Escape Pod: Recent Episodes
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Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Norm Sherman (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht, Mur Lafferty (Original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated NC-17 (NSFW), Host: Alasdair Stuart, Serah Eley (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht, Serah Eley (Original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated NC-17 (NSFW), Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated R, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Serah Eley (Original); Audio Production: Adam Pracht, Serah Eley (Original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Erin Cairns Narrator : Devin Martin Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 980: Peace by Piece is an Escape Pod original. Erin Cairns https://erincairns.com/ErinCairns/About/Press+Kit Adam Pracht https://escapepod.org/people/adam-pracht/ Alasdair Stuart https://pseudopod.org/people/alasdair-stuart/ A Man Falls Into A Hole: A Meditation on Grace https://ceciliairene.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/a-man-falls-into-a-hole-a-meditation-on-grace/ Void Merch https://voidmerch.threadless.com/collections/escape-artists-inc-x-voidmerch-1 Hot Singles In Your […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart & Serah Eley (Original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht and Serah Eley (Original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Va;des, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : Malon Edwards Narrators : Dominick Rabrun, C.S.E. Cooney and Laurice White Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Code Switching originally appeared in If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories – September 12, 2023. Contains racism, war, and grade-A cursing. Code Switching (Part 2 of 4) By Malon Edwards (…Continued from […]Source
Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Code Switching originally appeared in If Wishes Were Obfuscation Codes and Other Stories – September 12, 2023. Contains depictions of racism. Code Switching (Part 1 of 4) By Malon Edwards INTRO: ALL I’M EVER GON’ DO IS STAY BLACK […]Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart and Kat Day, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Larry Hodges Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 961: Mathball is an Escape Pod original. Mathball By Larry Hodges You are a baseball fan, sitting in the centerfield seats eating an overpriced hot dog. You are wearing a baseball cap, but not a batting […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Samantha Henderson Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Chandra’s Game” originally appeared in Lone Star Stories (2009), and in Escape Pod 373. Chandra’s Game by Samantha Henderson Joey Straphos, Papa Joe, told me once that Chandra’s Game is a bitch of a city, fickle but generous […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : James Patrick Kelly Narrators : A Kovacs, John Cmar and Pamela Quevillon Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Appropriate for older teens and up due to erotic imagery and war criminal comeuppance Bad Dogs Escape By James Patrick Kelly /SFX/ CLOCK TICKING, FADE TO /SFX/ DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE SAM: […]Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Rachel Meresman Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 948: Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb’lor Principality is an Escape Pod original. Thank You for Doing Business with the Xyb’lor Principality by Rachel Meresman Jaxon was not a connoisseur of art, but he […]Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Andrew Dana Hudson Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 941: The Concept Shoppe: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy is an Escape Pod original. The Concept Shoppe: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy By Andrew Dana Hudson “This place is trash, garbágio, blechalicious,” Rocky Cornelius said appreciatively. “All […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connelly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Grace Chan Narrator : Isabel J. Kim Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Nobody Ever Goes Home to Zhenzhu” originally appeared in Lightspeed Magazine (May 2022). Contains some harsh language. Nobody Ever Goes Home to Zhenzhu by Grace Chan I’d always known Calam would run. He had all the signs. […]Source
Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 939: Variant Cover: Pantone Sunset is an Escape Pod original. Alternate Cover: Pantone Sunset By Marie Vibbert Stacey reads a comic book. It’s about a robot lady, but not like her. This robot lady has exposed gears […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Alasdair Stuart (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Stewart C. Baker Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Six Ways to Get Past the Shadow Shogun’s Goons, and One Thing to Do When You Get There was originally published in Galaxy’s Edge, April 2023. Six Ways to Get Past the Shadow Shogun’s Goons, and One Thing […]
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Bishop’s Opening was originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2022. Bishop’s Opening (Part 4 of 4) By R.S.A. Garcia The attendants set little bowls shaped like flower petals in front Sebastian and Olly. Steam drifted upward, redolent of fresh […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Bishop’s Opening was originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2022. Includes graphic violence and torture. Bishop’s Opening (Part 3 of 4) By R.S.A. Garcia (Continued from Part 2…) The Pawn was seated at the table with arms outstretched along […] Source
As Octavia Butler said, “All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change.” Escape Pod is changing as our longtime Assistant Editor, Ben Kinney, leaves the bridge. Ben has been part of the crew since 2016, and he’s seen many of the changes we’ve gone through: […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Bishop’s Opening was originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2022. Bishop’s Opening (Part 1 of 4) By R.S.A. Garcia Old as she was, the Kiskadee had done three full delivery runs without a single safety incident. So naturally, with […] Source
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Jei D. Marcade Narrator : Amanda Ching Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Sounding the Fall” is an Escape Pod Original, first published in July 2015. Sounding the Fall by Jei D. Marcade Sometimes, Narae can almost convince emself that the AI’s Voice was a dream. Some kind of minor […] Source
Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht A Gentlemen’s Agreement was originally published in Kaleidotrope in January 2022. Violence and peril. A Gentlemen’s Agreement By Aimee Ogden Heroes are such fragile things. Sphinx takes in the scene from a distance, first, as is his custom. He […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Elaine Midcoh Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Man on the Moon” was the winner of the 2022 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award and was published on the Baen Books web site, www.baen.com, on June 16, 2022 Man on the Moon by Elaine Midcoh Sasha […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : Amal Singh Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “A Series of Endings” originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (December 2021) A Series of Endings by Amal Singh This is the story of Roopchand Rathore, time traveler, fighter, poet, cancer-survivor, inventor. While his story has many endings, there’s […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Serah Eley (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht, Serah Eley (Original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : LP Kindred Narrator : LP Kindred Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story originally appeared in Anathema: Spec from the Margins (July 2022) Content warning for NSFW language, sex Wanderlust by L. P. Kindred When he first approached me in the train station, I batted him away. I thought […]
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes; Mur Lafferty (original), Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes; Mur Lafferty (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht, Summer Brooks (Original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Original Host: Norm Sherman. Audio Production: Adam Pracht, Original Audio Production: Mat Weller. BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : L. X. Beckett Narrator : Amy Kelly Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “The Hazmat Sisters” appeared in Asimovs in July 2021 and was a finalist for their Reader’s Choice award. It’s one of three novellas that appeared in the 2020-2021 window that are all set in the same universe […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : Heather Kilbourn Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 867: Through the Mirror is an Escape Pod original. Contains harsh language Through the Mirror by Heather Kilbourn The crashed spaceship was scattered along a ten kilometer-long track in the rainforest jungle. Larger pieces of the […]Source
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Meg Elison Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Pill originally appeared in the collection Big Girl with PM Press, part of the Outspoken Author series. Discussion of dieting, disordered eating, and anti-fat bias. Also, disturbing imagery. And swearing. And sexy times. The […] Source
Author : Meg Elison Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Pill originally appeared in the collection Big Girl with PM Press, part of the Outspoken Author series. Discussion of dieting, disordered eating, and anti-fat bias. Also, disturbing imagery. And swearing. The Pill (Part 1 […] Source
Rated PG-17, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Author : Aimee Picchi Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Solo Cooking for the Recently Revived” was previously published in the Zombies Need Brains anthology “Apocalyptic” in June 2020 Solo Cooking for the Recently Revived by Aimee Picchi I hide my right hand behind my back when Jamie […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org. Promo music: "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommo
Author : Grant Canterbury Narrators : Kitty Sarkozy and Rachel Lackey Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Pen Pal was originally published in Vintage Worlds (2018). Some cursing and suggestion of violence. Pen Pal By Grant Canterbury December Third, 1996 Meliari Thulissia General Delivery Tharsis Station Dear Meliari, […] Source
Author : Adriana Kantcheva Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 857: Salvaged is an Escape Pod original. Salvaged by Adriana Kantcheva I have her body. If I’d also had her life, would I have lived it in the same way? I make the mistake of voicing my thoughts to Seven, […] Source
Author : Brian Hugenbruch Narrator : Leigh Wallace Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 856: The Princess, NP is an Escape Pod original. Enslavement and mental abuse. The Princess, NP By Brian Hugenbruch I sat in the Commander’s office at Hexa Station, in clothes that stank of […] Source
Author : Amal Singh Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “A Home For Mrs. Biswas” previously appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (April 2021) A Home For Mrs. Biswas by Amal Singh Once she saw the red sands stretch across miles, craters as big as the stadium her father played […] Source
Author : Chaz Brenchley Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Pickled Roots and Peeled Shoots and a Bowl of Farflower Tea originally appeared in Galactic Stew, Zombies Need Brains, 2020. Brief descriptions of violence and bodily harm. Pickled Roots and Peeled Shoots and a Bowl […] Source
Escape Pod 853: 2022 Flash Fiction Contest Winners is an Escape Pod original. Half-Lives by Andrew Hiller “Time traveler, eh?” I shuffled my feet and smirked. The AI that stopped me was short, wore a unitard, mask, goggles, and a badge. I tried to edge away, but it blocked my escape and motioned for me […] Source
Author : Carol Scheina Narrator : Bria Strothers Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Pieces that Bind first appeared in On The Premises, issue 35. Death and loss. The Pieces that Bind By Carol Scheina The first thing Georgia knew for certain was that the woman rummaging through the […] Source
