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EP571: Beetle-Cleaned Skulls
EP571: Beetle-Cleaned Skulls
Beetle-Cleaned Skulls By J. E. Bates Fine amber dust infiltrated everything in the Preserve. Each morning, I vacuumed it away with my ventral hose prior to opening my kiosk. I paid particular care to my curios: the fossils, the bismuth crystals, and the beetle-cleaned skulls. Forebears, especially the children, delighted in receiving my curios as gifts. […]
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EP571: Beetle-Cleaned Skulls
EP576: Karma Among the Cloud Kings
EP576: Karma Among the Cloud Kings
Karma Among the Cloud Kings By Brian Trent I. Fifty thousand feet above Tempest’s highest clouds, Antarag Vel-heth invites me to sit beside him in the lobby of Lindorm Refueling Station. It’s a desolate, littered expanse of tables, party-streamers, and plastic people with unceasingly flapping jaws. “What… what are they doing?” I whisper, sweating despite the […]
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EP576: Karma Among the Cloud Kings
EP572: Nothing to See Here
EP572: Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here By Arthur Doweyko There is a comfort in the strength of love; ’Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart. ~William Wordsworth I heard a squawk—kind of like the goose call that comes out of a police cruiser. Blinking red and blue lights danced […]
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EP572: Nothing to See Here
EP574: Yosemite
EP574: Yosemite
Yosemite By D.S. McNab Have you ever wondered why park rangers are so deliriously happy with their job despite the crap pay? The easy answer is that they just really dig nature. But pull back that mossy curtain, and you’ll find a slightly less pleasant explanation. Here’s a hint: It has a tentacle tongue, about three […]
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EP574: Yosemite
EP137: Citytalkers
EP137: Citytalkers
By Mur Lafferty. Read by Deborah Green. Closing Music: “O Come All Ye Faithful,” performed by Twisted Sister. Gloria blinked. “Why do the people in Cleveland love Christmas more than anywhere else?” Toby grinned and spread his hands on the bar, unadorned fingers splayed. He stared at them, “I didn’t say Cleveland’s people loved Christmas. …
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EP137: Citytalkers
EP548: A Prayer at Noon
EP548: A Prayer at Noon
AUTHOR: John Shade NARRATOR: Amber Pracht HOST: Norm Sherman A Prayer at Noon appeared originally in Triangulation: Parch (Volume 7) edited by Stephen V. Ramey. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter Help support the Pseudopod Kickstarter to support pay for narrators (… and get […]
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EP548: A Prayer at Noon
EP549: The Battaile of the Mudde
EP549: The Battaile of the Mudde
AUTHOR: Anthony Tardiff NARRATOR: J. J. Campanella HOST: Adam Pracht The Battaile of the Mudde is an Escape Pod original. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter Help support the Pseudopod Kickstarter to support pay for narrators (… and get this awesome Tiki […]
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EP549: The Battaile of the Mudde
EP550: When They Come Back
EP550: When They Come Back
AUTHOR: Natalie Theodoridou NARRATOR: Ibba Armancas HOST: Tina Connolly When They Come Back was originally published in Crossed Genres (Issue 22), in October 2014. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter Help support the Pseudopod Kickstarter to support pay for narrators (… […]
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EP550: When They Come Back
EP551: The Most Absurd Dance at the End of the Worlds
EP551: The Most Absurd Dance at the End of the Worlds
AUTHOR: Holly Heisey NARRATOR: Andrea Richardson HOST: Alasdair Stuart The Most Absurd Dance at the End of the Worlds is an Escape Pod original. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter about the author… Holly Heisey launched their writing career in sixth […]
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EP551: The Most Absurd Dance at the End of the Worlds
EP552: RedChip BlueChip
EP552: RedChip BlueChip
AUTHOR: Effie Seiberg HOST & NARRATOR: Tina Connolly RedChip BlueChip was originally published in Crossed Genres (June 2015 issue). Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter about the author… Effie Seiberg is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in San Francisco. Her […]
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EP552: RedChip BlueChip
EP553: Water Finds Its Level
EP553: Water Finds Its Level
AUTHOR: M. Bennardo NARRATOR: Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali HOST: Norm Sherman Water Finds Its Level was originally published in Lightspeed Magazine. (May 2013) Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter about the author… Matthew Bennardo lives in Ohio. He co-edited the science-fiction anthology Machine of Death, […]
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EP553: Water Finds Its Level
EP554: Captain Drake Learns His Lines
EP554: Captain Drake Learns His Lines
AUTHORS: Amy Sisson & Kate Suratt NARRATOR: Christopher Cornell HOST: Alasdair Stuart Captain Drake Learns His Lines is an Escape Pod original. It is the first story in the short story series The Misadventures of Captain Drake. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting […]
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EP554: Captain Drake Learns His Lines
EP556: In a Manner of Speaking
EP556: In a Manner of Speaking
