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Holiday Special - Tricked
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Some people love Halloween. The costumes, the candy, children parading to your front door begging for treats. Harrison Hardigan is not one of those people. However, he is about to be given a rare gift, a chance to examine the choices and experiences that have made him the man he is, and hopefully learn from them. But will it be enough to make him c…
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Leap day comes but once every 1461 days. It is a quirk of our calendar based on the discrepancy between the time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun versus the number of times it spins on its axis. Most people think it's just one extra ordinary day, but what if instead, it is an extraordinary day. One on which those who have it as a birthd…
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Remastered - The Time Cop Paradox
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Everyone loves a good time travel story. We even have a fondness for the bad ones. There's something about the idea of being able to travel backwards and forward through time that is appealing. But is it really possible? Scientists tell us no, but wouldn't we rather live in a world where Jean Claude Van Damme is policing the timeline and keeping us…
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Dreams are a great mystery of the human mind. Many people believe that they give us a glimpse into our true selves. Some even believe they can foretell the future. Every once in a while you find yourself in one that seems so real you can't tell it's a dream. Which begs the question, what if what you think of as real life is really the dream? fantas…
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A Really Good Day - Part Twenty Four
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A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day. To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit: JamesHosek.com Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included. The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your l…
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Between the Covers with Jody J. Sperling
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My interview with guest author Jody J. Sperling, author of "In the Garden of End Times" on the Bedtime Stories for Insomniacs fiction podcast as well as many novels and other books. Check out his Luke in Time mysteries! You can find his books at https://jodyjsperling.comRich Hosek
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#68 - In the Garden of End Times by Jody J. Sperling
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Have you ever seen a man on a busy street corner, or perhaps on the side of a highway, maybe in the crowd at a stadium, holding up a sign saying, "The end is nigh"? You might assume he's crazy. But what if he's not? What if the end of days is just around the corner, waiting for that final sign, something innocuous, the last piece of a hidden puzzle…
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A Really Good Day - Part Twenty Three
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A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day. To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit: JamesHosek.com Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included. The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your l…
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A Really Good Day - Part Twenty Two
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The Other Stories - Magic.AI
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A special presentation of one of my stories as produced by another fiction podcast, The Other Stories. It seems everywhere you go these days, people are talking about AI, Artificial Intelligence, how it’s going to take over many jobs humans do now. Are we taking a risk giving potentially sentient algorithms access to not only our accumulated knowle…
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A Really Good Day - Part Twenty One
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A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day. To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit: JamesHosek.com Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included. The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your l…
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A Really Good Day - Part Twenty
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A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day. To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit: JamesHosek.com Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included. The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your l…
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#67 - The Blueberry Patch
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There are places on Earth where no human has ever set foot. Some of them are probably not too far from where you live. A steep mountain slope, an island surrounded by a muddy swamp, or a dark corner of a thick forest. What mysteries might these places hold? New species are discovered every day. Some of them are harmless. But others are deadly in wa…
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Flashback Friday - The Time Traveler's Dilemma
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Have you ever wished you just had a little more time? Or perhaps the ability to go back in time—just a bit—to fix something you did wrong, make a different decision about which line to get in at the grocery store, or whether or not to eat that leftover bagel at work. Meet Edward, the perfect example of the absent-minded professor, whose brilliance …
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A Really Good Day - Part Nineteen
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Showcase Episode - Best Story Ever
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There’s a debate these days about Artificial Intelligence taking over many of the jobs that humans do. Others are worried that electronic devices are interfering with the way our brains work. What might happen if someone turned the power of AI toward the task of actually controlling what people think and do? Such a day might be closer than you know…
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#66 - Possessed by James Hosek
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If you’re a veterinarian long enough, you’ve seen it all. The odd assortment of things dogs swallow. Giant overweight cats. Owners who disregard your professional advice and feed their pets things they shouldn’t. But Dr. At is faced with something he’s never encountered before. An owner who claims her cat is possessed. The question is, is checking …
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A Really Good Day - Part Eighteen
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A Really Good Day - Part Seventeen
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A Really Good Day - Part Sixteen
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A Really Good Day - Part Fifteen
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Remastered - The Austin Intelligence
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The human mind holds many mysteries. Why some people are better at certain things than others, how memories work, what’s going on when we dream. But the biggest question is, “What happens when we die?” Some people believe our consciousness survives, that the thoughts and memories that defined who we were in life continue to exist in another form an…