Author : C.C. Finlay Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Time Bomb Time” originally appeared in the May 2015 issue of Lightspeed Magazine. It was reprinted in Rich Horton’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016 and translated into Chinese by Geng Hui (耿辉) for ZUI Found […] Source
Author : Douglas DiCicco Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 850: Laser Squid Goes House Hunting is an Escape Pod original. Laser Squid Goes House Hunting By Douglas DiCicco “This one has everything on your checklist.” I held open the front door of […] Source
Author : Andrea Kriz Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “There Are No Hot Topics on Whukai” originally appeared in Lightspeed Magazine in May 2021. There Are No Hot Topics on Whukai by Andrea Kriz The day the dMods shut down Skeleton Caves, Esko put on her VR […] Source
Author : Brian Trent Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums An Incident on Ishtar originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in March 2018. An Incident on Ishtar By Brian Trent Her family tried very hard to never use the word “crazy” with her. So […] Source
Author : Laurence Raphael Brothers Narrators : Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Houseproud” originally appeared in the SciFutures “City of the Future” anthology and also won the Berkeley Machine Intelligence Research Institute prize for Intelligence in Fiction. Houseproud by Laurence Raphael Brothers “Bye, Domus!” “Goodbye, Ken,” […] Source
Author : John Shade Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Dandelion originally appeared in Shimmer Magazine, Issue #37, May 2017. Contains violent imagery. Hey everyone, Alasdair here – hope you’re doing okay. The summer months are upon us, which means two things – hat weather for […] Source
Author : Ann LeBlanc Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Across the River, My Heart, My Memory originally appeared in Fireside Magazine June 2021. Language, suggestions of violence. Hey everyone, Alasdair here – hope you’re doing okay. The summer months are upon us, which means two […] Source
Author : Jordan Chase-Young Narrator : Justin Thomas James Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of The Colored Lens (October 15, 2020) The Vaulting Vandals of Termina Celeste (Part 2) by Jordan Chase-Young Our boots echoed through the fuselage as we hurried to the […] Source
Author : Jordan Chase-Young Narrator : Justin Thomas James Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of The Colored Lens (October 15 2020). The Vaulting Vandals of Termina Celeste (Part 1) by Jordan Chase-Young Back then, we liked to scour the docks of Termina Celeste […] Source
Author : Caroline Diorio Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 842: Love and Supervillains is an Escape Pod original. Language, graphic sexual situations, blood and gore, more language. Love and Supervillains By Caroline Diorio The gals here at the Raleigh Women’s Asylum for […] Source
Author : Jeff Hewitt Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 841: Deepo 12 is an Escape Pod original. Deepo 12 By Jeff Hewitt Nothing made Deepo 12 feel more alive than doing its job. Its actuators sighed as another cassette slid from its […] Source
Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Tyrant Lizard (and Her Plus One) first appeared in Drabblecast in August 2021. Alien Invader or Assistive Device? first appeared in Robot Dinosaurs in April 2020. Crude language, violence, gore, and death. The Tyrant […] Source
Author : Arturo Sierra Narrator : Roberto Suarez Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 839: Universal Archive of Human History: FAQ is an Escape Pod original. Universal Archive of Human History: FAQ By Arturo Sierra The Gran Gliese Universal Archive of Human History contains over 5.7×1035 books […] Source
Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Maxine Moore Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (Issue 172, January 2021), and is a finalist for the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Novella Contains harsh language Don’t miss Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma, Part 1 […] Source
Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Maxine Moore Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (Issue 172, January 2021), and is a finalist for the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Novella Contains harsh language Don’t miss Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma, Part 1 […] Source
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Valerie Valdes, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Greetings, fellow Pod people! I’m Valerie Valdes, the new co-editor here at Escape Pod. I’m extremely excited to be taking over the co-pilot seat from S.B. Divya, and I hope to ensure a continued smooth flight for all our passengers and crew. But who am I? A riddle wrapped in an enigma? A miserable pile […] Source
Rated PG-17, Host: S B Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Premee Mohamed, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
It’s been my great privilege and pleasure to work on Escape Pod for the last 7 years, but it is time for me to say goodbye. Unfortunately, due to my health problems, I no longer have the energy to juggle 3 jobs plus family responsibilities, so April 8, 2022, will be my last day as […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-13, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
While it seems odd since we just got done with the 2021 Hugo Awards (congrats to FIYAH, winner of the Best Semiprozine Hugo!), it is indeed already time for the 2022 Award Season. Both Nebula and Hugo Award nominations are open! In 2021, Escape Pod published 17 original science fiction stories and 28 reprint stories. […] Source
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG-17, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: S B Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Mur, Ben, and I are super pleased to say that Premee Mohamed is taking on a bigger role at the Pod: Co-Assistant Editor with Ben! Premee embodies the kind of fun science fiction that we love, and we know she’s going to do amazing in this new role. Premee Mohamed is an Indo-Caribbean scientist and […] Source
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org
Rated PG, Host: Brent Lambert, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Brent C. Lambert, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Brent Lambert, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Brent C. Lambert, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Brent Lambert, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Hosts: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Hosts: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Hosts: S.B. Divya and Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Hosts: S.B. Divya, Mur Lafferty, Benjamin C. Kinney, Alasdair Stuart (Flashback); Serah Eley and Norm Sherman (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster); Mur Lafferty, Mat Weller, and Serah Eley (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Here’s where you can find our offering for 2021 award consideration in one convenient download, or check it out episode by episode. The zip file includes all three ebook formats, the PDF in A4, and MP3s (335 MB). Ignyte Awards: Voting is open to the public and closes May 21st. Hugo Awards: Members of […] Source
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-17, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-17, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Benjamin C. Kinney, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: S.B. Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Hosts: Aladsair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner
Music and Audio Production: Peter Wood
BY-NC-ND 4.0
Visit us at http://escapeartists.net or on Twitter: @EAPodcasts
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
We are thrilled to announce that Escape Pod is again a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine, and for the first time, Mur & Divya are finalists for Best Editor, Short Form. Our excellent team’s work has led up to this recognition, and we’re so grateful to those who nominated us. We would […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Norm Sherman (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Mat Weller (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Host: Laura Pearlman
Audio Production: Peter Adrian Behravesh
BY-NC-ND 4.0
Visit us at https://escapeartists.net or on Twitter: @catscastpod
Rated PG-13, Host: Phoebe Barton, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Matt Olivas, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Norm Sherman (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Mat Weller (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Jay Bhat, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
In 2020, Escape Pod published 21 original science fiction stories and 32 reprint stories. We also published a print anthology with 9 original stories, and 6 reprints. If you are nominating and/or voting for these awards, please consider our original publications for the Short Story category of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, among others. The […] Source
Rated PG-17, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Serah Eley (original), Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Serah Eley (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Escape Pod is pleased to announce a new special project for 2021: Black Future Month, a month-long celebration of Black voices in science fiction. We are excited to have Brent Lambert of FIYAH Magazine as our guest editor. For this special event, we are only accepting submission from authors of the African diaspora and the […] Source
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Escape Pod’s first ever anthology is available now! Celebrating 15 years of weekly science ficton, this anthology collects stories from 15 of the many excellent authors who have graced our podcast with their words. It’s a great way to celebrate your long-standing fandom, or to introduce someone new to what Escape Pod is all about. […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Phoebe Barton, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Benjamin C. Kinney, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Premee Mohamed, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Darusha Wehm, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated G, Hosts: S B Divya, Rachel Swirsky, Serah Eley; Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster), Rachel Swirsky and Serah Eley (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Norm Sherman (original) Alasdair Stuart (Flashback), Audio Production: Mat Weller (original) and Adam Pracht (remaster), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Because this year’s Hugo Award Ceremony was virtual, the Escape Pod team was given the opportunity to pre-record and submit an acceptance speech. While we did not win the award for Best Semiprozine, we wanted to share this video with all of you as a way to say thank you for your support over the […] Source
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Hosts: Benjamin C. Kinney, Rachel Swirsky, Serah Eley; Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster), Rachel Swirsky, Serah Eley, and Mur Lafferty (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Mat Weller (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Mat Weller (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Mat Weller (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-17, Host: Alasdair Stuart, Audio Production: Adam Pracht (remaster) and Mat Weller (original), BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Benjamin C. Kinney, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Mur Lafferty, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. This is part of our space-themed series in May 2020. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-13, Host: Phoebe Barton, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. This is part of our space-themed series in May 2020. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: Tina Connolly, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG, Host: S. B. Divya, Audio Production: Summer Brooks, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-17, Host: Benjamin C. Kinney, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Rated PG-17, Host: Benjamin C. Kinney, Audio Production: Adam Pracht, BY-NC-ND 4.0. Visit us at https://escapepod.org.
