Escape Pod

Author : Clifford D. Simak Narrator : Norm Sherman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1980. This story won the 1980 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. The Grotto of […]

Author : Aaron Gallagher Narrator : M. K. Hobson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This piece was published in Analog, May 2014. Repo by Aaron Gallagher It took concentration to perform delicate work in the cumbersome gloves of the suit. The rounded fingers were metal-tipped, and bulky. Elise […]

Author : Helena Bell Narrator : Donna Scott Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This piece was published in The Indiana Review in December 2013. The Aliens Made of Glass by Helena Bell Sister Charles Regina, formerly of the Daughters of Perpetual Help, attends to her boat, the Nunc […]

Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story originally appeared in After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia. Valedictorian by N. K. Jemisin There are three things Zinhle decides, when she is old enough to understand. The first is that she […]

Author : Holly Heisey Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums EP449: An Understanding is an Escape Pod original. This story was a finalist in the Writers of the Future Contest. An Understanding by Holly Heisey The sun on Joppa was a deeper red than I […]

Author : Jason Sanford Narrator : Heather Bowman-Tomlinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in the Issue 249 of Interzone. Paprika by Jason Sanford “Ah Paprika, you dance so well,” Satoshi exclaimed each bright-sun morning, his praise always pleasing no matter how many times Paprika heard it. And Paprika […]

Author : Pat Murphy Narrator : Kathy Sherwood Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in the March, 2012 issue of Asimov’s. Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy [EDITOR: We don’t have the rights to post the text of this story.]

Author : Derek Künsken Narrator : Mat Weller Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in the March, 2012 issue of Asimov’s. The Way of the Needle by Derek Künsken I The ancient pulsar’s lighthouse beam of microwaves and radio waves spun twice per second. Within the bloom of its magnetic field […]

Author : Ferrett Steinmetz Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums It was originally published in the What Fates Impose anthology. Black Swan Oracle by Ferrett Steinmetz The crowd waiting below The Oracle’s bulletproof bay window is a mathematically predictable entity. Still, the Oracle relishes any […]

Author : Daniel Marcus Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums First published first in Asimov’s, July 1996, and reprinted in the author’s collection, Binding Energy (2008). Those Are Pearls That Were His Eyes by Daniel Marcus The only window in Suki’s bedroom opened onto an airshaft […]