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The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod narrates fun science fiction and fantasy short stories, with commentary and review. We're also the first paying market in podcasting. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction!

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EP187: Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky

By Ken Scholes. Read by Alex Wilson (of Telltale Weekly). Adolf Hitler came to Paris in June 1941 feeling the weight of his years in his legs and the taste of a dying dream in his mouth. He spent most of that first day walking up and down the Champs Elysées, working the stiffness out of [...]...

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[ Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:05:06 +0000 ]

EP186: Chrysalis

By Mary Robinette Kowal. Read by Cunning Minx (of Polyamory Weekly). Sponsored by CONTAGIOUS, by Scott Sigler. People ask me if I ever get involved with the subjects of my documentaries. I have a difficult time imagining that they would ask my male colleagues the same question, but they seem to expect women to be more emotional. In response, I tend [...]...

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[ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:05:48 +0000 ]

EP185: Union Dues - All About the Sponsors

By Jeffrey R. DeRego. Read by Stephen Eley. Sponsored by CONTAGIOUS, by Scott Sigler. I suck in my chest and tighten the buckles before getting lightheaded. I don’t have to wear the costume anymore, but it seems disrespectful to leave it in the closet for this one last mission. I get the boots on and struggle with the [...]...

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[ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash: Standards

by Richard K. Lyon Read by Frank Key (of Hooting Yard) After careful examination of your manuscript no 113785, Corbamite, An Insulator Against Gravity, the editors of Review of Physics have concluded that it is not suitable for publication in this journal. This decision is final and further correspondence on this subject will serve no useful purpose. Since [...]...

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[ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:26:46 +0000 ]

EP184: As Dry Leaves That Before the Wild Hurricane Fly

By Mur Lafferty. Read by Christiana Ellis (of Christiana’s Shallow Thoughts, et al.). Special Closing Music: “Chiron Beta Prime,” by Jonathan Coulton. Comet and Cupid were fifteen, and took after their father, both spending the most time in the workshop tinkering with Father’s tools. Christmas was coming soon and they were preparing their yearly trip to the [...]...

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[ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:01:32 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention: Silence

by Rachel Swirsky. Read by Ann Leckie. � Whatever the midwife told you, it’s not true. I cannot walk through walls. I cannot conjure a chicken and make it�dance or start a fire with my fingers. I cannot shape familiars from�fog or examine entrails to see if a man will die. I cannot resurrect�your [...]...

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[ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:00:28 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention: Hello, I Love You

by Katherine Sparrow. Read by Rachel Swirsky. “Junk DNA? I’ll junk your DNA!” Sofia glared at Zorg. “Apologies. It is only, don’t you find it interesting? Most of it is unused–” “Junk? You supercilious aliens come to Earth to rein snottiness on us lowly humans? How sublime. I suppose your DNA is full of Porsches?” Rated PG. ...

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[ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:33 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention: The Way Before

By Anna Schwind Read by Ann Leckie When Chasca turned eleven, her father took her to a ship farm, to choose her vessel.� She stood on the observation deck, evaluating the herd.� Chasca selected the farthest ship.� It faced away from the others and bumped the edges of the corral.� She understood.� Rated �G. ...

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[ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:11 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention: Hoarding Colored Rags

by Jared Axelrod (of The Voice of Free Planet X). Read by Mike Swirsky. I remember your touch, your taste, the way your mouth curled slightly�when you said my name. Rated PG.� ...

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[ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:00:11 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention: From Liquid to Glass

By J. R. Blackwell. Read by Rachel Swirsky (of PodCastle). He smelled like new cars and�cologne, he moved with a measured rhythm. His mouth tasted like mint�toothpaste. She looked over his shoulder through the white light of�the window. She was sweating into her sheets, her breath silent, and�her lips thin and tight. Rated R. Contains sex [...]...

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[ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:02 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Third Place: Karakuri

By Gideon Fostick. Read by Dave Leckie. Bill had no heart for this�Karakuri, left behind in the empty house when�his love had gone. Small and exquisite, propped at an angle on the�tatami floor mat, it was the toughest puzzle he’d known.� Rated PG. Contains puzzles. ...

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[ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:00:26 +0000 ]

Escape Pod Flash Fiction Contest, Second Place: Skyscrapers

by Rachel Swirsky read by Ann Leckie Summers, I sleep on rooftops. Under smokestacks, beside stairs, in the�sudden green of precarious gardens. Rated PG. Contains mythical figures. ...