Author : Gerri Leen Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Artist : Matt Dovey The Thing in the Basement by Gerri Leen You can hear it, in the basement, behind the metal boxes that your human puts her outer-coverings in just when they start to smell good—when […] Source
Transcript (Alasdair) Hi everyone, Alasdair here. We’re not going to ask how you are right now, because we have a pretty good idea. You’re fine. You’re FINE. You’re the same version of fine as everyone right now, the one Aerosmith sang about. The one where you’re alternately anxious, terrified, furious and calm. We empathise. We’re […] Source
Author : Steen Comer Narrator : Roderick Aust Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 725: Falling Through is an Escape Pod original. Falling Through by Steen Comer Woke up again. Checked the news feeds. Everything seems to be about the same, though there is news of a […] Source
Author : Jonathan Edelstein Narrator : Maxine Moore Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 724: The Season of the Storm is an Escape Pod original. The Season of the Storm by Jonathan Edelstein Twenty kilometers outside Nkoloso Station, we stopped for gas. The Titan rover turned and […] Source
Author : Amit Gupta Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 723: How Did it Feel to be Eaten? is an Escape Pod original. How Did it Feel to be Eaten? By Amit Gupta “I was an elderberry,” I announced, glowing with pride. […] Source
Author : Jeff Reynolds Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 722: His Stainless-Steel Heart is an Escape Pod original. His Stainless-Steel Heart by Jeffery Reynolds It was at the rest stop in Tali that Viktor ran into trouble. His fault, really. He’d been […] Source
Author : Derrick Boden Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Phoebe Barton Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 721: Hustle is an Escape Pod original. One Grade-A curse word, used repeatedly. Mentions existence of pedophilia. Hustle By Derrick Boden I’m all stims and grins as I kick open the door to […] Source
Author : James Dunham Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 720: Child and Orb is an Escape Pod original. Child and Orb by James Dunham The child spent most of her time watching the empty stars from the pod window. They were always […] Source
Author : Izzy Wasserstein Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 719: A Hench Helps Her Villain, No Matter What is an Escape Pod original. A Hench Helps Her Villain, No Matter What By Izzy Wasserstein The Lair’s intercom buzzes. “Hench, report to the […] Source
Author : P. H. Lee Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 718: How the Emperor of All Space and Every World Awoke to the True Nature of Reality and Why it Didn’t Matter is an Escape Pod original. How the Emperor of All […] Source
Author : Bob DeRosa Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 717: Listening is an Escape Pod original. Listening By Bob DeRosa At exactly nine in the morning, Karen tapped the green box on her tablet screen and said, “Hello, my name is Karen. […] Source
Author : Stephen Granade Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 716: Physics by the Numbers is an Escape Pod original. Physics by the Numbers by Stephen Granade Peifan had come and gone before Nevaeh reached the lab office the next morning. […] Source
Author : E. Catherine Tobler Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums A Box, a Pocket, a Spaceman originally appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, August 2014. A Box, a Pocket, a Spaceman by E. Catherine Tobler The spaceman shows up on a hot summer afternoon, not in the […] Source
Author : J. R. Dawson Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2017. Thank you, Charlie Finlay, for believing in this story. Marley and Marley by J. R. Dawson I never wanted […] Source
Author : Premee Mohamed Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums More Tomorrow was first published in Automata Review, March 2018. A few grade-A curses. More Tomorrow By Premee Mohamed DAY 5 Anyway, it turns out trilobites aren’t very good eating even if you haven’t eaten […] Source
Author : Annalee Newitz Narrator : Louis Evans Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Originally published in Slate in December 2018. “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis” was initially created as part of Future Tense Fiction, a project of Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the […] Source
Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 711: Carols on Callisto is an Escape Pod original. Carols on Callisto By Deborah L. Davitt On the surface of Callisto, Rebecca Fox struggled with tangled, 3D-printed branches, her fingers clumsy inside […] Source
Author : Izzy Wasserstein Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 710: Requiem Without Sound is an Escape Pod original. Requiem Without Sound by Izzy Wasserstein Introit Evie is born into cold and silence. They know this, though they have only now gained consciousness, […] Source
Author : William Ledbetter Narrator : Pamela Quevillon Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story was previously published in Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine (July 2017). In A Wide Sky, Hidden by William Ledbetter Warm liquid gurgled away and the kettle field winked off, leaving me naked, […] Source
Author : Nathan Susnik Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 708: Into the Paddock is an Escape Pod original. Contains abundant amounts of swearing. Into the Paddock by Nathan Susnik I. “We need a shitload of Bunnies®. How fast can you get me […] Source
Author : Lawrence M. Schoen Narrator : Christopher Tang Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Rule of Three was first published in Future SF, no. 1, in 2018. Includes descriptions of human reproduction and sexuality. Rule of Three (Part 3 of 3) By Lawrence M. Schoen Late in the […] Source
Author : Lawrence M. Schoen Narrator : Christopher Tang Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Rule of Three was first published in Future SF, no. 1, in 2018. Includes descriptions of human reproduction and sexuality. Rule of Three (Part 2 of 3) By Lawrence M. Schoen “I have been […] Source
Author : Lawrence M. Schoen Narrator : Christopher Tang Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Rule of Three was first published in Future SF, no. 1, in 2018. Contains a few expletives and mentions existence of human sexual anatomy. Rule of Three (Part 1 of 3) By Lawrence M. […] Source
Author : Tim Chawaga Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 704: Failsafe is an Escape Pod original. Failsafe by Tim Chawaga When the machines finally decided to replace Liv, they broke her heart. Her desk was tiny and wedged in between two massive […] Source
Author : Keyan Bowes Narrator : Farah Naz Rishi Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Light and Death on the Indian Battle Station first appeared in Fireside Magazine, 2018. Light and Death on the Indian Battle Station By Keyan Bowes Diwali, the Festival of Lights is a magical time […] Source
Author : Elise Stephens Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 702: Inheritance is an Escape Pod original. Includes loss of pregnancy. Inheritance By Elise Stephens Carmen would have expected a gold necklace or tarnished antique, maybe some money or a secret family […] Source
Author : Cory Doctorow Narrator : Adam Pracht Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in the 2011 YA anthology Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier. Martian Chronicles by Cory Doctorow I didn’t go back to the Junior Colonists’ Lounge for a whole week. […] Source
Author : Cory Doctorow Narrator : Adam Pracht Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in the 2011 YA anthology Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier. Martian Chronicles by Cory Doctorow They say you can’t smell anything through a launch-hood, but I still smelled […] Source
Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : David White Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Adam Pracht and Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in the March/April 2014 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction and first appeared on Escape Pod on episode 497, published June 27, 2015. A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes […] Source
Author : Marissa Lingen Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Points of Origin” originally appeared on Tor.com on November 4, 2015. Points of Origin by Marissa Lingen Most people who have reached their eighties without raising children have every right to believe that they will […] Source
Author : Elly Bangs Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 697: The Last Stellar Death Metal Opera is an Escape Pod original. The Last Stellar Death Metal Opera By Elly Bangs Raya eases power into the singularity engine and all her senses sharpen […] Source
Author : Kara Lee Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 696: The Homunculi’s Guide to Resurrecting Your Loved One From Their Electronic Ghosts is an Escape Pod original. The Homunculi’s Guide to Resurrecting Your Loved One From Their Electronic Ghosts by Kara Lee […] Source
Author : Christie Yant Narrator : Mr. Lee Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums This Is As I Wish To Be Restored was originally published on Escape Pod, episode 443 on April 19, 2014. This Is As I Wish To Be Restored By Christie Yant Every night I come home and […] Source
