In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar’s narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury and more to life. So, if you’re ready, let’s take a deep breath...
While on a quest to beat the high score at his local arcade, a sixth grader has an unusual, life-altering experience.
For more from Stephen Graham Jones, visit www.demontheory.net.
Content advisory: Descriptions of violence, death
LeVar Burton Reads is back November 1st with stories from Stephen Graham Jones, Kim Fu, Tobias Buckell and more, in our new immersive format!
A man remembers a supernatural force from his childhood.
A reporter travels to Miami to investigate the fringes of science and faith. This story appears in THE ASSIMILATED CUBAN’S GUIDE TO QUANTUM SANTERIA.
A rideshare driver must spring into action when his passenger casts a dangerous and deadly spell.
Content advisory: explicit language, violence, terrorism
LeVar Burton Reads is coming back! Plus, an immersive remix of Shirley Jackson’s story about a recently widowed woman who vanishes overnight.
Content advisory: violence, death
“The Story We Used to Tell” is from DARK TALES by Shirley Jackson, published by Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
A new immersive remix of a season one classic. An immigrant mother tries to bond with her American-born son by creating a magical paper menagerie. This story appears in Ken Liu’s collection THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES, available now from Saga Press.
Content advisory: Hospitals, death of a parent
William Andrews, an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, dies on September 23, 2012, and finds himself confronted with his life after death.
“Afterlife” appears in Stephen King’s collection THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS.
Content advisory: Descriptions of death, illness, sexual assault
This week: the first place winner of the LeVar Burton Reads writing contest, as co-presented by FIYAH Literary Magazine and Tor.com! A runaway and indentured thief, Eri must provide a new secret to open each new lock, at the cost of her own memory.
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