Melissa Del Toro Schaffner

A tale about the adventures of a scientist from a century ago and his timeless journey which spanned generations. It is a story about forbidden knowledge and alien evil that lurks unseen and unsuspected in the world around u...

The Peace of Unclaimed Genies : What if the whole world could suddenly know the inner feelings of everyone--except you? Enjoy this newest story by Mark W. Tiedemann! Mark has been writing since childhood, publishing since 199...

This is a story about things that scare you the most; hidden, insidious evil that is powerful, life threatening and as close to you as your next breath. It is a tale about the terror of the mind that is …

Dayworker - In the near future there is a job for everyone, a random job dolled out based on your aptitude and society's need. Skills are slotted and uploaded as needed to those best suited for the day's tasks. An …

One Last Time: Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis, Dr. Moriarty, meet and discover that a stolen artifact from India can unravel time.

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. Ano...

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 l...

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. Ro...

Episode 131 - People often only see what they expect to see and the unexpected remains to be seen. Another NEW Untold Tales Author! Please say 'hello' to Matilda Scotney. Writer on the autism spectrum, Star Wars nerd, and chi...

The Prize Beyond the Gate: Teams of scientists strive to solve puzzles that will lead to an invaluable trove of knowledge, but they discover that the prize is not what they think it is. We hope you enjoyed this ENCORE …

The Final Lesson: A new computer program is designed to help rehabilitate prisoners, but the solution may not be allowed because it is the right idea. We hope you enjoy this ENCORE PRESENTATION of The Final Lesson! We love ou...

Chance Choices - When humans realize they may go extinct, one choice is to create a new version not affected by the Primate Reproduction Virus, an artificial species that is better in all respects but one. Enjoy our newest st...

Dreamtime - A doctor visits his dying brother in Australia only to hear an unbelievable story about ancients civilizations, lost secrets and time travel. This story was ORIGINALLY two separate episodes! We wanted to keep thin...

A TURN IN THE ROAD - A story of a man in the 1880’s who falls and strikes his head and gains the ability to see what the consequences of alternative actions might have been. A tale of alternate realities …

Dark Epiphany - Three chance encounters with strangers on the borderlands between dream and reality . Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he b...

THE TIMEPIECE: A woman finds a mysterious stopwatch in the belongings of her husband who recently died, and she discovers that the watch allows her to step backwards in time so that she can relive recent moments and change th...

RIPPLES IN TIME : A man visits his father in Kansas and finds that the old man may be losing his mind after never recovering from his wife’s death, as he talks about mirages being ripples in time that allow …

Old Friends - Wednesday means coffee and crullers for retired writers and old friends Reynolds and Peters. They’d been fierce competitors for decades before yielding the game to younger talents. Now they want to go out with a...

The Traveling Salesman Part 14 - Bob and Glactyl have their last hurrah (or is it)? Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow!! We love our listeners, fans, patr...

The Minds of God: Throughout history, many have attempted to understand the mind of God. But what if you could experience it directly? Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate...

The Collector: A brilliant man desperately seeks to gather strange alien artifacts. We love our listeners, fans, patrons, and supporters ! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology updates ...

Just A Shell: A man and a robot named Sheila meet in a diner and develop a friendship of sorts. But as their relationship continues, it soon becomes clear that all is not what it seems. This is the newest …

Eradication: Sometimes a cure can be worse than the disease. We hope you enjoy this story by our own Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please consider leaving us …

The Traveling Salesman Part 12 - Bob and Glactyl face the wrath of a galactic moss boss! Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow!! We love our listeners, fans,...

Land of Milk and Honey - It's been centuries since Humanity surrendered its right to self-governance to a council of artificial intelligences. But one man and one AI have other plans for mankind. Enjoy this ~enlightening~ sto...

The Remembers - A Buddhist monk gathering technology after the Fall of Civilization finds himself rebuffed by his master and teacher, who lived through it all. Only when his curiosity gets the better of him does he finally le...

Fast Thinking - Technology enhanced abilities always comes with a price. We hope you enjoy this story by our own Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please consider l...

Blue Sky: Casey, a harvester of the dead zones, has never seen the blue sky or ventured from the underground core. Few had, and even fewer returned in the nine generations since the crush, the crunch, the collapse. She return...