Author : Miranda Ciccone Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 694: Hunting the Mighty Space Whale is an Escape Pod original. Hunting the Mighty Space Whale by Miranda Ciccone They sent me to blow up the ship, which is a pretty dramatic […] Source
Author : Beth Goder Narrators : Mur Lafferty, Adam Pracht, Alasdair Stuart, Tina Connolly and S.B. Divya Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in the charity anthology Reading 5×5 in March 2018 The Great Scientist Rivalry on Planet Sourdough by Beth Goder Audio Journal of Yazhu A. […] Source
Author : Nick Wolven Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lab B-15 originally appeared in Analog, March/April 2018. Lab B-15 (Part 2 of 2) By Nick Wolven “I’ve called you here, tonight, to consider a hypothesis.” Four faces looked up from the conference table below. […] Source
Author : Nick Wolven Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lab B-15 originally appeared in Analog, March/April 2018. News release and academic paper about Zelomorpha effugia – the parasitic wasp species discovered in Costa Rica and named in honor of Escape Pod in July 2019. (Effugia – […] Source
Author : Peter Watts Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (Thanks to Kate and Clarkesworld for the audio!) Content warning: Language and disturbing imagery 2011 Hugo Award Nominee 2010 BSFA Award Finalist 2010 Shirley Jackson Award Winner 2011 Finalist: the […] Source
Author : Nyla Bright Narrator : Maxine Moore Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 689: Spectrum of Acceptance is an Escape Pod original. Spectrum of Acceptance By Nyla Bright When Leon Kenner left the planet of Acceptance, he asked me to go with him back to Earth. […] Source
Author : M. Darusha Wehm Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story originally appeared in Terraform in April 2018. A Most Elegant Solution by M. Darusha Wehm I always said I wanted to be one of the first to die on Mars. I never […] Source
Author : Samantha Mills Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 687: Four of Seven is an Escape Pod original. Four of Seven By Samantha Mills In the waning light of an artificial sun, Camelia Dunlevy climbed a mountain with her sister on her […] Source
Author : Ken Liu Narrator : Ann Leckie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Real Artists” has been adapted into an Emmy Award-winning short film, now available on Amazon Prime, and check out the Behind the Scenes featurettes on the film’s website 99% Invisible / The Anthropocene Reviewed https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-anthropocene-reviewed/ […] Source
Author : Dantzel Cherry Narrator : Ellora Sen-Gupta Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums A Vocabulary of Remorse was originally published as winner of the Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities Short Story Contest in October 2017 in the anthology A Practical Guide to the Resurrected. A Vocabulary […] Source
Author : Derek Lubangakene Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Originally published in Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine (April 2018) Involves death and children. Links to works by Christopher Cornell: http://christophercornell.com/category/writing/ http://unreliablenarrators.net/ https://escapepod.org/2018/02/16/escape-pod-615-lonely-robot-rocket-ship-space/ https://escapepod.org/2016/12/17/ep554-captain-drake-learns-his-lines/ Origami Angels by Derek Lubangakene When I was eleven, my best […] Source
Author : Louis Evans Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 683: Flash Crash is an Escape Pod original. Flash Crash By Louis Evans MAISIE was seven years old on the day she woke up and died. Blame it on the algorithms, if you […] Source
Author : Eugie Foster Narrator : Lawrence Santoro Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums First published in Interzone #220 (Feb 2009). This is a Hugo Award-nominated and Nebula Award winning story. Rated R for sex, masks, and violence. Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast by […] Source
Author : Mary Anne Mohanraj Narrator : Farah Naz Rishi Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 681: That She Might Fly is an Escape Pod original. Death of a child. That She Might Fly By Mary Anne Mohanraj “O’Brien,” the captain’s voice snapped across the net, interrupting […] Source
Author : Alison Wilgus Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June 2018 (Vol 138 no 5 & 6) A Barrow for the Living by Alison Wilgus Sitting on cold deck plates which in turn sit […] Source
Author : Timothy Mudie Narrators : S.B. Divya and Roderick Aust Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums An Ever-Expanding Flash of Light was originally published in Lightspeed Magazine, September 2017. An Ever-Expanding Flash of Light By Timothy Mudie “Ladies and gentlemen, everyone you know—the entire world you know—is now […] Source
Author : Priya Sharma Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Interzone Issue 260 (September 2015) This story contains mature content that may not be appropriate for listeners under 13. Blonde by Priya Sharma “When did you go bald?” Only Clarice […] Source
Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Valedictorian originally appeared in AFTER: NINETEEN STORIES OF APOCALYPSE AND DYSTOPIA in 2012 and on Escape Pod as Episode 450 on June 16, 2014. Contains cursing and death. Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin There are […] Source
Author : Craig DeLancey Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 676: Ulissa is an Escape Pod original. Dream Foundry’s Kickstarter is open and underway! The Dream Foundry is a registered nonprofit focused on creating a community and shared culture for all creators working […] Source
Author : Russell Nichols Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Man of Straw was originally published in CICADA Magazine, March/April 2018. Contains mature language. Man of Straw By Russell Nichols I pissed my PJs when I saw that scarecrow. It was the middle of the night and everybody […] Source
Author : A.T. Greenblatt Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums And Yet was originally published in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 21 – March/April 2018. Single swear And Yet A. T. Greenblatt Only idiots go back to the haunted houses of their childhood. And yet. Here you are. Standing […] Source
Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums Previously published in Analog, Sept/Oct 2018 Optimizing the Verified Good by Effie Seiberg The little cleanerbot whirrs as it crisscrosses the arena, sucking up the robot dust with the vacuum chute on […] Source
Author : Bo Balder Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Lisa Yaszek Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 672: She Knits the Universe a Pink Angora Sweater (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Contains swearing She Knits the Universe a Pink Angora Sweater by Bo Balder […] Source
Author : Keyan Bowes Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Izzy Wasserstein Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 671: Octonet (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Contains grade-A cursing and swearing. Keyan Bowes would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Mather, author of “Octopus: The Ocean’s Intelligent Invertebrate” for being […] Source
Author : Tara Campbell Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : S. Kay Nash Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums This story was originally published June 2016 in the Procyon Science Fiction Anthology 2016. The Scent of Lions by Tara Campbell “Congratulations, Mrs. Costa,” chirped the young Life Center nurse. “You’re […] Source
Author : Cory Doctorow Narrator : Jesse Thorn Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Craphound was originally published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998, and on Escape Pod January 19, 2006. Mild cursing. Craphound By Cory Doctorow (Excerpt) Craphound beat me out the door, as usual. His exoskeleton is […] Source
Author : Wole Talabi Narrator : Maxine Moore Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF), March 2018 The Harmonic Resonance of Ejiro Anaborhi by Wole Talabi The spindly, sleek ship hurtled forward […] Source
Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Best We Can originally appeared on Tor.com in July 2013. The Best We Can By Carrie Vaughn In the end, the discovery of evidence of extraterrestrial life, and not just life, but intelligence, got […] Source
Author : José Pablo Iriarte Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 666: This Wine-Dark Feeling That Isn’t The Blues is an Escape Pod original. This story contains talk of suicide and suicidal ideations This Wine-Dark Feeling That Isn’t The Blues by José Pablo […] Source
Author : Theodore Sturgeon Narrator : Anson Mount Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Man Who Lost the Sea was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1959 and on Escape Pod episode 500. The First The First soundtrack Colin Stetson Bandcamp The Commander Thinks Aloud […] Source
Author : Rivqa Rafael Narrator : Pamela Quevillon Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 664: The Day Girl is an Escape Pod original. The Day Girl by Rivqa Rafael Mother never wanted me to take the meteorology job. “Those high fences and secret regulations,” she said. “There’s […] Source
