Wizards. Prisoners. Preachers. And robots!

They stick out. They change the conversation. They challenge the traditional narrative. They are outcasts - isolated, different, misunderstood. Being normal is nice. But being an outcast is a real part of the human experience.

Have you have ever had the feeling of being alone in some way, of being on the outside looking in? If so, then the characters in these short stories will move you - sometimes by their depravity, sometimes by their sorrow...and sometimes by their joy.

The Ohio Writers' Association has partnered with Ohio Audiobook Narrators to write and produce these short stories that describe the very human experience of being an "outcast".

• "The Priest and the Robot" by Joe Graves, narrated by Becky White
• "The Bear" by Devon Ortega, narrated by Gretchen LaBuhn
• "Tough Luck" by Emily E. Jones, narrated by Angus Freathy
• "Little Jimmy" by Carnegie Euclid, narrated by Gretchen LaBuhn
• "Man in the Box" by Diane Callahan, narrated by Doug McDonald
• "Treetown" by David M. Simon, narrated by Gary Leo Smith
• "The Suitor" by Stella Ling, narrated by Beth Kesler
• "The New Chastisement" by Brian Luke, narrated by Gary Leo Smith
• "Those Who Slip Through" by Curtis A. Deeter, narrated by Gary Leo Smith
• "Sensible Attire" by D. Wayne Moore, narrated by Beth Kesler
• "Good Friday" by Krista Hilton, narrated by Angus Freathy
• "The Fog of Fate" by Brian R. Johnson & Elora Lyons, narrated by Angus Freathy
• "Best If Used By" by Mary McFarland, narrated by Becky White
• "Wake Up, O Sleeper" by Brad Pauquette, narrated by Gary Leo Smith
• "Number 385712" by George Pallas, narrated by Doug McDonald
• "Axman" by Steven Kenneth Smith, narrated by Gary Leo Smith
• "Parquet to the Past" by Mike Sieminski, narrated by Angus Freathy
• "A Tummy Rub for Gaffney" by Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek, narrated by Doug McDonald