It Just Doesn't Work Like That: Sometimes it's not clear just how things really work. We hope you enjoy this story by our own Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you …

WE WON!!! Thank you to everyone in our big-little city (and on our email list!!!) who nominated and voted for The Untold Tales Podcast to win the Ampie Award in the Creator category! 🎧 🎤 We love our listeners, fans …

The Unwishing Well - What if you could just discard the unpleasant memories, pain, suffering, and death that shadow human existence? Could any vessel hold it all? Another story by our very own Iron Man, Don Muchow! A lifelong...

The Traveling Salesman Part 11 - Captured by the Bentusi syndicate, Bob and Glactyl escape... sort of. Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow!! We love our li...

Enjoy this coveted interview with lifelong artist, Howard Loring! Howard 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...

The Unknowable - There are lines that separate what is, what is not... and what might be. There is a boundary between reality and dreams. When we lose sight of that boundary... that is madness. This is our third story …

TRIGGER WARNING - CAR ACCIDENT . This is an amazing and redemptive story, but it does involve a car accident. We want to make sure our listeners enjoy our stories. If you are sensitive to this topic, please feel free …

Collaboration : Two very different beings meet, but are they ancient foes or allies? H.P. Lovecraft lovers, we hope you enjoy this fictional story of a beloved science fiction legend! This is our 100th Episode of The Untold T...

Contacts: Kyle Winters wakes up one morning to find everything slightly off kilter - the color of the bedroom walls, a small change to the arrangement of the kitchen, and his programmed mix of music includes a few songs he …

The Traveling Salesman Part 10 - Bob and Glactyl steal back their ship but have to confront new enemies, a giant criminal syndicate Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson an...

Ahead of His Time : Many regard Charles Babbage as the father of the computer. His ideas were revolutionary, and they were completely original... weren't they? We hope you enjoy our second story by Untold Tales Author Hal Ful...

The Traveling Salesman Part 9 - Bob and Glactyl regain their footing in 33rd century Earth. Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don Muchow!! We love our listeners, fa...

The Traveling Salesman Part 8 - Bob and Glactyl are lost in the multiverse but manage to escape to someplace quite unexpected. Enjoy this collaborative story in the Traveling Salesman Series by Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson and Don...

The Traveling Salesman Part 7 - Bob and Glactyl sell fake Xill artifacts and make a fortune but they then accidentally enter a vast multidimensional nexus. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard,...

The Traveling Salesman Part 6 : Bob and Glactyl outsmart Paraxian privateers. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology and consider leaving us a 5-...

The October Country : Driven away from the highway by icy roads, a traveler finds himself in the backwoods of New England, where he stumbled upon a thriving fundamentalist church. But WHY it is thriving makes him run for his …

The Traveling Salesman Part 5 : The Traveling Salesman Part 5 Bob becomes a trader and they harvest magnetic monopoles out on an alien world at the rim of the galaxy. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you …

The Stranger - An eccentric neighbor sees UFOs, insists he is in contact with ‘ them .’ The poor old fellow is obviously suffering from a bout of mental illness, and his condition seems to be worsening. Our protagonist wants …

The Traveling Salesman Part 4 : Bob and Glactyl accidentally cause and then resolve the Zombie Apocalypse. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology...

Moving On: Alien archeologists discover and Earth in the distant future where civilizaiton has collapsed and mankind has long since become extinct. however, they also find clues to unexpected discoveries regarding Man's desti...

Cormorant : Politics makes strange bedfellows they say, but when the agents of two rivals empires meet in pursuit of a science terrorist, what is a lowly agent of the Empire to do. Take to the skies of course. We …

TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the UNTOLD TALES Audio Anthologies. The UNTOLD TALES Audio Anthologies is a collection of original science fiction short stories of the highest caliber, perfect for your commute or unexpected downtimes....

Alternities : The past is fixed but largely unknown, while the future is filled with endless possibilities. However, given the right technology almost anything is possible. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you love...

Enjoy this rare interview with our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lifelong advocate of immersive, dystopian SF, he believes that buried in the shadows of every dark future lies the inextinguishable spirit...

The Christmas Man - An assassin working for the time police completes a typical job on Christmas Eve, taking out an illegal time traveller. However, a year to the day he meets the same man again, the man whom he …

The Traveling Salesman Part 3: Bob and Glactyl spend their $10 billion to achieve Glactyl’s real purpose. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology ...