Author : Bogi Takács Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus originally appeared in Clarkesworld in April 2017. Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus By Bogi Takács So let’s do it this way. I’ll […] Source
Author : Mame Bougouma Diene Narrator : Halima Salah Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 662: Another Day in the Desert is an Escape Pod original. Another Day in the Desert by Mame Bougouma Diene “I’ll trip you first abba!” Tagedouchet teased her father as she leaped […] Source
Author : Beth Cato Narrator : Eve Upton Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums A Fine Night for Tea and Bludgeoning originally appeared in the anthology Little Green Men–Attack! in 2017. A Fine Night for Tea and Bludgeoning By Beth Cato Summer 1901 Upon my arrival at the Durham’s dance, it was […] Source
Author : Adam Knight Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 660: Hoping for Red is an Escape Pod original. Hoping for Red by Adam Knight Vixen had just one question for the doctor: “Can you do it?” Doctor Fizzwinkle smiled and patted the […] Source
Author : Hayley Stone Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Fireside Fiction, November 2017 Termination Shock TERMINATION SHOCK is a new roleplaying game from Greg Stolze, chronicling your adventures as an ordinary human rescued from hellish war by disorganized […] Source
Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 658: Beatrix Released is an Escape Pod original. Termination Shock TERMINATION SHOCK is a new roleplaying game from Greg Stolze, chronicling your adventures as an ordinary human rescued from hellish war by disorganized aliens. […] Source
Author : Erica L. Satifka Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Big So-So originally appeared in Interzone no. 273, November/December 2017. References to drug use and A-grade cursing. The Big So-So By Erika Satifka We’re both sitting on the rotting front porch one muggy July day when […] Source
Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums This story first appeared on Escape Pod as Episode 436 on February 22, 2014 and was first published in Expanded Horizons, Issue 40, July 2013. Into the Breach By Malon Edwards I’m off my bunk and into my […] Source
Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “And Then There Were (N-One)” first published in Uncanny Magazine Issue 15 (March/April 2017), with author interview A couple f-bombs And Then There Were (N-One), Part 4 by Sarah Pinsker Back in my room, I […] Source
Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “And Then There Were (N-One)” first published in Uncanny Magazine Issue 15 (March/April 2017), with author interview And Then There Were (N-One), Part 3 by Sarah Pinsker Source
Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “And Then There Were (N-One)” first published in Uncanny Magazine Issue 15 (March/April 2017), with author interview And Then There Were (N-One), Part 2 by Sarah Pinsker Not me, my logic brain understood, even though […] Source
Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “And Then There Were (N-One)” first published in Uncanny Magazine Issue 15 (March/April 2017), with author interview And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker I considered declining the invitation. It was too weird, too […] Source
Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Matthew Wayne Selznick Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Impossible Dreams first appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006 and was first published on Escape Pod as Episode 105 on May 10, 2007. Impossible Dreams By Tim Pratt (Excerpt) He went to the Sci-Fi shelf‚ and […] Source
Author : Laura Pearlman Narrator : Laura Pearlman Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in Mothership Zeta, May 2016 This is a live reading from Worldcon 2018. Some Things I Probably Should Have Mentioned Earlier By Laura Pearlman Dear Kevin, I’m sorry I waited […] Source
Author : Andrew Gugdel Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 649: Loyalty Test is an Escape Pod original. Visit The Drabblecast Reborn on Kickstarter here. Loyalty Test by Andrew Gudgel When the intercom on his desk buzzed, Marc’s head snapped up, instantly awake. […] Source
Authors : Mur Lafferty, S.B. Divya, Norm Sherman and Benjamin C. Kinney Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : S.B. Divya We’re pleased to bring you a recording of Escape Pod’s live panel at WorldCon 2018 in San Jose earlier this year. The panel featured a variety of our staff and a live reading by […] Source
Author : Marina J. Lostetter Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, January 2014 Alan E Nourse at the SFDB Blade Runner: A Movie by William S Burroughs Blade Runner and the Beat Generation Original Episode: EP501: […] Source
Author : Y.M. Pang Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 646: Subtle Ways Each Time is an Escape Pod original. Subtle Ways Each Time By Y.M. Pang A man loses a woman. It’s happened a thousand times before and it’s phrased like […] Source
Author : Andrea Phillips Narrator : Julia Rios Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike originally appeared in Fireside Magazine, February 2017 A single f-bomb The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike, Part 2 by Andrea Phillips 5. THE LAUNCH Launch day came […] Source
Author : Andrea Phillips Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike originally appeared in Fireside Magazine, February 2017 The Revolution, Brought to You by Nike by Andrea Phillips 1. THE BRIEF Corazon clicked to the slide she’d been dreading: […] Source
Author : Vylar Kaftan Narrator : Mat Weller Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Disarm originally appeared in Abyss and Apex and first ran on Escape Pod on episode 295 on June 2, 2011 Mild sexual situations and descriptions of battle. Disarm By Vylar Kaftan Excerpt We kept in touch through the […] Source
Author : Dominica Phetteplace Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Oracle originally appeared in Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan. 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 […] Source
Authors : Kurt Pankau, Karen Osborne, Maria Haskins and Paul R Hardy Narrators : Adam Pracht, S.B. Divya, Tina Connolly and Mur Lafferty Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 641: Flash Fiction Contest Winners is an Escape Pod original. One top-level curse. The Toastmaster By Kurt Pankau […] Source
Author : Edward M. Lerner Narrator : Roderick Aust Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Paradise Regained first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February 2017. Paradise Regained By Edward Lerner My head hurts. I expect it: this is winter. I want it to be spring. Paradise does not ask […] Source
Author : Gian-Paul Bergeron Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 639: Me, Meg, and The Thing is an Escape Pod original. Contains swearing, mental illness. Me, Meg, and The Thing By Gian-Paul Bergeron I’m Inroom making honest credit, doing Daily, counting breaths, when […] Source
Author : Daniel Schwabauer Narrators : Jared Axelrod and J.R. Blackwell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Ulla originally appeared on Escape Pod Episode 083 on Dec. 7, 2006. Contains violence, chemical warfare, and heavy moral themes. Scarlet Traces League of Extraordinary Gentlemen War of the Worlds The Resurrection Ulla By Daniel […] Source
Author : Maurice Broaddus Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums At the Village Vanguard (Ruminations on Blacktopia) was originally published in Mothership Zeta, issue 5. Contains cursing, racism, and brief mention of drug use. At the Village Vanguard (Ruminations on Blacktopia) By Maurice Broaddus In this, […] Source
Author : S. Qiouyi Lu Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Mother Tongues was first published in Asimov’s January 2018. Mother Tongues By S. Qiouyi Lu “Thank you very much,” you say, concluding the oral portion of the exam. You gather your things and exit back into the brightly […] Source
Author : Matthew Claxton Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 635: After Midnight at the ZapStop is an Escape Pod original. Swearing. This story references a concept called “mirror neurons,” that’s subject to some controversy in the scientific community. Escape Pod’s current Assistant […] Source
Author : Desmond Warzel Narrator : Joshua McNichols Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy was originally published on SFReader and first appeared on Escape Pod on March 17, 2011 for episode 284. Alasdair referenced the following in the […] Source
Author : Gerri Leen Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lucky Shot was first published in the Desolate Places anthology (Hadley Rille Books, 2007) and also appeared in Gerri Leen’s collection Life Without Crows (Hadley Rille Books, 2010). This story contains a mention of suicide. If you or someone you know […] Source
Author : Gerri Leen Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lucky Shot was first published in the Desolate Places anthology (Hadley Rille Books, 2007) and also appeared in Gerri Leen’s collection Life Without Crows (Hadley Rille Books, 2010). This story contains a mention of suicide. If […] Source
Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Heart of Ash, Heart of Steam was first published in Steampunk Universe, edited by Sarah Hans and published by Alliteration Ink on January 2, 2018 Heart of Ash, Heart of Steam is set in the same […] Source
