Escape Pod 940: Nobody Ever Goes Home to Zhenzhu

Author : Andrew Dana Hudson Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 941: The Concept Shoppe: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy is an Escape Pod original. The Concept Shoppe: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy By Andrew Dana Hudson “This place is trash, garbágio, blechalicious,” Rocky Cornelius said appreciatively. “All […] Source

Author : Grace Chan Narrator : Isabel J. Kim Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Nobody Ever Goes Home to Zhenzhu” originally appeared in Lightspeed Magazine (May 2022). Contains some harsh language. Nobody Ever Goes Home to Zhenzhu by Grace Chan I’d always known Calam would run. He had all the signs. […] Source

Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 939: Variant Cover: Pantone Sunset is an Escape Pod original. Alternate Cover: Pantone Sunset By Marie Vibbert Stacey reads a comic book.  It’s about a robot lady, but not like her.  This robot lady has exposed gears […] Source

Author : Tim Chawaga Narrator : James Kaku Pierson Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 938: Chug the Tea Leaves, Chuck the Ads is an Escape Pod original. Chug the Tea Leaves, Chuck the Ads by Tim Chawaga I wake up to a message and a certain intuition that my […] Source

Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Nathaniel Lee Hosts : Valerie Valdes and Norm Sherman Audio Producers : Summer Brooks and Mat Weller Escape Pod 937: Punk Voyager (Flashback Friday) is an Escape Pod original. A copious amount of harsh language. Punk Voyager by Shaenon K. Garrity Punk Voyager was built by punks.  They […] Source

Author : Nora Schinnerl Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Old People’s Folly originally appeared in Future Science Fiction Digest, Sept. 2021. Homophobia. Parental abuse. Old People’s Folly (Part 2 of 2) By Nora Schinnerl (…Continued from Part 1) Kite was still curled into a bundle of blankets […] Source

Author : Nora Schinnerl Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Old People’s Folly originally appeared in Future Science Fiction Digest, Sept. 2021. Homophobia. Parental abuse. Old People’s Folly (Part 1 of 2) By Nora Schinnerl Setti knew the woman for a ghost the moment she appeared. It was […] Source

Author : Tony Dunnell Narrator : Bryce Dahle Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Escape Pod 934: The Alien in My Bathtub is an Escape Pod original. If you aren’t familiar with Locus Magazine, they’re a respected website, magazine, award, archive, and resource for SF, fantasy, and horror. They put on the […] Source

Author : Pragathi Bala Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Escape Pod 933: Summitting the Moon is an Escape Pod original. Summitting the Moon By Pragathi Bala T-7 days The moon Landed, the Rut appeared, home equity plummeted, jobs disappeared, and Ghis liked riding the moon. It was […] Source

Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story was originally published at Apex Magazine #134 in December 2022. The Walking Mirror of the Soul by Renan Bernardo My desire was written all over Halcyon’s torso, a shimmering tattoo composed of my thoughts and the […] Source