It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Wil Wheaton, known for his acting roles in The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as his audiobook narrations, hosts a weekly audiobook podcast. Each episode features stories from magazines like Uncanny, Lightspeed, and On Spec, introducing listeners to new authors and genres. The podcast brings tales of time travel, gods, and romance to life through Wheaton's distinctive voice.
Episodes
Author Interview: Angela Liu
Wil sits down with Angela Liu. Wil read Angela’s story, Time is an Ocean, on the show last week.
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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 T
“Time is an Ocean” by Angela Liu
“Time is an Ocean” by Angela Liu, narrated by Wil
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Original Publication Credit: Strange Horizons (November 6th, 2023)
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 Edit
"The Council" by Kanan Gill
"The Council" by Kanan Gill, narrated by Wil
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 Christopher Black. It's Storyti
Author Interview: Ray Nayler
Wil sits down with Ray Nayler. Wil previously read Ray’s story, A Gray Magic, on the show which dropped on July 22, 2026.
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 Pha
"A Gray Magic" by Ray Nayler
"A Gray Magic" by Ray Nayler, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Asimov's September/October 2024
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. Sp
Author Interview: Andrea Chapela
Wil sits down with Andrea Chapela. Wil previously read Andrea’s story, As One Listens to the Rain, on the show which dropped on May 20, 2026
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
Author Interview: Maria Dong
Wil sits down with Maria Dong. Wil previously read Maria’s story, The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han, on the show which dropped on April 1, 2026.
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.mariadong.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 C
"Anchorage" by Samantha Mills
"Anchorage" by Samantha Mills, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine, Issue 36, September/October 2020
To learn more about this author, visit: https://samtasticbooks.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 Micha
Author Interview: Lavie Tidhar
Wil sits down with Lavie Tidhar. Wil previously read Lavie’s story, The Portal Keeper on the show which dropped on May 13, 2026.
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://lavietidhar.wordpress.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
"If the Martians Have Magic" by P. Djèlí Clark
"If the Martians Have Magic" by P. Djèlí Clark, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine Issue Forty-Two
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 o
Author Interview: Daniel H. Wilson
Wil sits down with Daniel H. Wilson. Wil previously read Daniel’s story "SuperMAX" on the show which dropped on March 18, 2026.
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.danielhwilson.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 Edit
“Teeth" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
“Teeth" by Kemi Ashing-Giwa, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Kaleidotrope (2025)
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
Author Interview: Mary Robinette Kowal
Wil sits down with Mary Robinette Kowal. He also reads a piece of her flash fiction, “With Her Serpent Locks”
Content warning: the episode contains sounds of rumbling and thunder, and mention of snakes.
To learn more about this author, please visit: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/
It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harri
"As One Listens to the Rain" by Andrea Chapela
"As One Listens to the Rain" by Andrea Chapela, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Uncanny (2022) translated by Emma Törzs
Original Spanish published by Editorial Almadía (2020) as part of the short story collection “Ansibles, perfiladores y otras máquinas de ingenio”
It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our producer is Harris Lan
"The Portal Keeper” by Lavie Tidhar
"The Portal Keeper” by Lavie Tidhar, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit:
Uncanny Magazine, 2022 (text)
Uncanny Magazine, 2022 (audio)
The Year’s Best Fantasy: Volume 2 (text and audio)
Podcastle, 2024 (audio)
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://lavietidhar.wordpress.com/
It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright.
"Phoenix Tile" by Guan Un
"Phoenix Tile" by Guan Un, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Khoreo (including audio version): https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/phoenix-tile/
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://guanun.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.
"To Carry You Inside You" by Tia Tashiro
"To Carry You Inside You" by Tia Tashiro, narrated by Wil
Today, we are going to visit a future where child actors are still exploited, still used up and discarded, facing an adult life without purpose, that they were never prepared for, because nobody cared what happened to them past an arbitrary age.We will meet a young woman who is doing her best to assemble the pieces of a stolen childhood in
"Bird-Girl Builds a Machine" by Hannah Yang
"Bird-Girl Builds a Machine" by Hannah Yang, narrated by Wil
Today, we have a beautiful story for you that is all about love, specifically the kind of love we have for our children. And when we're finished, I think you'll want to hug your kids, or reach out and tell them you love them. I know that I did.
This is: Bird Girl Builds A Machine.
Original Publication Credit: Clarkesworld Magazine
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"Heathman Ldg" by Brian Evenson
"Heathman Ldg" by Brian Evenson, narrated by Wil
A splashing fountain in the center court of a mall with fully stocked stores but no shoppers, muzak cheerfully playing for an audience of none. A paper ticket in your hand, in an airport departure lounge that hasn't seen a passenger in fifty years, the board still updating flight information, with whirling letters. The front desk in the empty hotel
"The Nine Scents of Sorrow" by Jordan Taylor
"The Nine Scents of Sorrow" by Jordan Taylor, narrated by Wil
This week's story features one of history's memorable, real-life villains, and while this isn't her story, directly, when she tells it, she is the hero, and so very, very justified. And as much as I hate it, I gotta tell you that she isn't wrong.