Author : Will McIntosh Narrator : Paul Haring Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Midnight Blue originally appeared on Escape Pod on August 11, 2011 on episode 305 and was first published in Asimov’s. Midnight Blue By Will McIntosh He’d never seen a burgundy before. Kim held it in her lap, tapped it […] Source
Author : Ken Liu Narrator : Adam Pracht Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums An Advanced Reader’s Picture Book of Comparative Cognition originally appeared in March 2016 as part of the collection The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu. Author’s Notes: For more on consciousness as compression, see: Maguire, Phil, […] Source
Author : Ann Leckie Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The Endangered Camp originally appeared in Clockwork Phoenix 2, edited by Mike Allen and The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010, edited by Rich Horton. The Endangered Camp By Ann Leckie After the terrible push to […] Source
Author : Charles Payseur Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 627: Humans Die, Stars Fade is an Escape Pod original. Contains swearing. Humans Die, Stars Fade By Charles Payseur They come to study. Not me. Not really. No, they come for Aerik—what he’s become. […] Source
Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Fire Rode the Cold Wind originally appeared in The Sockdolager. Sexual content. Fire Rode the Cold Wind By Aimee Ogden The brown woman came to Vrau from the sky, without a name of her […] Source
Author : Jay Caselberg Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Herd Mentality originally appeared on Escape Pod on July 21, 2005 on episode 011. Herd Mentality By Jay Caselberg (Excerpt) Einstein was getting old now. All of them. Not so old that he was past it, but you had […] Source
Author : Vina Jie-Min Prasad Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Uncanny Magazine 18 (September/October 2017) Some cursing, suggestions of fanfic erotica (not explicit) Fandom for Robots By Vina Jie-Min Prasad Computron feels no emotion towards the animated television […] Source
Author : Jennifer R. Donohue Narrator : Diane Severson Mori Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 623: Surveillance Fatigue is an Escape Pod original. Surveillance Fatigue by Jennifer R. Donohue Is this woman a terrorist? It’s my job to decide. My typical first step is social media, […] Source
Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Tim Pratt’s Patreon, June 2017 Some cursing. Suggestions of violence and death. Anna and Marisol in Time and Space By Tim Pratt The big day came, and Anna was tempted to tie up Marisol […] Source
Author : Kathryn DeFazio Narrator : Summer Brooks Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 621: Assistance (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Assistance By Kathryn DeFazio “Would you like to discuss your coping plan?” Astor did not want to discuss their coping plan. […] Source
Author : Christi Nogle Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : S. Kay Nash Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 620: Promise (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Sex. Promise By Christi Nogle Brochures fanned across the lace tablecloth in Grandma’s dining room. Up close, I saw […] Source
Author : Jamie Lackey Narrators : Trendane Sparks and S.B. Divya Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 619: A Study in Symmetry, or the Chance Encounter of an Android and a Painter (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. A few curses. A […] Source
Author : Bennett North Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 618: All Profound and Logical Minds (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Contains a few A-grade curses. Peril. All Profound and Logical Minds By Bennett North The space station […] Source
Author : S. L. Scott Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 617: A Cure for Homesickness (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. A few instances of cursing. Sci-Fi violence. A Cure for Homesickness By S. L. Scott Krem was dead. Well, not […] Source
Author : Samantha Henderson Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums First published in Interzone, November 2016, and reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction 34, edited by Gardner Dozois. Contains frequent class-one cursing (f-bombs and the like), graphic description of murder, somewhat less graphic description […] Source
Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Christopher Cornell Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lonely Robot on a Rocket Ship in Space was first published in Cicada Magazine in 2016. Frank discussion of sexual, gender and body identity; nothing graphic. Audio production note: Christopher Cornell has done an […] Source
Author : Brian Trent Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums “Sparg” was first published in Daily Science Fiction in 2013. Two instances of cursing. Adorable cephalopod in peril. Sparg By Brian Trent Sparg had difficulty making pancakes, but he was trying. In the empty apartment, […] Source
Author : Naomi Kritzer Narrator : Miriam Krause Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Clarkesworld, January 2015 Mentions existence of sex and pornography. Contains ideation of self-harm and suicide. Cat Pictures, Please By Naomi Kritzer I don’t want to be evil. I want to be helpful. But knowing the […] Source
Author : E J Delaney Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 612: The Sixes, the Wisdom, and the Wasp is an Escape Pod original. The Sixes, the Wisdom, and the Wasp By E J Delaney Fereshteh Nemati was scared. She knew she was gripping […] Source
Author : Kameron Hurley Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums patreon.com/kameronhurley Intense, life-threatening situation. When We Fall by Kameron Hurley I don’t remember the first time I was abandoned and forgotten, but I have told the story of the second time so often that when […] Source
Author : Jenny Rae Rappaport Narrator : Diane Severson Mori Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Long List Anthology Volume 3 Isolated curse. Grief and death. Discusses existence of sex. The Sweetness at the End By Jenny Rae Rappaport This is how it happens: Tony and Ma are in their […] Source
Author : Penelope Evans Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 609: Wasps Make Honey is an Escape Pod original. Wasps Make Honey By Penelope Evans The scrap heaps at the edge of the settlement are taller than the average colony building. They offer up […] Source
Author : Connie Willis Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1992. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Short Story. Candid discussions of the existence of sex and reproductive systems. Some cursing. Even the Queen By […] Source
Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 2016 Red in Tooth and Cog By Cat Rambo A phone can be so much. Your memory, your edge against boredom, your source of inspiration. […] Source
Author : M. Darusha Wehm Narrator : Megan Leigh Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Use Only As Directed, Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie eds., Peggy Bright Books (Australia) in 2014. Home Sick By M. Darusha Wehm I was encoding a batch of classic ebooks when the […] Source
Author : Naru Sundar Narrator : Summer Brooks Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Mothership Zeta, July 2016. Cursing, Mental distress Straight Lines Naru Sundar This time they sent someone in a suit, neutral gray silk with utterly glorious creases, monofilament thin. “I’m Xiao Quan-Fei. They said […] Source
Author : Bogi Takács Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Defying Doomsday, edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench. Twelfth Planet Press, 2016. Given Sufficient Desperation By Bogi Takács An ice cream cone. A ceramic mug—brown with a single green stripe around the […] Source
Author : Karen Osborne Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 603: An Equal Share of the Bone is an Escape Pod original. An Equal Share of the Bone By Karen Osborne To kill a theriida, you need gunboats and suits, laser cutters and […] Source
Author : Holly Schofield Narrator : Robert Gonyo Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally published in Simian Publishing’s Future Embodied anthology in 2014. Trash Talk By Holly Schofield I’m not a complainer, not me. I roll with the punches. I’ll be just another dead trash collector in about […] Source
Author : Jeremiah Tolbert Narrator : Adam Pracht Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally published in Asimov’s, August 2014. Isolated cursing. Grief. Wet Fur By Jeremiah Tolbert You can tell the dog owners when they board the plane; they see the black cloud hovering in the first row and […] Source
Author : Connie Willis Narrator : Mur Lafferty Hosts : Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally published in Omni, October 1989. “At the Rialto” was a 1990 Hugo nominee and the 1990 Nebula winner for best novelette. At the Rialto By Connie Willis Seriousness of mind was a prerequisite […] Source
Author : Sunny Moraine Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lightspeed Magazine, November 2014 Isolated cursing. Passing mention of suicide. What Glistens Back By Sunny Moraine Come back. You hear the call as the lander breaks up around you. You’re aware of the entirely arbitrary […] Source
Author : Greg van Eekhout Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally published in 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush, edited by Kevin J. Anderson in April 2016. On the Fringes of the Fractal By Greg van Eekhout I was working the squirt station […] Source
