Afterlight Fictions

About the Show

Afterlight Fictions is a combination of original and public domain stories. I have a special place in my heart for fairy tales, but this show will experiment with many kinds of storytelling and genres - be it poems, science-fiction, horror, and more. New episodes are only released three times per year (January/May/September), so be sure to sign up for the newsletter and stay up-to-date on when the latest stories are published!

 

 Regarding the public domain works, I will occasionally alter minor details to help the flow of the story, but I do my best to leave the original work intact in an effort to be respectful to the author. So even if some of those older fairy tales have slightly weird and disturbing source material - I'll be leaving it "as is" for the podcast. If there's ever anything that could be deemed "offensive" or "inappropriate" for younger listeners, I do my best to mark the corresponding episode as "explicit" so you know what kind of content could be lurking around the corner. 

 

If you're not fond of all the fancy sound effects and music with each story - no problem! Keep and eye out for episodes with a "Zzz" in the title. That is my way of designating stories that are more of an audiobook experience and don't have all the extra sounds - perfect for helping you fall asleep.

 

Lastly, don't forget to check out the show notes in each podcast episode for links to some of the resources I use to make each episode possible. Even the shorter stories are a labor of love and can take multiple hours to complete. Tools such as Canva, Pond5, and Pixabay are some of my favorite places to go for making the magic happen. 

 

Thank you so much for listening to my podcast! 

 

About the Host

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Jonathan Marsh

Podcast Host & Producer

Bedtime stories - going to the movie theater - writing my own fiction - storytelling has always been with me in one form or another.

My background was originally in journalism, but I quickly found a need to tell creative stories in a different way. Podcasting has given me the opportunity to combine multiple passions, and I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I do!

That's the short version ... read on for extra tidbits.

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I was first exposed to podcasting back in 2009, as part of a class in college. I was immediately hooked! There was something about playing with all those fancy tech toys, and then editing the audio, that I really enjoyed. I think podcasting made me feel like I had my own late night talk show, like my favorite, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Anyways ... after I finished doing my podcast project for a class, I wanted to keep doing it ... and so I talked with some of the folks at my school newspaper. They were fine with me continuing to publish content, and so I did. Oh yeah - did I mention that my newsroom at college had recently upgraded their recording studio? It was awesome. Barely anyone was using it, so I had a lot of access to experimenting with editing and recording. But - after I graduated in 2010 - I stopped doing podcasting for a while. Back then, it wasn't nearly as simple as it is now to host your podcast somewhere. You had to have more technical knowledge about RSS feeds, and I definitely did not have that! There was a super nice IT guy… Read More