Fictional

Fictional

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser | Nextpod

Episodes 58
Avg. Duration 37m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.9 (5,659)
Since Aug 2017
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Every 2 Weeks
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Episodic
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81%
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About This Podcast

Classic lit with a modern tone, every other week. From the creators of Myths and Legends, comes an altogether same-but-different podcast set in the world of classic lit. These are the stories of Dracula, The Time Machine, The Three Musketeers. They're stories written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare, and H.P. Lovecraft, but with a casual, modern tone. Listen as Jason and Carissa Weiser breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written.

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S6E10 Wizard of Oz: The Great and Terrible (Part 3 of 3)

Oct 15, 2025 50m

On the season six finale of Fictional, the Wicked Witch of the West is dead, but it came at a terrible cost. Still, Dorothy needs only to travel back to the Emerald City to finally make her way home.…

S6E9 Wizard of Oz: Witchhunters (Part 2 of 3)

Oct 01, 2025 42m

Dorothy and the party make their way via crumbling yellow brick to the Emerald City, but all is not what it seems, and Oz, the Great and Terrible, has a gruesome request for them. Adapted from "The…

S6E8 Wizard of Oz: Defying Gravity (part 1 of 3)

Sep 17, 2025 36m

A girl from Kansas takes a ride on a cyclone to a bizarre, ridiculous, and dangerous land. Adapted from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum: https://myths.link/oz

S6E7 Arsene Lupin: Unseen

Sep 03, 2025 40m

Two stories of Arsene Lupin. In the first, the Queen's necklace has gone missing from a locked and guarded room. On the second, a man just wants to relax on the train where he won't be crowded by…

S6E6 O. Henry: Desperate Men

Aug 07, 2025 38m

Two stories of crime and punishment and why kidnapping is wrong and dangerous but not for the reasons that you think. By American author O. Henry. Stories: The Ransom of Red Chief: …

S6E5 Sherlock Holmes: Burn

Jul 23, 2025 36m

A man discovers something reading the paper on his train ride into London: he's wanted for murder. What does he do next? Lead police on a low-speed chase to 221B Baker Street. Say hi on discord:…

S6E4 Edgar Allan Poe: The Forgotten

Jul 09, 2025 36m

Two stories from Edgar Allan Poe about the masks we wear and the work we do and the profound consequences of both. Today's stories were adapted from: "Hop-frog" by Edgar Allan Poe: …

S6E3 Philip K. Dick: Veg

Jun 25, 2025 35m

Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of defense against a vast, strange galaxy, because there's a strange infection growing among the soldiers of…

S6E2 The Island of Doctor Moreau: The Mark of the Beast (part 2 of 2)

Jun 11, 2025 41m

The secret of the island is out, and Doctor Moreau is close to his greatest achievement. Will Edward Pendrick make it home, and, if he manages to get away from the island of horrors, what sort of man…

S6E1 The Island of Doctor Moreau: An Almost Religious Awe (part 1 of 2)

Jun 11, 2025 42m

When Edward Pendrick makes it into the lifeboat as the Lady Vain sinks, he thinks he's one of the lucky ones. Upon finding his way to the Island, populated with curious people, a reclusive genius,…

Special - Christmas Ghost Stories: Phantoms

Dec 24, 2024 48m

Hi! It's been awhile. Thanks for your patience. Today is a special episode and not the start of the next season, but a new season is coming in 2025. In Victorian England, they told ghost stories on…

S5E11 Jack London: The You You Are

Dec 01, 2022 32m

Dr. Freddie Drummond is in a great position: a fulfilling job, a wonderful fiancée, and the respect of titans of industry. So...why is he going out at night, living a double life? Today's story was…

S5E10 Time Enough at Last: One for the Books

Nov 10, 2022 27m

Someday Henry Bemis is going to do it. Sometime he is going to go to that wonderful, glorious place and live the life of his dreams. The place? Well, the public library, of course. But...today is not…

S5E9 Nikolai Gogol: Nose Goes

Oct 27, 2022 30m

What happens when your nose leaves your face...and starts living a better life than you? Today's episode was adapted from the story "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol. You can find the full text here. --…

S5E8 Edgar Allan Poe: Comorbid

Oct 13, 2022 43m

You receive a letter from an old friend. He isn't doing well. He invites you to visit him at his house. His house...that's eating him whole. Today's episode was inspired by "The Fall of the House of…

S5E7 Tolstoy: The Long Way Home

May 19, 2022 42m

Two men, a servant and his master, take a drive on a snowy evening. The experience will forever alter both of their lives. Adapted from "Master and Man" by Leo Tolstoy. -- If it sounds like it would…

S5E6 Philip K. Dick: Fallout

May 05, 2022 32m

It's the 2010s and nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union has forced humanity into bunkers, scorching the planet and leaving only the Leadys, the semi-sentient robot fighters, to continue to…

S5E5 Sherlock Holmes: Dealbreaker

Apr 21, 2022 32m

We learn which crime Sherlock Holmes thinks is the absolute worst...and it's not what you think it is. Also, the great detective tries his hand at crime himself. Once he crosses that line, will he be…

S5E4 Alexander Pushkin: A Sure Thing

Apr 07, 2022 35m

A young woman working as a servant for a cruel countess falls in love with the man across the street. It seems like a fairy tale, but are there more sinister motivations at play? Adapted from " The…

S5E3 The Most Dangerous Game: The Hunted

Mar 24, 2022 35m

Sanger Rainsford, a big-game hunter, just wants to go home, but he finds himself on an island belonging to General Zaroff, a fellow hunter with twisted, unorthodox tastes. Sanger refuses to go along…

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