The Hallucination Cafe

The Hallucination Cafe

An alternative reality podcast of Horror and Science Fiction short stories. For more information check out www.hallucinationpodcast.com

Episodes

November 14, 2022 34 mins

On a little planet called Planet HaHa an open microphone comedy show has been running for more than 500 years.  Tonight on stage will be a first, a comic will be killed and a couple trying to have a nice wedding anniversary will be caught in the middle.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson this tale of murder and betrayal is the second Planet HaHa story in our collection.  It contains adult language and themes...

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This post apocalyptic tale is not for everyone.  It's based on a world where the youth have been left to fend for themselves after a pandemic and human contact is something only remembered in poetry.  This Halloween episode is one of the darkest yet.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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October 22, 2022 30 mins

What if a corporation could guarantee you eternity?  The beauty of a perfect moment forever, a heaven on earth, no belief in the almighty necessary.  Would you sign up?

This story is read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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Here is a treat for all my listeners, a story by Desiree Matlock which it was my honor to read.  A story about eternal love.

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September 8, 2022 7 mins

Sometime in a not so distant future someone invents a fantastic AI app for your phone.  This AI is the universal translator.  And it listens to everything around you and can tell you what everyone else is saying.  The implications of this were never really understood.

This story is dedicated to the Mayor of Idyllwild.

It is read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.

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May 10, 2022 12 mins

Charlotte wants nothing more than to find the one place where she feels at home, but if she ever does find it will she really want to stay?  This story is read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.

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May 2, 2022 13 mins

I have been allowed to be a medium and bring you the voice of Gloria, dead for just a month.  This is her story, told with a ouija board in hand and tongue firmly in cheek.  Enjoy.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.

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April 25, 2022 17 mins

Like many ghost stories this begins on an quiet road, where a dark shadow follow Anne and her son David home.  I present to you a story of fear and possibly paranoia.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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April 18, 2022 10 mins

The words of a foul mouthed murderer who just wants to be on TV.  This story is read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.  It contains plenty of four letter words.  Is he a traitor, or a hero, a terrorist or a freedom fighter?  That is really for history to decide.

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April 11, 2022 6 mins

Somewhere in a place not too different from this one Frank is having a really bad day.  But then no-one said being a zombie would he easy.  

This story is written by Bernie Pratt (www.berniepratt.com) and read by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.

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April 4, 2022 35 mins
Far above the earth a spinning sphere is 40 years old, a home for the dead who are no longer permitted to be buried planetside.  The planet of the dead needs a caretaker and Tim just got the job.
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December 18, 2021 16 mins

This story is read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson. It's about loss, and endurance, and the death of a child in a future where medicine is advanced enough to care even less.  

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October 21, 2021 25 mins

What would we be willing to lose to have a world with no wars, to have a peaceful and orderly society?  Written and read by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.

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October 21, 2021 9 mins

Thaddeus Washington has just invented the most amazing creation, it's going to make him rich and famous, it's going to save countless lives.  Or is it?  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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October 14, 2021 12 mins

This adolescent dream is brought to you from deep inside a deformed body asleep in a computer system.  On a totally alien planet a girl who doesn't exist meets a boy who doesn't either.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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September 24, 2021 20 mins

Letters Home is about all the things people never say to each other.  About the conversations we have with ourselves while trying to talk to someone else. It's about love, and disappointment, war and regret.  Listen to know more.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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September 10, 2021 20 mins

This is a story about an alternative reality city dwellers take for granted.  A story of a world where there are no stars.  Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson.

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September 3, 2021 10 mins

Marvin Matrix lives a lonely life, on stage 24 hours a day on the only continuous open mic comedy show in the universe.  He was never programmed with tear ducts but he does have a sense of humor, and a fractured funny bone.

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September 1, 2021 6 mins

What if your fate is not the only one that can happen to you? Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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July 24, 2021 53 mins

Cassie has a gift, and a problem.  She can see the future, but no-one believes her.  What if you could see the future and change the lives of everyone around you, but no-one would listen to a word you said?

Read and written by Shelley-Anne Wooderson

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