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Author: Norm Sherman

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Stories feature on the Drabblecast are generally narrated by charismatic host, humorist, and musician Norm Sherman. A full production, the Drabblecast features multiple voice actors, music, and foley effects. The podcast has a finely tuned 'voice' that crosses all genres, including horror, science fiction, fantasy and 'other.' Special features include 100-word stories called, “drabbles,” 100 character stories coined “twabbles,” as well as Norm's own Bbardles, songs based on story themes. Original cover art accompanies every episode.
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The Drabblecast presents an original story by Michael Bettendorf about football and growing up the hard way.  Read to you by Renee Chambliss. Art by DS Oswald Personal Best By Michael Bettendorf It’s hard to see eye to eye with your parents when they’re always looking down on you. I cannot help that I am […]
Dating is weird this week on the Drabblecast.  We bring you a Drabblecast original, “Yummy Tummy” by Chelsea Pumpkins, read by The Word Whore.  Tasty!    Cover art by Michael Butkovich         Yummy Tummy by Chelsea Pumpkins   The bell over the door chimes as Aaron pushes it open and holds it […]
The Drabblecast returns with a sinister tale of generational ick. We present “The Bad Ones Are Always the Best,” by Michelle Ann King. The Bad Ones Are Always the Best by Michelle Ann King Marty’s grandson takes the cup of tea he’s offered — without saying thank you, mind — and stares at it dubiously, […]
On this week’s Drabblecast, Dendrology meets Criminal Psychology. A story by Harley Carnell. Art by Bo Kaier. Woods For the Trees by Harley Carnell On the second day of our search for John Shaw, John Shaw joins our search party. Frustrated after years of incompetence and inaction from the authorities, and after Shaw recently committed […]
Ever feel Déjà vu on the road supposedly less traveled? Truth and lies on this week’s Drabblecast, we bring you an original story from Bob McHugh called “Is This a Plate?” Enjoy! Produced by Adam Pracht Read by Dominick Rabrun   Beyond this point, two paths lie One you live, one you die Ask one […]
This week’s show has it all: vampires, evolutionary biology, and quivering jacked up Taylor Swifts. We bring you three flash fiction pieces about the complications of being in love: Taylor Swift by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, The Evolution of a Breakup by Etgar Keret, and May I Come In by Adrienne Ryan. Narrations provided by Avery Alexander, […]
This week we the Drabblecast brings you some interesting original historic found footage uncovered by author Jonathan Louis Duckworth called, “The Follower’s Revel.” Enjoy! Art by Bo Kaier.
Episode Sponsor– Mothmen 1966 The secret’s out on this week’s Drabblecast, and nothing will ever be the same.  We bring you an original Drabblecast story called “A Hymn Upon the Lips of the Dead,” by Mav Lux. Oh and Norm sings us a song about singing that he should have just told you.  Enjoy! Cover […]
An uncanny episode of original fiction this week on the Drabblecast– we bring you, “The Tenant” by Sarah E. Stevens. Cover created by Bo Kaier in concert with the midjourney text-to-image AI (and unidentifiable, scraped contributors). We hope to experience your enjoyment.         The Tenant by Sarah E. Stevens     Vanessa […]
Finally, a Drabblecast episode for weird foodies. We bring you a Drabblecast original called, “How to Impress a Top Food Critic and Put Your Restaurant on the Galactic Map” by P.A, Cornell. Enjoy… Episode Sponsor– Mothmen 1966 Cover created by Bo Kaier in concert with the midjourney text-to-image AI (and unidentifiable, scraped contributors).   How […]
Episode Sponsor: Mothman 1966 In this week’s Drabblecast story, the only scenes that aren’t sex scenes are crime scenes. We bring you an original Drabblecast story by Tim Pratt about a dark future of vigilante justice sex toys, called “The Distributed Denial of Sexytime.” Also, Norm and guest Executice Producer Bart Epstein treat us to […]
Norm is cryptic this week in terms of offering information on the featured story, “7099 Brecksville Road, Independence Ohio,” by JR Hamentaschen. He will say that that’s the story, and that’s the author. And to listen with headphones on. And also, check out our episode sponsor this week, pixel-pulp video game Mothmen 1966! Available on […]
The Drabblecast is molting! Norm shares some exciting news in the intro this week, Drabblecast has launched a Patreon, and a new quarterly magazine, “The Tentaculum.”  Also, welcome new Managing Editor Cameron Howard! Finally, we close out HP Lovecraft “Month” with an original story by Aliya Whitely called, “Plans for Expansion.” Stones contain stories. The […]
This week’s show brings you an original commissioned HP Lovecraft mythos story by Nick Mamatas called “When the Sun Hits.”  Afterwards, Nick talks about the story in an Author’s Note and Norm gives everyone an existential crises in a Drabble News presentation on The Boltzmann Brain. When the brain is liberated from the body, only […]
Shark week on Drabblecast has never been so unnerving!  Enjoy an original Drabblecast story this week from Evie Mae Barber about what lurks even deeper in the depths… The great white looked like he was having a good time, swimming upside down, bone-white belly above water, teeth gnashing playfully. Like a puppy dreams of finally […]
Norm closes out the year and existence as we know it, due to the phenomena known as “The Continuation,” with the Drabblecast annual holiday Tim Pratt story, an original commission called “How Lovely Are Your Branches.” Enjoy! Somebody was murdering people, but the killer’s name wasn’t showing up on my naughty list. That got me […]
The Drabblecast kicks off H.P. Lovecraft Month with the grandfather of Weird Fiction’s cautionary dark fantasy, “The Doom That Came to Sarnath.” There is in the land of Mnar a vast still lake that is fed by no stream and out of which no stream flows. Ten thousand years ago there stood by its shore […]
The Drabblecast brings you three original stories this week (Modern Fairytales, if you will) from authors Alice Gauntley, Matthew Sanborn Smith, and Kevin D. Anderson. Enjoy! Our birthday was the first of March, and for two weeks beforehand it was all Caleb could talk about—cake, presents, and, most importantly, whom to invite. He would chatter […]
We’re getting back to nature this week on the Drabblecast, with Michael Piel’s original story, “Watch Anya Blume.”  Enjoy! Anya Blume showered, slept, and showered again. Yes, she thought, she was beginning to feel human. Exhausted, sure, but human. She popped five Advil and closed the medicine cabinet. There, at the bottom of the mirror […]
Warning: some explicit language. Join us this week for a little Camp Dystopia! The Drabblecast brings you a story about growing up the hard way by Sofia Samatar, called “How to Get Back to the Forest.” Enjoy! Episode Sponsor- “You Know It’s True” by J.R. Hamantaschen   “You have to puke it up,” said Cee. […]
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slygirlswagg -

