https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thicket-of-stories--6415391enFictionCopyright Dreyri Aldranarishttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e47e91bcbf3bd5959729397af1e36a61.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thicket-of-stories--6415391Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:24:11 +0000Dreyri AldranarisDreyri Aldranarislibertylovelearning@gmail.comWelcome to these many universes, filled with technology and magic and tragedy and love. Here you will meet people and beings and follow them as they face the challenges of their worlds. cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hunger--69254070———
The music in the video is by NadiaCripps and can be found here: https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-the-magic-of-hope-289763/ ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69254070Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:24:11 +0000Dreyri AldranarisThe people in the sky never thought about the people on the ground. Why should they? They were so far away, so far down. But from the midst of the squalor and misery faced by the people on the ground, a brand new power arose. ——— The music in the...———
The music in the video is by NadiaCripps and can be found here: https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-the-magic-of-hope-289763/ ]]>582bipocauthor,bipoc-author,bipocwriter,bipoc-writer,fantasy,fantasystory,femaleauthor,female-author,femalewriter,female-writer,fiction,fictionstory,neurodivergentauthor,neurodivergent-author,neurodivergentwriter,neurodivergent-writer,originalfiction,originalstory,story,storytellingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clawing-winter--69253959———
The music used in this video is by tinue46 and can be found here: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-my-vanity-box-309498/ ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69253959Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:07:56 +0000Dreyri AldranarisOur country is great. I know our country is great. But this winter, it’s not natural. It’s not like any winter that’s come before. And I can’t help but feel as though something is deeply wrong. Author’s note: This was a dream I had that I decided to...———
The music used in this video is by tinue46 and can be found here: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-my-vanity-box-309498/ ]]>2014audiobook,dystopia,dystopian,dystopianfiction,dystopian-fiction,dystopianstory,dystopian-story,fiction,fictionstory,fiction-story,originalfiction,original-fiction,originalstory,original-story,readaloud,read-aloud,readoutloud,read-out-loud,story,storytellingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mother-of-all--69253743
Music Used: Scott Buckley - Resolutions" is under a Creative Commons (BY 3.0) license:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.youtube.com/user/musicbyscottb Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEm_RLKKGBQ&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkII7twmUseyZ8eANMzYZmBK&index=2]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69253743Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:38:39 +0000Dreyri AldranarisWe've all heard the stories of how the universe was created. Mama Miria was lonely, so she created life from within herself. She gave birth to her baby, the universe, and protected it with everything she could. However, the baby was wrest away from...
Music Used: Scott Buckley - Resolutions" is under a Creative Commons (BY 3.0) license:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://www.youtube.com/user/musicbyscottb Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEm_RLKKGBQ&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkII7twmUseyZ8eANMzYZmBK&index=2]]>5690audiobook,bipocauthor,dystopia,dystopian,dystopianfiction,dystopianstory,fantasy,fantasystory,femaleauthor,fiction,neurodivergentauthor,original,originalfiction,originalstory,originalwriting,readaloud,readoutloud,shortstory,story,storytellingcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forest-and-her-children--62961683
And she wasn’t the only one. All over the city people were being exploited. People were being forced to work under impossibly degrading conditions and live in abject poverty. People were silenced. Stifled. And they were longing for escape.

The Forest was beyond the edges of the city. It was a place of magic and miracles. It was a place of hope and freedom and rebirth. But getting there was next to impossible.

Within the Forest the wolves howled. Azania emerged from the water. And she wasn’t the only one. And she wouldn’t be the only one. Who she met changed her life forever.




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This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62961683Fri, 22 Nov 2024 02:12:16 +0000Dreyri AldranarisAzania was sixteen. And she couldn’t take it anymore. She had spent her childhood lonely, spent it terrified, spent it desperate, spent it aching. The only adults in her life were the people who saw her as nothing but a tool to exploit and use. She...
And she wasn’t the only one. All over the city people were being exploited. People were being forced to work under impossibly degrading conditions and live in abject poverty. People were silenced. Stifled. And they were longing for escape.

The Forest was beyond the edges of the city. It was a place of magic and miracles. It was a place of hope and freedom and rebirth. But getting there was next to impossible.

Within the Forest the wolves howled. Azania emerged from the water. And she wasn’t the only one. And she wouldn’t be the only one. Who she met changed her life forever.




The background ambience used in this video is from BurghRecords and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVTkB-BIvM

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>3090audiobook,dystopia,dystopian,dystopianfiction,dystopianstory,fantasy,fantasyfiction,fantasystory,fantasy-story,fiction,fictionstory,originalfantasy,originalfiction,original-fiction,originalstory,original-story,readaloud,readoutloud,story,storytellingclean5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forestwife--62961461
For its powers and its magic did not belong to them.