Author : Kurt Pankau Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 597: Ms. Figgle-DeBitt‘s Home for Wayward A.I.s is an Escape Pod original. Ms. Figgle-DeBitt’s Home for Wayward A.I.s By Kurt Pankau I watch with hope as Ms. Figgle-DeBitt samples a slice of caramelized […] Source
Author : James Beamon Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 596: The Wind You Touch When You Run is an Escape Pod original. The Wind You Touch When You Run By James Beamon This pursuit starts as they all start, going after the […] Source
Author : Sarah Goldman Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 595: Islands in the Dark is an Escape Pod original. Islands in the Dark By Sarah Goldman Road out from Kaysee was boring as ever. The kids we’d picked up this time weren’t anything […] Source
Author : J.M. Evenson Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 594: The Spice Portrait is an Escape Pod original. The Spice Portrait By J.M. Evenson They said my love for my daughter was excessive, that I made her weak by kissing her and […] Source
Author : Nancy Fulda Narrators : Trendane Sparks and S.B. Divya Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in CHASING SHADOWS, an anthology published by TOR books and edited by David Brin and Stephen W. Potts, January 2017 Planetbound By Nancy Fulda There’s a moment that comes, the […] Source
Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 592: When All the Clocks Are Wrong is an Escape Pod original. When All the Clocks Are Wrong By Beth Goder Jen locks her bike and heads towards the theater. She needs a break from studying, but […] Source
Author : Bo Balder Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht A House of Her Own originally appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2015. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, gamers, and storytellers of all kinds! A House of Her Own By […] Source
Author : Caroline M. Yoachim Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Four Seasons in the Forest of Your Mind originally appeared in the the May/June 2015 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, […] Source
Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Matthew Hamblin Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 589: Seb Dreams of Reincarnation is an Escape Pod original. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, gamers, and storytellers of all kinds! […] Source
Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Summer Brooks Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Rocket Surgery originally appeared in Analog, 2016. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, gamers, and storytellers of all kinds! Rocket Surgery by Effie Seiberg We’d tested […] Source
Author : James Patrick Kelly Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Someday originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April/May, 2014 Someday by James Patrick Kelly Daya had been in no hurry to become a mother. In the two years since she’d reached childbearing age, she’d built […] Source
Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums The 1st Annual Lunar Biathlon originally appeared in Crossed Genres October 2015. The 1st Annual Lunar Biathlon by Rachael K. Jones Raji and I were always designing new torments for ourselves, and then calling them good, […] Source
Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Julie Davis Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 585: We All Scream is an Escape Pod original. We All Scream by Marie Vibbert We weren’t, any of us, heroes. Aiden was a downright chicken. I’m allowed to say that; I love […] Source
Author : Alexis Hunter Narrator : Alex Acks Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Your Body, By Default was originally published in Fireside Fiction, Issue 35 on August 9, 2016. Your Body, By Default by Alexis Hunter They brought you back because they want something from you. Maybe one day they […] Source
Author : Andrew Kozma Narrator : John Meagher Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 583: The Librarian is an Escape Pod original. The Librarian by Andrew Kozma People call Matt a librarian, but he doesn’t mind. He takes care of the books, so the name makes sense, […] Source
Author : Laura Duerr Narrator : Andrea Phillips Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 582: Unit Two Does Her Makeup is an Escape Pod original. Unit Two Does Her Makeup By Laura Duerr Doctor Spencer has brought me an artist. My eyes on the outside of the building […] Source
Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums That Game We Played During the War originally appeared on Tor.com in March 2016. That Game We Played During the War By Carrie Vaughn From the moment she left the train station, absolutely everybody stopped to look […] Source
Author : J. R. Dawson Narrator : Eric Luke Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 580: Nozizwe and Almahdi is an Escape Pod original. Nozizwe and Almahdi By J. R. Dawson She was a princess and he was a prince, and they had been genetically made for each […] Source
Author : Alex Yuschik Narrators : Adam Pracht and Trendane Sparks Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 579: Texts from the Ghost War is an Escape Pod original. Texts from the Ghost War By Alex Yuschik While I realize driving that mech likely takes all of your […] Source
Author : Celeste Hollister Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 578: Cherry Squid is an Escape Pod original. Cherry Squid By Celeste Hollister It was the cherry squid that did him in. Outside his window, seventy stories up, the advertisement bloomed, melon yellow, […] Source
Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 577: The Ghosts of Europa Will Keep You Trapped in a Prison You Make for Yourself is an Escape Pod original. The Ghosts of Europa Will Keep You Trapped in a Prison You […] Source
Author : Brian Trent Narrator : Ellora Sen-Gupta Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Karma Among the Cloud Kings was first published in Analog in March 2015. 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 […] Source
Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Cheyenne Wright Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 575: Red Kelly Owns the Moon is an Escape Pod original. Red Kelly Owns the Moon By Shaenon Garrity Nobody remembered how Red Kelly got his hands on the moon. He picked […] Source
It’s with mixed emotions that we announce our news: S.B. Divya and Mur Lafferty are the new co-editors of Escape Pod. Our beloved Norm Sherman has stepped down from the big chair due to a variety of personal reasons. Benjamin C. Kinney has taken the role of assistant editor. Norm has been a force of […] Source
Author : Julia K. Patt Narrator : Logan Waterman Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 573: Whatever Tower, However High is an Escape Pod original. Whatever Tower, However High By Julia K. Patt It is my 567th day inside. But I’m not really counting. Outside, Leo and Maurizio […] Source
Author : Arthur Doweyko Narrator : Patrick Bazile Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Nothing to See Here was an Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Nothing to See Here By Arthur Doweyko There is a comfort in the strength of love; ’Twill make a […] Source
Author : J. E. Bates Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 571: Beetle-Cleaned Skulls is an Escape Pod original. 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 […] Source
Author : G. Scott Huggins Narrator : Jen Rhodes Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 570: What Good is a Glass Warrior? is an Escape Pod original. What Good is a Glass Warrior? By Scott Huggins Like falling through rings of intermittent diamonds; White laser-circles of moon. Kinhang […] Source
Author : Kristene Perron Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 569: Safe Harbour (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Artemis Rising returns to Escape Pod for its third year! This month-long event highlights science fiction by women and […] Source
Author : Megan Chaudhuri Narrator : Laurice White Host : Caron J. Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 568: Dr. Mbalu and the Butcher’s Daughter (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Artemis Rising returns to Escape Pod for its third year! This month-long event highlights science […] Source
Author : Eileen Gunnell Lee Narrator : Marguerite Croft Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 567: Baro Porrajmos, or Love in the Vardo (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Artemis Rising returns to Escape Pod for its third year! This month-long event […] Source
Author : Mads Alvey Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Alex Acks Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 566: Honey and Bone (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Artemis Rising returns to Escape Pod for its third year! This month-long event highlights science fiction by women […] Source
Author : Allison Mulder Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 565: The Zombee Project 3.0 (Artemis Rising) is an Escape Pod original. Artemis Rising returns to Escape Pod for its third year! This month-long event highlights science fiction by […] Source
Author : Kevin Wabaunsee Narrator : Phillip Lanos Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 564: Trusted Messenger is an Escape Pod original. Trusted Messenger by Kevin Wabaunsee Dr. Thaddeus Begay had been expecting a dying child in the exam room, but no one had said anything about a […] Source