absolutely one of the best I'm about to listen to it again

Aug 10th
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slygirlswagg -

wait did this motherfucker say left handedness

Aug 9th
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slygirlswagg -

the first one was eerily 1984. anything to word whore says sounds sexy though

Aug 9th
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ipoopstandingup

sooooo many drugs went into the creation of this episode 😆

Jan 28th
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ipoopstandingup

okay so. I get that Drabble is all about crazy stories but this one is just... annoying absurdity... meh

Sep 30th
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Brian Frasemer

Great show

Jun 4th
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MunkyGirl

😂😂😂😂 Norm vomiting to Mariah Carey should be enjoyed every Christmas! ♥️

Jan 11th
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A M C Casiday

A brilliant introduction to Ms Emrys's Innsmouth Legacy, the most thoughtful, impressive and amazing relectures of Lovecraftiana in recent memory (with all due respect to Lovecraft Country)

Dec 13th
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Dan Thorum

I love me some Tim Pratt!

May 26th
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Jess Hart

Excellent but very sad

Apr 29th
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Jess Hart

This story devastates me every time.

Apr 12th
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Jess Hart

This remains one of my favorite short stories.

Apr 7th
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ipoopstandingup

holy fuckity fuck this episode is hilarious

Apr 1st
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Cory D. Hoffman

episode is good except for the distraction of him taking a deep breath in after every so often. almost sounded like you had a cold during this podcast episode

Apr 5th
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Jon

that part where they listened together was really uncomfortable...

Mar 19th
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Krys

I love this one! I think a little more build up for driving him mad enough to dig up his uncle's grave would have been cool. The intestinal failure though! Nice.

Feb 22nd
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Michael Lee

Is the featured Drabble author found on Twitter? Was an amazing Drabble, listened to it 3 times before the main story

Jan 13th
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Anna Happen

gross dog. First five min made me want to puke. Pass

Dec 19th
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Marc Ellmaker

“CHRIST ONLY...REPENT...YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN”

Dec 14th
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nash

im excited to hear your new stuff but if you posted some of the older episodes id love to listen to some of those as well.

Sep 1st
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