"The Swarm" is a post apocalyptic short story written by Jeff Dosser. After the military secretly hijacks a new form of pesticide, it is up to an entomologist to save what is left of the world. Contact info for Jeff Dosser Website http://www.jeffdosser.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/JeffDosser Other TTTV stories by Jeff Dosser http://talltaletv.com/?s=jeff+dosser ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- Podcast https://pinecast.com/feed/tall-tale-tv Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TallTaleTV/ ---- Story Submission ---- Have a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at http://talltaletv.com/submission-guidelines/ ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- My name is Chris Herron, and I narrate SciFi and fantasy audiobooks. In 2015, poor control of my type 1 diabetes left me legally blind for the better part of a year. The doctors predicted an 80% chance I would never see again, but I changed the way I was living and through sheer willpower beat the odds. During this time I couldn't read or write. Two things that I had been turning to for comfort since I was a small child. With the incredible amount of stress I was under, this was devastating. My wife took me by the arm, lead me into the local library, and read out titles of audiobooks to me. I chose the audiobook versions of books I had loved such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter, and more. They brought my favorite stories to life in ways I never thought possible and helped me through the darkest time of my life. Once my vision recovered, I maintained a love for audiobooks. I decided I would turn my focus from being a writer to becoming a narrator. I devised Tall Tale TV as a way to help out all the amazing authors in the writing communities I had come to love before my ordeal. I created Tall Tale TV to help aspiring authors by providing them with a promotional audiobook video. A way to showcase their skills with the written word. They say the strongest form of advertisement is word of mouth, so I provide their stories to a platform of readers to help get people talking. Help them spread the word. Now I publish SciFi and fantasy short stories every few days, written by authors from around the world. If you enjoyed this story, click the share button and let the world know about this author. ---- legal ---- All images used in this video are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Nearly all stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the original author. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwor ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V_QZo0iFa8

"Hazards of Faster-Than-Light Travel" is a Sci-Fi short story written by David Rogers. David Rogers' interests include all forms of science fiction, fantasy, and the generally weird and strange, from Poe to Stephen King, Shirley Jackson to Ursula K. Le Guin and N. K. Jemisin. David's poems, stories, and articles have been published by various outlets, including Star*Line, Third Flatiron, and Daily Science Fiction. His collection of short fiction, Emergency Exits, is available from Amazon. His novel The Artifact is forthcoming in the spring of 2023. More at Davidrogersbooks.com ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- Podcast https://pnc.st/s/tall-tale-tv Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TallTaleTV/ Website https://talltaletv.com/ ---- Story Submission ---- Have a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at http://talltaletv.com/submission-guidelines/ ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- My name is Chris Herron, and I narrate SciFi and fantasy audiobooks. In 2015, poor control of my type 1 diabetes left me legally blind for the better part of a year. The doctors predicted an 80% chance I would never see again, but I changed the way I was living and through sheer willpower beat the odds. During this time I couldn't read or write. Two things that I had been turning to for comfort since I was a small child. With the incredible amount of stress I was under, this was devastating. My wife took me by the arm, led me into the local library, and read out titles of audiobooks to me. I chose the audiobook versions of books I had loved such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter, and more. They brought my favorite stories to life in ways I never thought possible and helped me through the darkest time of my life. Once my vision recovered, I maintained a love for audiobooks. I decided I would turn my focus from being a writer to becoming a narrator. I devised Tall Tale TV as a way to help out all the amazing authors in the writing communities I had come to love before my ordeal. I created Tall Tale TV to help aspiring authors by providing them with a promotional audiobook video. A way to showcase their skills with the written word. They say the strongest form of advertisement is word of mouth, so I provide their stories to a platform of readers to help get people talking. Help them spread the word. Now I publish SciFi and fantasy short stories every few days, written by authors from around the world. If you enjoyed this story, click the share button and let the world know about this author. ---- legal ---- All images used in this video are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Nearly all stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com or purchased from https://www.canstockphoto.com Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the original author. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords For any questions, you can contact me at http://talltaletv.com/contact/ #Audiobooks #ShortStories #ScifiFantasy #Fantasy #SciFi #Fiction #Podcast #StoryTime #Creepypasta #Narrator #Narration #Audiobook #ShortStory ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDALGh3eK7k