But the young woman with the dark hair and eyes, as much as the prince wanted her, she belonged to the Forest. And she would use the powers it gave her. 



The music in the video is made by Alexander Nakarada and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cwKd81z7Q&list=PLARr_ow8WqtvYWfU17x1b5gAvXbfQpPza&index=3]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62961461Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:51:53 +0000Dreyri AldranarisThe kings and queens were satisfied ruling in their large palaces. They thought, falsely, that their people loved them. The people were struggling to scrape by with their poverty and their oppression. But the Forest glowed beyond the fields and...
For its powers and its magic did not belong to them.

But the young woman with the dark hair and eyes, as much as the prince wanted her, she belonged to the Forest. And she would use the powers it gave her. 



The music in the video is made by Alexander Nakarada and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cwKd81z7Q&list=PLARr_ow8WqtvYWfU17x1b5gAvXbfQpPza&index=3]]>1056audiobook,fantasy,fantasyfiction,fantasystory,fantasy-story,fiction,fictionstory,originalfantasy,originalfiction,original-fiction,originalstory,original-story,readaloud,readoutloud,royalty,story,storytelling,witchcraftstory,witchstory,writingclean4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-end-of-the-world--62961412
They lived in accordance to the prophecies passed down to them by the Giver, the great being who had created all of this. The final prophecy decreed the coming of the Taker, who would take it all alway.



Music used: 🧚‍♀️ Magical Instrumental No Copyright Free Slow Fantasy Background Music for Videos | Herb by Piki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwebGYAol3M&list=PLRPR8uJQx5tFidafQgqRMngz4Nq0nuaGA&index=1]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62961412Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:43:54 +0000Dreyri AldranarisThe Town was a good Town. The Townspeople were kind to each other. Everything was beautiful. Everything was clean. The women wore pretty cotton dresses. The men wore handsome button-up shirts. Parents adored and doted on their children. They lived...
They lived in accordance to the prophecies passed down to them by the Giver, the great being who had created all of this. The final prophecy decreed the coming of the Taker, who would take it all alway.



Music used: 🧚‍♀️ Magical Instrumental No Copyright Free Slow Fantasy Background Music for Videos | Herb by Piki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwebGYAol3M&list=PLRPR8uJQx5tFidafQgqRMngz4Nq0nuaGA&index=1]]>487audiobook,fiction,fictionstory,horror,horrorfiction,horrorstory,horror-story,original,originalfiction,original-fiction,originalhorror,originalstory,original-story,psychologicalhorror,readaloud,read-aloud,readoutloud,read-out-loud,story,storytellingclean3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-children--62961369

The music used in this video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OrfSQr_3c&list=PLARr_ow8WqtvYWfU17x1b5gAvXbfQpPza&index=2]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62961369Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:35:35 +0000Dreyri AldranarisMalina-Deprassi was a world of extremes. The Big People had more than they ever could need. The Small People struggled to get by. Events occur which cannot be explained. Prophecies are told which gain widespread attention. Children are born into the...

The music used in this video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OrfSQr_3c&list=PLARr_ow8WqtvYWfU17x1b5gAvXbfQpPza&index=2]]>1174audiobook,dystopia,dystopian,dystopianstory,dystopian-story,fantasy,fantasyfiction,fantasy-fiction,fantasystory,fantasy-story,fiction,fictionstory,fiction-story,originalfantasy,originalstory,original-story,readaloud,readoutloud,story,storytellingclean2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/solstices--62961292

The music for this video is by ‪@ScottBuckley‬ and can be found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taAxpw03dgM&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkIMnLY0r17o_kOOsVtQIJIX&index=1&t=0s]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62961292Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:27:55 +0000Dreyri AldranarisWhen I was four I was taken from my family. When Miri was thirteen she was an orphan and a mother. When we were fourteen we had no shoes and too much work but we had each other. Miri kissed me three days ago. Before I set out onto this journey with...

The music for this video is by ‪@ScottBuckley‬ and can be found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taAxpw03dgM&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkIMnLY0r17o_kOOsVtQIJIX&index=1&t=0s]]>1195audiobook,dystopia,dystopian,fantasy,fantasystory,fantasy-story,fiction,lgbtfiction,lgbt-fiction,originalcharacters,original-characters,originalfiction,original-fiction,originalstory,original-story,readaloud,rebellionstory,rebellion-story,story,storytellingclean1full