The Painted Owl - a story inspired by One Thousand and One Nights originally intended for a press that has sadly closed it's doors. The stories though, they are never ending...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://russlinton.com/2021/09/28/the-painted-owl/

A Priori - Immanuel once understood the nature of reality. Lately, he's lost his grip...or it let go of him.

My robot assistant is back this episode. Outside, there is noise. The heinous growling of a paint sprayer. I considered using it as a musical score for my reading and thought better of it. Besides, Remy, my assistant, has been out of a job for weeks. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://russlinton.com/2021/09/14/a-priori/

A deep space probe returns to Earth having witnessed the wonders of the universe, but its mission is far from over...

An encounter in a remote campground leads to the unraveling of one man's reality...

Season Two begins, wherein I read stories myself (God help us) and adopt a new podcast name - OutsiderSF as in Science Fiction, as in Subversive tales of the future from fringe perspectives...

I've come full circle on season one of this podcast. This is one of the last short stories I tried submitting before going the full self-publish route. One of my favorites and possibly my best, I hope you enjoy this softer take on a superhero story. 

First off, apologies for mucking with the format here so much. I was experimenting with breaking up stories into episodes and decided that wasn’t working. From now on, I’ll post the full story as well as provide a complete version for the podcast episode.

This is another story from my Empty Quiver Collection. Each story in the collection features Augments (superheroes) who appear as secondary characters in the Crimson Son series. Reggie’s, or Danger’s, sole power is the ability to sense trouble, much like Spiderman’s “spidey sense”....

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://russlinton.com/2021/06/08/codename-danger-part-one/