During a world-changing first contact event, David is seeking his father’s first edition copy of a sci-fi book about another Earth under alien invasion. Except, it’s not to study up on the little green men within, but to sell for drugs. What is it like to be in the midst of a real-life sci-fi event, with your mind entirely stuck on your next fix? Find out in "Seeking" written and read by Gregory Marlow. Content warnings for addiction, overdose, and IV drug use.

During a world-changing first contact event, David is seeking his father’s first edition copy of a sci-fi book about another Earth under alien invasion. Except, it’s not to study up on the little green men within, but to sell for drugs. What is it like to be in the midst of a real-life sci-fi event, with your mind entirely stuck on your next fix? Find out in "Seeking" written and read by Gregory Marlow. Content warnings for addiction, overdose, and IV drug use.

Episode 60: Seeking by Gregory Marlow

Harlan is a claims investigator in a world of zoomorphic gene editing and memory implants where anyone can become anything—including their true selves. When a job leads him to a club where modified humans called ‘mamms’ run wild, an opportunity for self-discovery presents itself. Behind layers of memory preserving brain-gum, who is Harlan really? And is this job really worth finding out? Find out in Gumchew written and read by Zack Be.

Harlan is a claims investigator in a world of zoomorphic gene editing and memory implants where anyone can become anything—including their true selves. When a job leads him to a club where modified humans called ‘mamms’ run wild, an opportunity for self-discovery presents itself. Behind layers of memory preserving brain-gum, who is Harlan really? And is this job really worth finding out? Find out in Gumchew written and read by Zack Be.

Episode 59: Gumchew by Zack Be

It’s an Earth-shattering revelation: Aliens are real, and making contact all around us. Rina Cutter, however, is busy dealing with her own, private world shattering. Even if the alien news does hit very close to home, it has nothing on the shock of losing her mother. Please enjoy Marissa Lingen’s reading of her story from our November/December issue, “Grief, As Faithful As My Hound.”

Episode 27: Grief, as Faithful as My Hound by Marissa Lingen

Happy National Poetry Month! We have a dozen poems here pulled from past and current issues to celebrate our poets this year. Each of these poems is striking in its own way, and I hope you enjoy the many voices and styles to come. First up is “All Saints Day” by Lisa Bellamy, read by Diana Marie Delgado, followed by “All the Weight” by Holly Day, read by Emily Hockaday,  “The Celestial Body” read and written by Leslie J. Anderson, “The Destroyer is in Doubt about Net Neutrality” read and written by Martin Ott, “Unlooping” read and written by Marie Vibbert, “Attack of the 50 foot Woman” read and written by Ron Koertge, “The Language of Water,” by Jane Yolen, read by Monica Wendel, “Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricycle” read and written by Steven Withrow, “Objects in Space” by Josh Pearce, read by R.J. Carey, “Small Certainties” by Sara Polsky, read by Emily Hockaday, “Palate of the Babel Fish” read and written by Todd Dillard, and finally “After a Year of Solitude” by Lora Gray, read by Jackie Sherbow.

Happy National Poetry Month! We have a dozen poems here pulled from past and current issues to celebrate our poets this year. Each of these poems is striking in its own way, and I hope you enjoy the many voices and styles to come. First up is “All Saints Day” by Lisa Bellamy, read by Diana Marie Delgado, followed by “All the Weight” by Holly Day, read by Emily Hockaday, “The Celestial Body” read and written by Leslie J. Anderson, “The Destroyer is in Doubt about Net Neutrality” read and written by Martin Ott, “Unlooping” read and written by Marie Vibbert, “Attack of the 50 foot Woman” read and written by Ron Koertge, “The Language of Water,” by Jane Yolen, read by Monica Wendel, “Archaeologists Uncover Bones, Bifocals, a Tricycle” read and written by Steven Withrow, “Objects in Space” by Josh Pearce, read by R.J. Carey, “Small Certainties” by Sara Polsky, read by Emily Hockaday, “Palate of the Babel Fish” read and written by Todd Dillard, and finally “After a Year of Solitude” by Lora Gray, read by Jackie Sherbow.

National Poetry Month Podcast 2020

To start off the new decade, we have a special double feature. Our first story—"Go. Now. Fix." by Timons Esaias—features an unlikely narrator who exhibits great pluck in the face of disaster. Our second story by Meredith Lozaga, "The Refraction of White Lies," examines love and forgiveness from a unique perspective. Enjoy our special January/February episode!

"Go. Now. Fix." & "The Refraction of White Lies"

In “Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters” Henry Lien brings us into the irreverent and complex mind of the teenage girl. But these girls are dangerous—and dangerously competitive when it comes to the ancient and celebrated Kung-Fu art of Wu-Liu. Get caught up in the drama and politics of the rehabilitative colony in this podcast, aired in two parts.

Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters - Part 1

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