HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - s4story -- Colorado author Michael Jonathan Hyde is bringing back the radio drama — his own. Four of Hyde's novels are now running as weekly full-cast radio series, free to hear on YouTube and Spotify, with a new chapter released every Tuesday through Friday.

The four series are:

Jonah and Merrick House — The Radio Drama (new episodes Tuesdays) adapts his upper middle-grade fantasy about Jonah Pryce, a thirteen-year-old who can hear other people's sadness as rain, and Merrick House, a home for children with impossible gifts. It is Book One of The Found Children; Book Two, The Voices in the Dark, was published November 6, 2026. Children's Bookwatch called the first book "an especially and unreservedly recommended pick for middle school and community library collections for young readers ages 10-14." Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/178J0eS9JuIm9gilq...

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Bug — A Radio Novel (new episodes Wednesdays) adapts his novel of Sara Mitchell, whose unborn daughter visits her backwards through a dead woman's letters to assemble her own parents. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bcFcnebQX5jBvjJjRicmV

The Weather Jar — A Radio Novel (new episodes Thursdays) adapts his novel of Anna Garcia, who inherits a New Mexico house filled with jars holding captured days — and a water-rights fight that turns on one stolen blue jar. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zqaTr9Sjz83LYyk1fV5a4

The Blind Spot — A Radio Novel (new episodes Fridays) adapts his novel of Eva, a Weaver who matches lonely people by the threads only she can see — and cannot see the thread of the one man meant for her. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5PizpQ8lcUNbg4irc...

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All four series are also available on Hyde's YouTube channel, @MichaelHyde-i7w. Each episode is produced from the novel with a full cast of voices, one chapter at a time, and released free.

Hyde has published fifteen books through IngramSpark and Amazon, including The Memory Market, The Journal, The Shape of Rain, and And They Loved. Jonah and Merrick House is his first book for middle-grade readers.

About Michael Jonathan Hyde

Michael Jonathan Hyde is the author of fifteen books, including magical realism, ghost romance, coming-of-age fiction, and literary fantasy. He lives in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. His website is https://michaeljonathanhyde.com and his Goodreads author page is https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/69470808.....