Their progress through the woods had slowed to a stagger, but they kept going. They had to. Jane shoved one booted foot through the layers of fallen leaves, then the other. Imagination kept her fearβ¦
PodCastle 840: The Sound of Children Screaming - PodCastle
The Sound of Children Screaming by Rachael K. Jones Β Β THE GUN Β You know the one about the Gun. The Gun goes where it wants to. On Thursday morning just after recess, the Gun will walk through the front doors of Thurman Elementary, and it wonβt sign in at the front office or [β¦]
Pirates by E.F. Benson Β Β For many years this project of sometime buying back the house had simmered in Peter Grahamβs mind, but whenever he actually went into the idea with practical intention, stubborn reasons had presented themselves to deter him. In the first place it was very far off from his work, down [β¦]
Cast of Wonders 587: The Game of Mao | Cast of Wonders
The Game of Mao has only one rule: donβt explain the rules to the game of Mao. Itβs the only rule we may be told β the rest are clouded in secrecy and it is up to us to figure them out through trialβ¦
PodCastle 842: TALES FROM THE VAULTS - The Aunties Return the Ocean - PodCastle
The Aunties Return the Ocean By Chris Kuriata Auntie Roberta landed badly on the roof of her escarpment house, scraping her knees across the flagstone shingles and splitting her pantyhose. Her arms were too full of black water to keep her balance so she nearly slid off the edge. She carried so much ocean she [β¦]
AUTHOR: Beth Goder NARRATOR: Amy H. Sturgis HOST: Alasdair Stuart Murder or a Duck 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 authorβ¦ Beth Goder worked as an archivist at Stanford before becoming a full-time mom [β¦]
Oracle By Dominica Phetteplace The two biggest applications for predictive software are killing people and selling things. Rita was quite successful at the latter. She founded a nail-polish-of-the-month club that used an online personality quiz to determine customer preferences. Bold cremes forEscape Pod 640: Paradise Regained - Escape Pod
Paradise Regained By Edward Lerner My head hurts. I expect it: this is winter. I want it to be spring. Paradise does not ask what I want. The winter is young, and I think the dogs are not yet so hungry as to attack me. Still, I hold tight to my spear. Dogs or no β¦
Disarm By Vylar Kaftan Excerpt We kept in touch through the war, when he messaged me about marching through upstate New York. He always started the same way: βDear Ryan, Please come kick my commanding officer in the balls.β Then heβd tell me about the latest messβcracks in their radiation suitsEscape Pod 642: Oracle - Escape Pod
Oracle By Dominica Phetteplace The two biggest applications for predictive software are killing people and selling things. Rita was quite successful at the latter. She founded a nail-polish-of-the-month club that used an online personality quiz to determine customer preferences. Bold cremes for basics, chunky glitters for the outrageous, and dark, sparkly metallics for edgy, forward-thinking geniuses β¦
The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike by Andrea Phillips 1. THE BRIEF Corazon clicked to the slide sheβd been dreading: long-term trends for brand engagement. It was dire. She focused on the smudgy mirror at the far end of the conference room, looking past her team to her own reflection. She pEscape Pod 643: Disarm (Flashback Friday) - Escape Pod
Disarm By Vylar Kaftan Excerpt We kept in touch through the war, when he messaged me about marching through upstate New York. He always started the same way: βDear Ryan, Please come kick my commanding officer in the balls.β Then heβd tell me about the latest messβcracks in their radiation suits, or toxic β¦
The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike, Part 2 by Andrea Phillips 5. THE LAUNCH Launch day came on a bright Tuesday, amid a flurry of reports that the executive office had pushed through a series of contracts requiring the presidentβs own hotel properties be the preferred vendor for all federalEscape Pod 644: The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike (Part 1) - Escape Pod
The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike by Andrea Phillips 1. THE BRIEF Corazon clicked to the slide sheβd been dreading: long-term trends for brand engagement. It was dire. She focused on the smudgy mirror at the far end of the conference room, looking past her team to her own reflection. She pulled her shoulders β¦
Me, Meg, and The Thing By Gian-Paul Bergeron Iβm Inroom making honest credit, doing Daily, counting breaths, when Meg messages me with extreme urgent markation to say that she got a Thing and Iβm like Meg, you loon, please, and then she stresses the urgency with absolute dire markation β i.e. tEscape Pod 647: Imma Gonna Finish You Off (Flashback Friday) - Escape Pod
Imma Gonna Finish You Off by Marina J. Lostetter On the examining table lounged a body. It was an unremarkable bodyβrather wrinkly, with an inordinate amount of hair in all the wrong places and too few clothes for most peopleβs liking, but otherwise nothing to write your congressman about. The only thing special about the β¦
Me, Meg, and The Thing By Gian-Paul Bergeron Iβm Inroom making honest credit, doing Daily, counting breaths, when Meg messages me with extreme urgent markation to say that she got a Thing and Iβm like Meg, you loon, please, and then she stresses the urgency with absolute dire markation β i.e. there has never been β¦
Jerry pulls back the throttle and squints through the window of the cockpit at the little abandoned village below. βSilent Valley,β he says in a voice-over style like in the promotional videos.β¦Escape Pod 656: Into the Breach (Flashback Friday) - Escape Pod
Into the Breach By Malon Edwards Iβm off my bunk and into my jodhpurs, knee-high leather boots and flight jacket the moment the long range air attack klaxons seep into my nightly dream about Caracara. Muscle memory and Secret Service training kick in; Iβm on auto-pilot (no pun intended) and a good ways down the β¦