StoryHack Podcast: Recent Episodes
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"The Monster Maker", by Ray Bradbury. A camera is a devil of a poor weapon with which to capture a pirate's fortress. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. This is an experiment with music and sound effects.
"Lords of the Stratosphere" by Arthur J. Burks. High into air are the great New York buildings lifted by a ray whose source no telescope can find.
"Onslaught of the Druid Girls" by Ray Cummings. Originally published in June 1941 issue of "Fantastic Adventures." Extensive research discovered no indication of copyright renewal.
Smoke, by Ward Hawkins. Steve Burch, Forest Ranger, Fights Fire with Fire in a Grim Struggle Against a Trio of Killers!
A redheaded girl led six G-men toward the killers’ hidden lair. Was the redheadbetraying the mobster she loved? Or was she Murder’s come-on girl? By Don Cameron. Originally published in April 1937 in Secret Agent X. Copyright not renewed, now in the public domain.
Zedri-Nesu was an ancient demon who was a curse to lovers. Now he was released to prey on them. This episode is "Return of a Demon" by Alexander Blade. Originally published in the May, 1943 issue of Fantastic Adventures. Extensive research could not discover a copyright renewal, so it is believed to be in the public domain.
"To Paul Wayne, being wrecked meant only that his comrades faced extermination." Short Story by Thornton Ayre. Original publication: October, 1940 issue of Fantastic Adventures. Extensive research has not revealed the necessary renewal of copyright, so this is believed to be in the public domain.
"The Lost Gods" by Dorothy Quick. A short story. "Gods are as real as their worshipers."
Almost anything can happen when certain chemicals get together in the correct proportion—even a time blast! This episode features "Jewels of the Toad" by Frank Patton.
A live radio play I directed a couple of years ago. A little outside the regular fare around here, but fun nonetheless.
The World Behind the Moon by Paul Ernst from the public domain. What bizarre life lies in wait on the planet hidden in the moon's shadow?
Sailors' Grudge by Robert E. Howard. From the public domain, narrated by Bryce Beattie.
O'Hare had embarked on his strangest case. For he was on the trail of a man who combined business with pleasure by insuring his victims before killing them. And When O'Hare caught up with this homicide host, he found his quarry about to sacrifice another beautiful girl on the altar of greed.
Jupiter Jones, naked and helpless in the slime of that vile world, cursed the space warp that had flung him down among its groveling mutants. For their rising, exited whispers proclaimed him a knight in shining armor -- the bright weapon in his hands their only hope against the vicious octopods who enslaved them!
Episode 36 is "Sword of Fire" by Emmett McDowell, first published in the Winter 1949 issue of Planet Stories, and now is in the public domain.
After much too long of a hiatus, the podcast is back with a boxing story, "Leather Larceny" by Larry Sternig. "This kid they practically dragged into the ring... made him fight... made him yellow... made him tough... made him champ."
“Give a guy a fair break!” said the sherriff, his arms in the air. “I was half asleep like-it was a sort o’ lapse me givin’ you that gun. Be fair now, an’ hand it back, there’s a buddy!”
Death stalked Darak of Werg at every step, but the Royal Bracelet and the Princess of Werg meant far more than one man’s life.
Just before a bullet removed Leander Leffwell from the living, that Beantown screwball had completed his radio for talking with the dead. And to spot Leander’s sponsor, Snooty Piper set out to tune himself in on hell’s black network.
Horror filled Dr. Ames as the insect horde swooped down on the helpless village. Could nothing stop their awful attack?
Would you laugh if something followed you around your home- something cold and sneaky, that wasn’t even there when you turned your head?
“Keep going!” roared Thomas. “Get in there and clean out those rotors or I’ll shoot you down!” Webb climbed desperately, his body buffeted by the suction from the giant wheel.
As a newspaperman, he couldn’t decently or ethically do anything about it. But as a man in love with the girl reporter, he had to make his move when she was threatened…
Ambition gripped the mind of Tarra Greghold, and she sought to rule the world, unaware that a robot mind could become ambitious as well.
Each warrior was given a sacred bundle, to keep and to pass on in reverence down through generations, never to open it, never to reveal what power lay within. Now, that generational secret is threatened, and it may be more dangerous than anyone could have imagined.
Her land was old in evil and sorcery-and all who dwelt therein were ancient as the land… and equally cursed.
I forced an AI to read all of the original Conan Stories, then write its own. This is the glorious result.
What happens when a roudy mining town decides it wants to be a city? Even more gunfights and mayhem than normal.
A scientist is forced miles below the earth’s surface to hide from a deadly foe. But what he finds below is far more deadly than the mere gangsters he left above.
He didn't believe, so he played with forces he couldn't understand. Now he will pay the price.
A crime wave tears through the city, leaving the signature of a notorious criminal - The Scarlet Salamander.
The climactic Finale. Will our hero win the heart of Thor's daughter? We he even survive the battle?
A strange sequence of events leads an American pilot and a Nazi officer to the mythical land of Valhalla.
In which Sailor Steve Costigan says goodbye to his beloved Sea Girl then fights the frenchman who kicked his dog.
Life in “Utopia” was beautiful, perfectly regulated to satisfy everyone’s needs and desires—except one.
Something about the raw deal that this kid was getting made Dan Flaherty forget that he was supposed to be a hard guy. . .
Just a dumb rookie cop, they said. A mugg with brains in his feet and not enough savvy to buck the choppers.
When you spend your life building sailing ships, you love them all the way to violence.
Was this then the horrible price Tim Croft must pay for his disbelief in devil-magic philtres?- forfeiture of his own lovely fiancee’s life-blood to the undead corpse of Haunted Hollow!
As the creatures of a condemned man's dream, the Brotherhood of Black Evil arose from the dust of 800,000 years to weave its spell of criminal sorcery over those who knew the answer to the Gray Sphinx riddle.
This episode used to be number 12, but after the relaunch, is now number 2. It is a western, happening before law came to San Francisco. Written by Gordon Young, originally published in Adventure, February of 1919.
I'm getting the podcast started back up. For those who are new to the podcast, I also explain what to expect.