Tesla's Time : Nicola Tesla is the subject of many myths and exaggerations today... But his genius was very real. What if his efforts had been applied just a little differently? Would our world be better... or worse? Welcome ...

An Unfortunate Perspective: A man with enhanced vision becomes estranged from reality. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please consider leaving us a 5-star review and and subscribe to our ...

Behold the Son of Man: A military robot becomes self-aware and begins asking the big questions about life, existence, and what it means to be human. Another story by our cross-country running, T1 phenomenon, Don Muchow! A lif...

Dinner with the Doge or Stagnation versus Directional Change: Altering the established Timeline has multiple ramifications. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author...

The Traveling Salesman Series - Part 2: Bob and Glactyl continue their adventures amassing great wealth through unusual business transactions. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like ...

Reversing Gravity: Time Travelers thinking outside the box revise the established flow of History. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of both novels and short...

The Traveling Salesman Part 1: An ordinary man meets an unexpected traveler who offers him interesting business opportunities. This is the first episode of a longer "The Traveling Salesman" series. Let us know what you think?...

Life is but a Dream: It is often difficult to figure out what dreams mean; sometimes it's even hard to figure out if they are real. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please …

Creating the Timepiece: This story is a PREQUEL to Season 1 - Episode 2: The Timepiece. In this story, we learn about Paul’s discovery, it’s unusual properties and the motivation behind the secret he hid from his dear wife, M...

Miranda: Miranda sings in telepath. One of her former lovers remembers a sultry, heart-wrenching concert she gave in France in a student bar, just before she became famous from Mercury to the moons of Pluto and beyond. Listen...

FLASH FICTION (by Jeff Robinson, Don Muchow, and Gil Schmidt) Time for something DIFFERENT! Please enjoy this episode of FLASH FICTION sci-fi stories. These stories have been proven even more difficult to write, and write wel...

Clash of the Redheads or Methodology and Firmly Fixed Jargon - A US President meets Time Travelers and alters the Historical Record. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as t...

Perfect Memories - Sometimes even the best memories can be bittersweet. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology on Podchaser at https://www.podcha...

The Crazy Old Sandman OR General Mechanics of Warfare: Changing the flow of History is not always a benign undertaking. A lifelong artist, Howard Loring is an actor, printmaker, painter and sculptor, as well as the author of ...

Mistaken Identity: Upon his recovery from an accident, a criminal is mistaken for someone else. He decides to use this error to his own advantage, but things are not what they seem. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If...

MEET THE AUTHORS, LIVE! On March 12, 2022 at 9pm London, UK / 4pm Eastern, U.S.A./ 2pm Arizona, U.S.A. / 1pm Pacific U.S.A. we met with Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson, Don Muchow, Marc Neuffer and Howard Loring to discuss their …

The Seed of Wisdom: A religious pilgrim finds something that can grant virtually any wish he might have. But he is uncertain about what to do and is torn by doubt until many years later when he finally finds an …

Coautl: A zoologist finds himself marooned on a mysterious island a hundred miles off the Georgia coast where evolution has kicked into overdrive. But after he returns to his stranded boat, he can no longer find the island--a...

As Long As You Both Shall Live: A newlywed AI researcher dies suddenly in a car accident, but all is not lost: her consciousness is uploaded into one of her own creations, making her effectively immortal. But who will repair …

Punching the Clock: Two flippantly engaged PHD’s unexpectantly discover that they have something much more serious in common love, and that their academic work together, may potentially alter the course of the human race. A N...

The Fool: A homeless man on a bus learns that he's omniscient. It's been driving him crazy, and he's afraid he can't hold on for much longer. Our second story of 2022 by Don Muchow! Stay tuned for new EVENTS …

Zero Day Exploit: Being the first to discover something can sometimes be a great advantage…. But you can’t always predict the outcome. Welcome to Season 3 and our first story of 2022! Stay tuned for new EVENTS in the coming …

Through Other Eyes: A story transcending time and space. A very personal story about the true nature of love. Our last story of 2021! Stay tuned for new EVENTS in the coming year as well as games and trivia to …

Applied Science - Science can’t solve every problem, but sometimes it can offer solutions you never suspected. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio antho...