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A Really Good Day - Part Fourteen
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A Really Good Day will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you stand up and cheer! Enjoy this entertaining golf fantasy about one man's really good day. To purchase the hardcover edition of this book, visit: JamesHosek.com Free shipping, plus the audio and ebook editions included. The perfect Fathers Day gift for the golfer in your l…
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Technology has inarguably made life better for billions of people. The industrial age started it all, then the information age kicked it into high gear and now the age of Artificial Intelligence is promising even more. But maybe we should take a step back, and make sure that the algorithms we're so eager to entrust our very lives to are up to the j…
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A Really Good Day - Part Thirteen
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A Really Good Day - Part Twelve
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A Really Good Day - Part Eleven
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#64 - Total Loss by James Hosek
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Insurance is something we all need, but hate having to pay for. We have insurance for our cars, our homes, our health and our lives. Most of the time, you look at the big numbers, what the premium is and what the payouts would be. No one ever reads the fine print. But maybe you should. Because there just might be something tucked away in those page…
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A Really Good Day - Part Ten
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A Really Good Day - Part Nine
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#63 - Welcome to Q-Bee's
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It seems like everything these days is getting bigger and bigger. Big box stores, huge amusement parks, enormous shopping malls. Everyone wants to be the world's largest something. But at some point, the novelty of it all can become more of a problem than a convenience. Especially if you happen to forget your wallet while visiting the world's large…
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A Really Good Day - Part Eight
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#62 - The Jar In the Cupboard
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There's a jar in Rodney's cupboard. One that's been there for as long as he can remember. No one will tell him what's inside, only that it must never be opened. A warning passed on through the generations in his family. Perhaps there's a good reason not to. It could just be an old jar filled with jam that turned bad decades ago. But maybe it's some…
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A Really Good Day - Part Seven
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A Really Good Day - Part Six
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Remastered - The Haunting of Oscar Morgan
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Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever had the feeling that there was someone else in the room when you were completely alone. Or maybe as you moved from room to room, you felt a chill, a hand touching your shoulder when there was no one there. Strange things are happening in the Morgan house, and Oscar’s wife is certain it’s ghosts, but will she …
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A Really Good Day - Part Five
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#61 - The Polymorphic Puppy Paradigm
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Simulation theory holds that it is likely—even certain—that our universe is not real. That we only exist only as code running on some alien supercomputer, and everything we do or think is just a product of algorithms and subroutines. Max Fathom believes this to be true. And furthermore, he has devised various hacks to exploit flaws and bugs in that…
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A Really Good Day - Part Four
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Remastered - The Charlatan's Conundrum
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Everyone has seen a magician or mentalist on stage or on TV, completely flabbergasted by his performance and said to themselves, “How in the world did he do that?” We all know, of course, that it’s just a trick. Slight of hand. The art of suggestion. But what if it isn’t? What if just maybe, sometimes, it’s real. fant para…
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A Really Good Day - Part Three
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A Really Good Day - Part Two
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A Really Good Day - Part One
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After Life - Part Seventeen
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Part Seventeen of the unabridged audiobook version of After Life, book 2 in the Raney/Daye Investigations paranormal mystery book series. Dr. Jennifer Daye and Detective Nate Raney investigate a case involving a young boy who can see and hear the ghost of a woman who has a million dollar secret. If you enjoy this free presentation of this novel, pl…
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After Life - Part Sixteen
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Part Sixteen of the unabridged audiobook version of After Life, book 2 in the Raney/Daye Investigations paranormal mystery book series. Dr. Jennifer Daye and Detective Nate Raney investigate a case involving a young boy who can see and hear the ghost of a woman who has a million dollar secret. If you enjoy this free presentation of this novel, plea…
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After Life - Part Fifteen
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Part Fifteen of the unabridged audiobook version of After Life, book 2 in the Raney/Daye Investigations paranormal mystery book series. Dr. Jennifer Daye and Detective Nate Raney investigate a case involving a young boy who can see and hear the ghost of a woman who has a million dollar secret. If you enjoy this free presentation of this novel, plea…
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After Life - Part Fourteen
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Part Fourteen of the unabridged audiobook version of After Life, book 2 in the Raney/Daye Investigations paranormal mystery book series. Dr. Jennifer Daye and Detective Nate Raney investigate a case involving a young boy who can see and hear the ghost of a woman who has a million dollar secret. If you enjoy this free presentation of this novel, ple…
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Holiday Special - As the Tea Leaves
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A special encore presentation of an appropriately romantic and spooky tale of just how far one man will go for love. horrorRich Hosek
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#60 - Room 252 by Barbara Avon
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The line between truth and fiction can sometimes be a very fine one. Imagine reading a story in a book you picked up off the rack in an out of the way gas station and discover that many of the details echo events in your own life. Such a thing is not only possible, but likely, at the Owl Eyes Motel. A mysterious little establishment with a quirky p…
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