AUTHOR: Charity Tahmaseb NARRATOR: Amy H. Sturgis HOST: Tina Connolly In a Manner of Speaking was originally published in Selfies from the End of the World: Historical Accounts of the Apocalypse, September 2015, DefCon One Publishing. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter […]
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EP556: In a Manner of Speaking
Escape Pod 557: Impossibility Crow
Escape Pod 557: Impossibility Crow
Impossibility Crow By Remy Nakamura The Kingdom Coffee Missionary Handbook tells Paulo that he should always put his guns away during a door approach. He’s heard this hundreds of times before, but the Handbook speaks with a voice of authority, deep like a luchador’s, strong like a drill sergeant’s, calm like his abuelito’s. It slides …
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Escape Pod 557: Impossibility Crow
Escape Pod 559: Vegetablemen in Peanut Town
Escape Pod 559: Vegetablemen in Peanut Town
Vegetablemen in Peanut Town By August Marion Otto scanned the grassy countryside for any sign of marauding vegetables. The steeple he and Darby were in wasn’t quite thirty feet tall, but it was taller than any other building in Peanut Town, so it offered an unobstructed view of the surrounding farmland. There were acres and …
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Escape Pod 559: Vegetablemen in Peanut Town
EP520: Artemis Rising - Singing to the Stars
EP520: Artemis Rising - Singing to the Stars
by Alanna McFall narrated by Amanda Fitzwater with guest host Amy H. Sturgis Welcome to the 2nd Annual Artemis Rising a celebration of women and non-binary authors This story has not been previously published. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our sortable Wikipedia page Thank you for visiting […]
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EP520: Artemis Rising - Singing to the Stars
EP519: Artemis Rising - In Their Image
EP519: Artemis Rising - In Their Image
by Abra Staffin-Wiebe narrated by Diane Severson with guest host Mur Lafferty Welcome to the 2nd Annual Artemis Rising a celebration of women and non-binary authors This story has not been previously published. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our sortable Wikipedia page Thank you for visiting us […]
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EP519: Artemis Rising - In Their Image
EP518: Brain Worms and White Whales
EP518: Brain Worms and White Whales
by Jen Finelli narrated by J.S. Arquin This story has not been previously published. Discuss on our forums. For a list of all Escape Pod stories, authors and narrators, visit our sortable Wikipedia page Thank you for visiting us on Facebook and Twitter about the author… Hi! I’m Jen Finelli, and I’m a professional author, content-consultant, and ghost-writer deeply in love. Because I’m also […]
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EP518: Brain Worms and White Whales
Escape Pod 560: Run
Escape Pod 560: Run
Run By C.R. Hodges The claxon blares three times: all clear. We file out of the underground shelter and up the serpentine lava tube. Our semi-annual hibernation drill, bureaucratic gibberish for run down to the emergency shelter and hide, is now monthly. I’m all for avoiding nuclear annihilation, but I wish the drills weren’t scheduled so […]
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Escape Pod 560: Run
Escape Pod 561: The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie
Escape Pod 561: The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie
The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie By A. Merc Rustad The world explodes. Unit EX-702 comes back online when UV wavelengths activate its solar plating. Its optics are crusted with red dust; a low-powered system scan concludes that though its left arm is missing and there is excessive oxidation damage along its chassis and helmet, as well as …
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Escape Pod 561: The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie
Escape Pod 569: Artemis Rising – Safe Harbour (Artemis Rising 3)
Escape Pod 569: Artemis Rising – Safe Harbour (Artemis Rising 3)
Safe Harbour By Kristene Perron It begins with breath. In. Wrap my hand around the handle at the bow of the kayak. Out. Drag the boat across the rocks. In and out, in time with the low moan of the fog horn in the distance. I welcome the grey of dawn though my muscles ache from …
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Escape Pod 569: Artemis Rising – Safe Harbour (Artemis Rising 3)
Escape Pod 566: Artemis Rising – Honey and Bone
Escape Pod 566: Artemis Rising – Honey and Bone
Honey and Bone By Mads Alvey With each step she took, the girl’s leg hissed. Thump, hiss, thump, hiss, thump, hiss. Whenever she lifted her leg, the knee joint extended. Her thigh and shin pulled apart unsettlingly, reminiscent of something deeply broken. Her gait was slow, round, loping. She didn’t move with any expedience. It […]
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Escape Pod 566: Artemis Rising – Honey and Bone
Escape Pod 568: Artemis Rising – Dr. Mbalu and the Butcher's Daughter
Escape Pod 568: Artemis Rising – Dr. Mbalu and the Butcher's Daughter
Dr. Mbalu and the Butcher’s Daughter By Megan Chaudhuri With a raspy pop, the cell sprayer in Rebecca’s hand sputtered one last drop of fur progenitor cells. Ignoring her stiff back, she leaned over the culture vat and daubed the cells onto the pink, gel-sculpted contours of a cheetah’s back muscles. The gel rippled; Rebecca held …
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Escape Pod 568: Artemis Rising – Dr. Mbalu and the Butcher's Daughter