A Little Knowledge: A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, far more dangerous that you might realize. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio antholog...

A Day in the Life Of : If you look at it from one perspective, we’re all time travelers, headed to the future; just one day at a time. This episode was challenging for a Latina American woman with a …

Family Matters: In a universe full of greed and self-interest, altruism is the exceptional choice. Meet out very newest Untold Tales Author, Science Fiction Short Story Winner Jim Gamble! Jim was born in Independence, Missour...

The Bump: A creepy little story fit for Halloween! Meet Caryn Larrinaga, our newest Untold Tales Author. Thank you Caryn and Tony Pham of TKMV here in Phoenix, AZ for the opportunity to debut my 5 year old Daughter, Indi, …

Gorlak: In the year 2203, Riley lives a life of chosen seclusion in the Yukon Territory. She alone has access to alien ships and technology billions of year old, from a race long receded. Her only wish is to be …

Things That Go Bump In The Night: When times get tough, things can get scary. When things get strange, you often find that you can only count on yourself. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what …

Waking: A man with no memory of who he is keeps awakening in the same prison cell with no memory of why he’s there, until he discovers he's his own captor, the secrets being kept from him are his own, …

To Protect and Serve: Solving crimes and enforcing the law is a universal constant across all civilizations, even the most alien ones. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subs...

Night Cap: Steven went to bed on a night similar to thousands before. He was awakened by an ominous feeling and a tap, tap, tapping near his head. He was no longer in his bed, no longer on earth. Steven …

Elsewhere: A man thinks he has found a door to another world. But is it real? Is it new or is it very old? And, most importantly, is it dangerous? We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved …

Dialogues is a short story demonstrating how human beings learned to talk to stars. This story was submitted to the Tribeca Film Festival in it's newest 2021 Podcast Category. The feedback we received was as follows! "Dear Me...

The Voice in the Wilderness: What if there really was a god, and she was a manipulative, egotistical bully? This story is written by Don Muchow, the first man to complete a cross-country run from Disneyland to Disney World! C...

Father's Day: A man gives his ailing father a marvelous gift, but finds that he has forgotten something very important. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our au...

Shattered Sky: In a fallen dystopian world where citizens pay for air and water, a heartbroken older sister perseveres in rescuing her younger sister from a human trafficking ring and realizes that the powerlessness of her pa...

The Philosopher's Stone: Miraculous discoveries often occur quite unexpectedly. But sometimes it turns out that they should not have occurred at all. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, pleas...

ANOTHER Victorian sci-fi episode! Yes! ANOTHER New Author! DOUBLE YES! If you recall, Episode 14: One Last Time was Victorian Sci-Fi, too! Timeless Stray: Investigators in Victorian England are hired to find out whether a for...

Adventures in Virtual Reality: New technologies often have marvelous benefits, but there can be a downside to new tech as well. Sadly, there always seems to be a way to misuse new inventions. We love our listeners, fans and p...

Destiny's Doorstep: A peaceful, backward-seeming civilization living on an Eden-like planet near a distant wormhole receives existential threats from an unwelcome Earth. But all is not as it appears. This is the second story ...

The Gift of Memory: Forgetting things is natural and can be sometimes be problematic. Not forgetting things, however, has far more serious consequences. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, pl...

Springtime on Mars: There are always people who are drawn to the edge or things and those who venture ahead to explore the unknown. But that edge is always moving further away. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If …

The Buddhas of the Past: Sometimes we forget things as we get old. But what if as we forgot them, those things actually ceased to be? This is the second story by one of our first NEW Untold Tales authors, …

Conversations With an Uncle on The Occasion of His Passing: A young man speeds to the side of his ailing uncle 'to observe his passing.' What he experiences, however, is more than he bargained for. This is the first story …

The Vetting: The tests required to let you travel to distant alien worlds is harder than one would expect and some of the tests aren't what you think they are. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved …

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The Edge: A story about a man trapped many light years away from home who is found and befriended by an alien far older than the universe itself. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you …

A Failure To Communicate: An alien visits the Earth and thinks humans are unintelligent bugs. The humans think the alien is an unintelligent beast. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please ...