Author : Holly Schofield Narrator : Adam Pracht Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums First appeared in the anthology Scarecrows edited by Rhonda Parrish. Two Steps Forward By Holly Schofield I eased myself down off the running board of the ’28 Hudson sedan then laid a hand on the hood in mute […] Source
Author : Benjamin C. Kinney Narrator : Rajan Khanna Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Strange Horizons, March 2016 Meltwater by Benjamin C. Kinney My beloved waits for me in the flooded church. She’s died one time too many, and I can’t get her back without her help. At least, […] Source
Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Adam Pracht Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Mothership Zeta, February 2016 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 […] Source
A look back at 2016 and what’s in store for Escape Artists — and for you — in 2017. Also, a full list of 2016 award-eligible 2016 Escape Pod first publications follows, along with links to episodes, for those who couldn’t make it through the marathon audio version: “Brain Worms and White Whales” by Jen […] Source
Author : August Marion Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 559: Vegetablemen in Peanut Town is an Escape Pod original. Vegetablemen in Peanut Town By August Marion Otto scanned the grassy countryside for any sign of marauding vegetables. The steeple he and Darby […] Source
Author : Gwendolyn Clare Narrator : Dionne Obeso Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Asimov’s, March 2015 Holding the Ghosts By Gwendolyn Clare Abby was in control of the body the first time a glitch occurred. She was “home from college for the long weekend”—that’s what the imprinted memories showed, at […] Source
Author : Remy Nakamura Narrator : Roberto Suarez Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 557: Impossibility Crow is an Escape Pod original. 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 […] Source
Author : Charity Tahmaseb Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums 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. In a Manner of Speaking By Charity Tahmaseb I […] Source
Author : Christopher Mark Rose Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Monstrance of Sky By Christopher Mark Rose Aerbello — the shape one sees in the movement of wheat, blown by wind. The shape of wind, written in sheaves. I left me, without really leaving. Well, not I myself, […] Source
Authors : Amy Sisson and Kate Suratt Narrator : Christopher Cornell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 554: Captain Drake Learns His Lines is an Escape Pod original. Captain Drake Learns His Lines By Amy Sisson and Kate Suratt So I was sitting there minding my own business […] Source
Author : M. Bennardo Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Water Finds Its Level was originally published in Lightspeed Magazine (May 2013) Water Finds Its Level By M. Bennardo “Would you still love me if I were exactly the same,” he’d ask, “but was a Civil War re-enactor?” […] Source
Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums “RedChip BlueChip” was originally published in Crossed Genres (June 2015 issue). RedChip BlueChip By Effie Seiberg The AdChip technician’s rubber-gloved hand was cold on my chin. “Now hold still, Mi-kay-la.” “It’s Mi-KEE-la,” I grumbled. My mother, […] Source
Author : Holly Heisey Narrator : Andrea Richardson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 551: The Most Absurd Dance at the End of the Worlds is an Escape Pod original. The Most Absurd Dance at the End of the Worlds By Holly Heisey It was the end of […] Source
Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums When They Come Back was originally published in Crossed Genres (Issue 22), in October 2014. Frank though not explicit reference to human sexual anatomy When They Come Back By Natalia Theodoridou They were called Maria, and […] Source
Author : Anthony Tardiff Narrator : J. J. Campanella Host : Adam Pracht Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 549: The Battaile of the Mudde is an Escape Pod original. The Battaile of the Mudde by Anthony Tardiff “Dude, can you come over?” “I’ve got homework,” I said, staring at the mounds […] Source
Author : John Shade Narrator : Amber Pracht Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums A Prayer at Noon appeared originally in Triangulation: Parch (Volume 7) edited by Stephen V. Ramey. A Prayer at Noon by John Shade It was a day into the third sun when the patchwork man rode into town. I […] Source
Author : Bojan Ratković Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 547: Ride the Dragon is an Escape Pod original. Mild cursing, fantasy violence Ride the Dragon by Bojan Ratković We were a band back then, in the bat-shit Wild West days of the game. […] Source
Author : Nancy Fulda Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Recollection originally appeared in CARBIDE-TIPPED PENS, an anthology edited by Eric Choi and Ben Bova, TOR Books, December 2014. Recollection by Nancy Fulda The dream is always the same. You are a tangled mass of neurons, tumbling […] Source
Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 545: Murder or a Duck is an Escape Pod original. Murder or a Duck by Beth Goder George called out, “Mrs. Whitman, you have a visitor.” Mrs. Whitman strode from her workroom, her […] Source
Author : Lavie Tidhar Narrator : Summer Brooks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in The Lowest Heaven, anthology, edited by Jared Shurin and Anne C. Perry, Jurassic London, 2013. Only Human by Lavie Tidhar There are four Three-times-Three Sisters in the House of Mirth, and […] Source
Author : Caroline M. Yoachim Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was originally published by Lightspeed. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death by Caroline M. Yoachim ROCK Rock crushes scissors. Nicole sat on a crowded bus to Spokane, knitting a turquoise scarf. The gray-haired man sitting […] Source
Author : Michael Glyde Narrator : Joe Williams Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 542: The Hungers of Refugees is an Escape Pod original. The Hungers of Refugees by Michael Glyde I. Generation One Our grandparents always said, “Take care to remember the first generation.” They came […] Source
Author : Kristin Janz Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 541: As Travelers in Sky Boats is an Escape Pod original. As Travelers in Sky Boats by Kristin Janz My sister blames the Travelers. Before they came, she says, we were content within the […] Source
Author : James Miller Narrator : Adam Pracht Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3 in 2014. The Right Answer by James Miller While I certainly didn’t plan on an alien encounter, my life had been in such a downward […] Source
Author : Gareth D. Jones Narrator : Andrew Clarke Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 539: Squirrels, Foxes and Other Fine Specimens is an Escape Pod original. Squirrels, Foxes and Other Fine Specimens By Gareth D Jones It was still dark beneath the trees, though the sun […] Source
Author : Aliette de Bodard Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #69 June 2012. Escape Artists would like to draw your attention to a fantastic event happening next week at DragonCon, the Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction. This […] Source
Author : Jonathan Edelstein Narrator : James Odcombe Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 538: The Starsmith is an Escape Pod original. Subtle mention of the existence of sex, though no lewdness or profanity The Starsmith by Jonathan Edelstein It took two years for Faji Doumbia to […] Source
Author : Erin Cashier Narrator : Jonathan Danz Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Upgraded. Some sexual content. Honeycomb Girls by Erin Cashier Those were the days Geo couldn’t walk through the market without stepping on someone else’s shoe. If money wasn’t tied to […] Source
Author : Bethany Edwards Narrator : George Hrab Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 536: Prophet to the Dogs is an Escape Pod original. Profane language and violence. Prophet to the Dogs by Bethany Edwards A long time ago, in another life, when there were so many […] Source
Author : Edward Ashton Narrator : Josh Roseman Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 535: Bluejay is an Escape Pod original. Suggestions of sex and past violence, some profane language. Bluejay By Edward Ashton Micah steps from the shuttle and onto the tarmac, eyes slitted against the […] Source
Author : Sandy Parsons Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 534: Joolie and Irdl is an Escape Pod original. Depictions of intimacy between an alien and a human. At the end of the show, there were excerpts from a speech given by President […] Source
Authors : Ben Hallert, Laura Davy and Brian Trent Narrators : Trendane Sparks, Nicholas Camm and Adam Pracht Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 533: 2016 Flash Fiction Contest Winners is an Escape Pod original. Bona Fide by Ben Hallert The block’s turning into a rough neighborhood, […] Source
Author : Gary Kloster Narrator : Roberto Suarez Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 532: Saints, Beasts and Zombies is an Escape Pod original. Saints, Beasts, and Zombies By Gary Kloster The kids ambushed me on the west side of the camp, near a line of abandoned […] Source