVE! On March 12, 2022 at 9pm London, UK / 4pm Eastern, U.S.A./ 2pm Arizona, U.S.A. / 1pm Pacific U.S.A. we met with Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson, Don Muchow, Marc Neuffer and Howard Loring to discuss their inspiration and process of writing the stories narrated on our podcast. We asked Marc Neuffer " Where do you get story ideas? How do you develop them?" We asked Howard Loring " How exactly do you use the ideas of Classical Myth?” and “What is an Epic Fable?” We asked Jeff " What...

Mar 18, 20221 hr 31 minSeason 3Ep. 64

Episode 63: The Seed of Wisdom

The Seed of Wisdom: A religious pilgrim finds something that can grant virtually any wish he might have. But he is uncertain about what to do and is torn by doubt until many years later when he finally finds an answer. Our first author collaboration! We hope you enjoy this story, co-written by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow! Interested in how this story came about? Want to learn more about their influences and inspirations?? Consider joining us in our FIRST Virtual Zoom Event on March 12...

Mar 02, 202233 minSeason 3Ep. 63

Episode 62: Coautl

Coautl: A zoologist finds himself marooned on a mysterious island a hundred miles off the Georgia coast where evolution has kicked into overdrive. But after he returns to his stranded boat, he can no longer find the island--and will anyone really believe his story? Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit of hope and the yearni...

Mar 01, 202221 minSeason 3Ep. 62

Episode 61: VIRTUAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! Meet the Authors of Untold Tales

MEET THE AUTHORS, LIVE! Calling all listeners, fans, patrons and Untold Tales podcast lovers… Join us on March 12, 2022 at 9pm London, UK / 4pm Eastern, U.S.A./ 2pm Arizona, U.S.A. / 1pm Pacific U.S.A. to ASK YOUR QUESTIONS! MEET Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson, Don Muchow, Marc Neuffer and Howard Loring! Link to YOUR TICKETS right here: https://bit.ly/3sl6AUX Confused about a story line? Love the plot twist? Wondering how the authors feel about the narrations of their stories? Come and get all of your ...

Feb 14, 20222 minSeason 3Ep. 61

Episode 60: As Long As You Both Shall Live

As Long As You Both Shall Live: A newlywed AI researcher dies suddenly in a car accident, but all is not lost: her consciousness is uploaded into one of her own creations, making her effectively immortal. But who will repair her and keep her running for the millennia to come? Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit of hope and...

Feb 02, 202230 minSeason 3Ep. 60

Episode 59: Punching the Clock

Punching the Clock: Two flippantly engaged PHD’s unexpectantly discover that they have something much more serious in common love, and that their academic work together, may potentially alter the course of the human race. A NEW UNTOLD TALES AUTHOR!! Our first new author of 2022 is Howard Loring. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short stories. Married, he currently resides in the Southeastern United States. He...

Feb 01, 202239 minSeason 3Ep. 59

Episode 58: The Fool

The Fool: A homeless man on a bus learns that he's omniscient. It's been driving him crazy, and he's afraid he can't hold on for much longer. Our second story of 2022 by Don Muchow! Stay tuned for new EVENTS in the coming year as well as games and trivia to test your knowledge of the Untold Tales Audio Anthologies! We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tales-...

Jan 02, 202219 minSeason 3Ep. 58

Episode 57: Zero Day Exploit

Zero Day Exploit: Being the first to discover something can sometimes be a great advantage…. But you can’t always predict the outcome. Welcome to Season 3 and our first story of 2022! Stay tuned for new EVENTS in the coming year as well as games and trivia to test your knowledge of the Untold Tales Audio Anthologies! We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tale...

Jan 01, 202229 minSeason 3Ep. 57

Episode 56: Through Other Eyes

Through Other Eyes: A story transcending time and space. A very personal story about the true nature of love. Our last story of 2021! Stay tuned for new EVENTS in the coming year as well as games and trivia to test your knowledge of the Untold Tales Audio Anthologies! We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/untold-tales-1368809 and consider visiting our Patreon site a...

Dec 15, 202112 minSeason 2Ep. 56
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