Original Publication Credit: Uncanny Magazine Issue 35, July 2020
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"The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong
"The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han" by Maria Dong, narrated by Wil
As long as we've existed, humans have told each other stories to understand and interpret the world around us. There are as many different myths about the sun and the moon as there are different cultures and mythmakers, in some places, even the wind gets a name and a backstory from the ancient artists who sought to understand o
Re-Release: “End of Play” by Chelsea Sutton
“End of Play” by Chelsea Sutton, narrated by Wil
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://www.chelseasutton.com/
To purchase The Body audiobook, please click here: https://bit.ly/3NZd3DT
Audio excerpt courtesy of Simon & Schuster Audio from The Body by Stephen King, read by Wil Wheaton. Copyright © 1982 by Stephen King. Used with permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
It's Storytim
"SuperMAX" by Daniel H. Wilson
"SuperMAX" by Daniel H. Wilson, narrated by Wil
One of the biggest lies set into the foundation of America is that we are the land of the free, a nation of fair and impartially adjudicated laws that seeks not to punish, but to rehabilitate, the almost two million of our citizens we imprison, some of them in conditions so horiffic, they shock the conscience.Let's imagine a future together, one in
"Notes From a Pyre" by Amal Singh
"Notes From a Pyre" by Amal Singh, narrated by Wil
In just a moment, I will take you to the far future, where we will meet a dead man who spent his life traveling the universe, chronicling the grieving and funerary practices of extra-terrestrial species. It turns out that death, and grief, and loss, aren't just human conditions; they are literally universal experiences. His grandson, no stranger
Re-Release: “The God of Minor Troubles” by Megan Chee
“The God of Minor Troubles” by Megan Chee, narrated by Wil
This is a re-release from season one of the podcast. We have also added the original Coda from Wil to the back of the episode, which is a weekly Patreon exclusive for every episode.
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://meganchee.carrd.co/
It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the
"Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the Universe" by Beston Barnett
"Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the Universe" by Beston Barnett, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Nov 2023 issue of Strange Horizons
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 mas
"The Last Lucid Day" by Dominique Dickey
"The Last Lucid Day" by Dominique Dickey, narrated by Wil
This week's story hits extremely close to home for me. It's about a son,and the father who let him down. It's about the desperate search for aconnection, before The Last Lucid Day.
Original Publication Credit: The story was simultaneously published by Lightspeed and io9; it's also been reprinted in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol.
"Lily, The Immortal" by Kylie Lee Baker
"Lily, The Immortal" by Kylie Lee Baker, narrated by Wil
In the age of parasocial relationships and Influencer Culture, it's alltoo easy to convince ourselves that we know someone we've never met,when what we actually know is the carefully curated content they chooseto share. The connection we feel to that content is real and it's valid,but that's where the relationship really ought to end. See,
"We Will Weather One Another Somehow" by Kristina Ten
"We Will Weather One Another Somehow" by Kristina Ten, narrated by Wil
There are billions of people on planet earth, a number so huge, only afew of us can truly grasp its enormity. I am not one of those people,but I am one who beat the odds and found my person, the one in a billionchance for a perfect match. We have built an incredible life together,that I am grateful for every single day.When tw
"Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality" by Rati Mehrotra
"Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality" by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Wil
Original Publication Credit: Lightspeed Magazine, November 2020 / Previous audio version: Audio reprint in CatsCast episode 6, September 2022
To learn more about the author, please visit: https://ratiwrites.com/
It's Storytime was produced in 2025 by Traveler Enterprises, Inc., who holds the copyright. Our pr
"Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt
"Wend-Way-Go" by Tim Pratt, narrated by Wil
Aesop, of the Fables, wrote that no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. If you've listened to me for any amount of time, you know how committed I am to choosing kindness, celebrating kindness, and encouraging kindness in others.
Today's Storytime is all about kindness with a capital K. It's also about Family with a capital F. Now, to me, F
"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 Enterp
“The Other Side of Mictlān” by M.M. Olivas
“The Other Side of Mictlān” by M.M. Olivas, narrated by Wil
Hi, I'm Wil and it's Storytime.
I have an interesting life. I get create art and share it with a loyal
audience. I get to travel all over the world and meet people from every
culture and background imaginable. I frequently have the privilege of
speaking to large groups of people about the value of kindness,
inspiring them to be the cha
“The Coffin Maker” by AnaMaria Curtis
“The Coffin Maker” by AnaMaria Curtis, narrated by Wil
I will never understand the reckless inaction humanity seems to have chosen in the face of catastrophic climate change. Last time I looked, Earth was the only planet we have, and taking care of her should probably land real close to the top spot on our species' to do list.
Catastrophic Climate Change is scary, it's real, and it's dangerousl
“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
“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
"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 t
“Disassembling Light” by Kel Coleman
“Disassembling Light” by Kel Coleman, narrated by Wil
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"The Odyssey Problem" by Chris Willrich
"The Odyssey Problem" by Chris Willrich, narrated by Wil.
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"The Dark House" by A.C. Wise
"The Dark House" by A.C. Wise, narrated by Wil.
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“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 p
“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 c
"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 illustrate
"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
“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 responsibiliti
Bonus from Patreon: "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" Coda from Wil
Wil's personal commentary on the story “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death” by Caroline M. Yoachim. Find weekly Codas, plus more extensive behind-the-scenes content, at patreon.com/storytime
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“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
"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 g
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
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