False Dawn: A scientist predicts the dawning of a new age of achievement promising a miraculous world, only to find that his predictions are very, very wrong. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you hea...

Timely Warning: Thanks to a miracle of science, they got the warning in time. But their salvation wasn’t what they thought it would be. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and …

Science Fiction Poetry by Eugene Fitch Ware: Eugene F. Ware was a pioneer, a soldier, lawyer and Poet. The follow poems were written just after the Civil War under the pen name of “Ironquill” and are amazing for their subject...

The End: The end of a story is often both beautiful and bittersweet and perhaps as amazing as the beginning. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio …

More treats! I (Melissa the Narrator) get to sit down with the creator, writer and author of the Untold Tales stories, Dr. Jeff Robinson, and this time HE GRILLS ME on my story, where all of the “voices in my …

Mindgames: The narrated story in this podcast is a short excerpt from the novel "Mindgames: A Knight Gambit" and relates events at the beginning of the story. It is about discoveries that change the world, the people in it an...

Deathwish: This is a tale of a soldier who experiences the horror of war and his journey from a place of unimaginable tragedy back to the real world. It is a tale about loss, guilt, and revenge and those things …

Engines of Time: In this tale you learn about the adventures of a scientist from a century ago and his timeless journey which spanned generations. It is a story about forbidden knowledge and alien evil that lurks unseen and ...

Engines of Time: In this tale you learn about the adventures of a scientist from a century ago and his timeless journey which spanned generations. It is a story about forbidden knowledge and alien evil that lurks unseen and ...

Those Who Watch: This is a story about things that scare you the most; hidden, insidious evil that is powerful and life threatening and as close to you as your next breath. It is a tale about the terror of …

Those Who Watch: This is a story about things that scare you the most; hidden, insidious evil that is powerful and life threatening and as close to you as your next breath. It is a tale about the terror of …

The Waystation: A boy, Billy, befriends a creature from a sideshow circus only to find that the being is a traveller from another world. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and …

The Waystation: A boy, Billy, befriends a creature from a sideshow circus only to find that the being is a traveller from another world. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and …

One Last Time: Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis, Dr. Moriarty, meet and it is discovered that a stolen artifact from India can unravel time. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and...

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. This short story is the precursor to the longer novel, The Matriarchs, which is …

Saving Grace: A tongue in cheek first contact story where aliens meet two monks during the middle ages We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our audio anthology and...

Lucid Dreams: A man experiences two dreams, perhaps two realities; one where he can fly and the other where he cannot. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, please like and subscribe to our …

What a treat! I (Melissa the Narrator) get to sit down with the creator, writer and author of the Untold Tales stories, Dr. Jeff Robinson, and grill him on some of the most provocative and interesting morsels and factoids re...

The Prize Beyond the Gate: Teams of scientists strive to solve puzzles that will lead to an invaluable trove of knowledge, but they discover that the prize is not what they think it is. We love our listeners, fans and …

The Final Lesson: A new computer program is designed to help rehabilitate prisoners, but the solution may not be allowed because it is the right idea. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what you heard, plea...

Dreamtime - Part 2 of 2: A doctor visits his dying brother in Australia only to hear an unbelievable story about ancients civilizations, lost secrets and time travel. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what...

Dreamtime - Part 1 of 2: A doctor visits his dying brother in Australia only to hear an unbelievable story about ancients civilizations, lost secrets and time travel. We love our listeners, fans and patrons! If you loved what...

A TURN IN THE ROAD - Part 3 of 3: A story of a man in the 1880’s who falls and strikes his head and gains the ability to see what the consequences of alternative actions might have been. A …

A TURN IN THE ROAD - Part 2 of 3: A story of a man in the 1880’s who falls and strikes his head and gains the ability to see what the consequences of alternative actions might have been. A …

A TURN IN THE ROAD - Part 1 of 3: A story of a man in the 1880’s who falls and strikes his head and gains the ability to see what the consequences of alternative actions might have been. A …

THE TIMEPIECE: A woman finds a mysterious stopwatch in the belongings of her husband who recently died, and she discovers that the watch allows her to step backwards in time so that she can relive recent moments and change th...

RIPPLES IN TIME : A man visits his father in Kansas and finds that the old man may be losing his mind after never recovering from his wife’s death, as he talks about mirages being ripples in time that allow …