http://escapepod.org The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from today's best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:05:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=1196 2005-2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 editor@escapepod.org (Mur Lafferty) editor@escapepod.org (Mur Lafferty) science fiction 1440 science fiction, sf, stories, audiobooks, storytelling, fiction, short fiction, short story The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from todayapos;s best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Mur Lafferty Mur Lafferty editor@escapepod.org No no http://escapepod.org/wp-content/images/pod-org-icon300.jpg http://escapepod.org 144 144 http://escapepod.org/2012/01/06/ep326-flash-fiction-special/ http://escapepod.org/2012/01/06/ep326-flash-fiction-special/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:55:35 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=2949 http://escapepod.org/2012/01/06/ep326-flash-fiction-special/feed/ 0 45:58 Poppies and Chrome by Sylvia Hiven Rabbi Aaron Meets Satan by Tim Lieder Fine-Tuning the Universe by Merrie Haskell narrated by Mat Weller, author Richard E. Dansky, and ... Poppies and Chrome by Sylvia Hiven Rabbi Aaron Meets Satan by Tim Lieder Fine-Tuning the Universe by Merrie Haskell narrated by Mat Weller, author Richard E. Dansky, and Mur Lafferty Discuss on our forums. Appropriate for teens and up due to erotic imagery and language. 13,and,Up,,Flash,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2009/07/23/ep208-an-almanac-for-the-alien-invaders/ http://escapepod.org/2009/07/23/ep208-an-almanac-for-the-alien-invaders/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:49:08 +0000 JeremyT http://escapepod.org/?p=421 http://escapepod.org/2009/07/23/ep208-an-almanac-for-the-alien-invaders/feed/ 26 40:56 By Merrie Haskell Read by Sarah Tolbert Previously appeared in Asimov's. In January, there will be an annular solar eclipse, with the path of annularity moving through the ... By Merrie Haskell Read by Sarah Tolbert Previously appeared in Asimov's. In January, there will be an annular solar eclipse, with the path of annularity moving through the Indian Ocean and into Sumatra and Borneo. Two days later, aliens will invade Earth. No spaceships will loom large in blue skies, nor hover over our cities. At night, though, when we see blinking dots of light near the horizon, as small and pale as any star, we'll think they're planes or satellites of human origin. They won't be. These are alien ships, come for conquest. That is all we can see. What we hear is just as faint and difficult to resolve: we hear rumors. Or rather, one persistent rumor: "the aliens want volunteers." Naturally, I and my junior faculty friends need to drink quantities of beer to discuss this in detail. I expound that it's a hoax. Rated PG-13 for adult concepts and alien recruiters. 10,and,Up,,OK,for,Kids,,Podcasts,,Uncategorized Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2008/09/11/ep175-reparations/ http://escapepod.org/2008/09/11/ep175-reparations/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:10:58 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=311 http://escapepod.org/2008/09/11/ep175-reparations/feed/ 53 27:48 By Merrie Haskell. Read by Mary Robinette Kowal. Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff I just swab my arm and administer the cocktail, a booster for my radiation ... By Merrie Haskell. Read by Mary Robinette Kowal. Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff I just swab my arm and administer the cocktail, a booster for my radiation immunization. The taste of brass fills my mouth in seconds, and I know that the cocktail has flooded my system. With this stuff burbling inside, I can stare down three sieverts without blinking, or, more importantly, losing my immune system, teeth, hair, and intestines. When I finish with my dose, I grab the skin on the newbie's arm, swab her and shoot her up, too. "Ow!" She jumps and rubs her arm. I watch carefully to see her smack her lips at the taste. "You could've warned me." "No time," I say, doctoring Ken and the others just as abruptly. We're pressed, and they know it. We're all nice and anodized on the inside at 8:12. We're waiting for 8:16, or thereabouts. There aren't any atomic clocks in 1945, so all times are approximate, internally speaking. And from here on in, there's no point speaking any other way. Rated PG. Contains mass destruction and graphic descriptions of the wounded. 10,and,Up,,OK,for,Kids,,Podcasts Merrie Haskell no No http://escapepod.org/2006/02/14/ep-flash-one-million-years-bfe/ http://escapepod.org/2006/02/14/ep-flash-one-million-years-bfe/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:51:04 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=101 http://escapepod.org/2006/02/14/ep-flash-one-million-years-bfe/feed/ 12 00:01:01 By Merrie Haskell. Read by Deborah Green. Am determined to become strong, lithe, deadly, noble cave-woman type figure, radic;deg; la Ayla of Clan of the Cave Bear. ... By Merrie Haskell. Read by Deborah Green. Am determined to become strong, lithe, deadly, noble cave-woman type figure, radic;deg; la Ayla of Clan of the Cave Bear. I will fashion stone tools, hunt and gather food and live pristine, pure life of Homo Erectus-type person--at one with nature. Ah. Air is so fresh. Quite lovely. Rated G. Contains ignoble savagery and predomestic strife. Flash,,For,Kids,,OK,for,Kids,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No