Untold Tales

Untold Tales

The UNTOLD TALES Audio Anthologies Podcast is a collection of original science fiction short stories of the highest caliber, narrated in audiobook style, perfect for your commute or unexpected downtimes. These bite-sized audio dramas come in different flavors and highlight the works of new authors. Victorian Sci-Fi, parallel realities, cautionary tales, horror, time travel - each episode of UNTOLD TALES is an independent short story of adventure, technology, love, hope, discovery, and mystery. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/untold-tales/support

This website provides you with access to all podcast episodes, videos of the episodes, our blog (for listeners, readers and writers), and the books by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson that inspired this popular audio anthology. You can also contact us, read our blog, see our videos, or comment or leave a review to tell us what you think of The UNTOLD TALES Podcast. (A Dreamspeaker Media production)

Recent Episodes

Oct. 15, 2024

Episode 137 - The Three Stages of Wisdom

The following story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson defines the Three Stages of Ignorance and the Three Stages of Wisdom (a story also told in the forthcoming book THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM) --- Support this podcast: https://podca…
Oct. 8, 2024

Episode 136 - The Matriarch

The Matriarch - A local doctor helps a woman give birth only to find that in order to be immortal all she has to do is die. We hope you enjoy new original story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson We love our listeners, fans, patrons,…
Oct. 1, 2024

Episode 135 : Litton House

Litton House - Sequestering himself to finish his latest novel, Thomas Becket learns what the mind can conceive leads to limits unfathomable. In his search for certainty, he encounters a kaleidoscope of people and places. An…
Sept. 22, 2024

Episode 134 - Saving Grace

Saving Grace: A tongue in cheek first contact story where aliens meet two monks during the middle ages We hope you enjoyed this encore presentation of an original science fiction story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson. We love our …
Sept. 15, 2024

Episode 133 - Starforce

Starforce - Sometimes realistic video games can be a little too real. We hope you enjoy new original story by Dr. Jeffrey A Robinson and his son Matthew Robinson. We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you…
Sept. 8, 2024

Episode 132 - Lucid Dreams

Lucid Dreams: Sometimes lucid dreams can seem too real and leave you wondering whether they are really dreams or not. We hope you enjoyed this encore presentation of another original science fiction story by Dr. Jeffrey A. R…

Recent Blog Posts

Three Types of Writers

There are three primary types of writers and they reflect three sets of skills that they must all master. The first kind of writer is one who has mastered description. These are the authors who can describe a scene so thoroughly and so completely t…

Science Fiction Poetry from the 1880's

Eugene Fitch Ware and Science Fiction Poetry of the 1880’s Eugene F. Ware was a pioneer, a soldier, lawyer and Poet.  He was a captain of Iowa troops in the Civil War. He settled in Kansas in 1866, homesteading a farm which his children …

The Harnessing of Energy in Writing

Like a ton of writers, which could be from 6-20 if one wants to be pedantic about it and it seems I chose to be, I struggle with sitting my fundament on a chair and making words appear. I don’t consider myself lazy, for I lead a fairly active …

About the Hosts

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Melissa Del Toro Schaffner

Voice Actor

Melissa Del Toro Schaffner is an American Voice Actor and the co-creator narrator of The Untold Tales Podcast. In addition to being in the Mom after 40 club, she wears multiple hats including international best selling author, accomplished Accountability Coach, and creator/ illustrator of the Minority Girl Empowerment Coloring Book “Careers for Little Sisters” (available in English and Spanish). Melissa was also a contestant on the nationally televised game show “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” and shares a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and MBA background with Jeff. Her current mission to inspire one million women to live the life of their dreams.

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Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson

Author

Jeffrey A Robinson is the co-creator and chief writer of the Untold Tales podcast, a collection of short stories of the highest caliber based on the first in a set of three published science fiction anthologies. Jeff is a retired technologist, who grew up loving to read science fiction. After serving as a Naval Flight Officer, who flew F-4 Phantom jets, and an Air Traffic Controller, in the Marine Corps, he became a device physicist in a semiconductor-manufacturing facility and an expert in Manufacturing Execution Systems, computer automation, integration & cybersecurity. He has a B.A. in Physics, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems. He also has postgraduate certificates in Computer Forensics, and a PMP, and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, as well.

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Don Muchow

Don is a co-editor of UNTOLD TALES, an author, a guest blogger, and a frequent contributor to UNTOLD TALES. Click on his picture on the CONTRIBUTOR page for his full Bio.

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Gil Schmidt

Gil is an author, a guest blogger, and a frequent contributor to UNTOLD TALES. Click on his picture on the CONTRIBUTOR page for his full Bio.

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Marc Neuffer

Marc Neuffer is an accomplished author, a guest blogger, and a frequent contributor to UNTOLD TALES. Click on his picture on the CONTRIBUTOR page for his full Bio.

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Chris Morton

Contributor

Chris Morton's stories have been described as being in the genres of slacker lit, sci-fi lit, sci-fi psyche, magical realism, and avant-garde.
He is the author of three novels, six novellas, and over thirty short stories.
An English teacher for twenty years, Morton is also the author of the teaching guide: 'TEFL Flashcard Games for Young Learners.'

Chris is scheduled for several more upcoming episodes and is a contributor to our BLOGS as well

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Howard Loring

Contributor

A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short stories. Married, he currently resides in the Southeastern United States. He can be contacted via his Facebook Fan page.