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[ Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:00:54 +0000 ]

EP Flash Fiction Contest Winner: Mission to Dover

by Gideon Fostick. Read by Lyle Merithew.� Escape Pod sends its congratulations to Gideon Fostick for winning first place in the Escape Pod flash fiction contest for stories under 300 words. Professor Seiferd materialized in full command of his faculties. He oriented�immediately on the white cliffs of Dover, towering over the English Channel.�He felt the weight [...]...

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[ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:40:21 +0000 ]

EP Metacast #4

In which more is said about the hiatus. Referenced Sites: Eulogy for Bicky Eley PodCastle ...

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[ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:41:51 +0000 ]

EP183: Beans and Marbles

(Update: Reposted with editing mistakes corrected. My apologies for the errors.) By Floris M. Kleijne. Read by Stephen Eley. First appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, August 2005. When Flight Control assigned us utility privileges, I don’t think they expected me to brew espresso in the centrifugal head. But the weight of the espresso machine was well within the parameters [...]...

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[ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:35:00 +0000 ]

EP182: The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham

By H.G. Wells. Read by Alasdair Stuart (of Pseudopod). “I must tell you, then, that I am an old man, a very old man.” He paused momentarily. “And it happens that I have money that I must presently be leaving, and never a child have I to leave it to.” I thought of the confidence trick, and [...]...

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[ Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:15:13 +0000 ]

EP181: Resistance

By Tobias S. Buckell. Read by Stephen Eley. First appeared in Seeds of Change, ed. John Joseph Adams Audible.com Metatropolis Promotion! Download the first story from Metatropolis free at: http://audible.com/metapod The man opened the pack all the way to reveal a small arsenal of guns, grenades, explosives, and — oddly — knives. Very large knives. He looked up at Stanuel. [...]...

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[ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:00:44 +0000 ]

EP180: Navy Brat

By Kay Kenyon. Read by Dani Cutler (of Truth Seekers). First appeared in Space Cadets, ed. Mike Resnick, as “Tall Enough For Navy” She pushed off when her turn came, floating into the huge hold where she had to keep her line from tangling with other lines and stay alert for the seniors whose job it was to [...]...

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[ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:40:44 +0000 ]

EP179: Arties Aren�t Stupid

By Jeremiah Tolbert. Read by Philippa Ballantine (of Chasing the Bard). First appeared in Seeds of Change, ed. John Joseph Adams Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff Nobody went home to their Elderfolk while we waited for Niles to come back. That was a rule. If Niles never came back, then we wouldn’t have to. [...]...

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[ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:30:07 +0000 ]

EP178: Unlikely

By Will McIntosh. Read by Stephen Eley. First appeared in Asimov’s, January 2008. Special closing music: “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton. “The mayor seems to believe there’s something to this,” Tuesday said. “He’s desperate. Clutching at straws.” “So why did you agree to meet?” Tuesday asked, her Keds back on the black and white tile floor. Samuel paused while the waitress plunked [...]...

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[ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:41:09 +0000 ]

EP177: Usurpers

By Derek Zumsteg. Read by Stephen Eley. Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff King spots a knock-off cluster, glowing sunny in the rain, too fit, perfectly proportioned. Tear off some burnished bronze, never-burning skin. Shove it under a microscope, see the designer signature, Chinese characters like tattoos on the necks of college girls. All ten ranked cross-country runners [...]...

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[ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:15:12 +0000 ]

EP176: How The World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth

By Rachel Swirsky. Read by Frank Key (of Hooting Yard). Humans laid the foundation for the sixth apocalypse in much the same way they’d triggered the previous ones. Having recovered their ambition after the Apocalypse of Serotonin and rebuilt their populations after the Apocalypse of Grease, they once again embarked on their species’ long term goal to [...]...

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[ Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:30:03 +0000 ]

EP175: Reparations

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 [...]...

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[ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:10:58 +0000 ]

EP174: Private Detective Molly

By A.B. Goelman. Read by Stephen Eley. That’s when I see my new boss. Four feet of trouble. Brunette variety. Tear tracks cutting through the dirt on her face, wearing jeans that were already old when Molly Dolls were nothing more than molded plastic and fantasy homes. She’s no idiot, though. “I want the [...]...

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[ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:32:07 +0000 ]

EP173: Robots Don�t Cry

By Mike Resnick. Read by Stephen Eley. Every now and then we strike it rich. Usually we make a profit. Once in a while we just break even. There’s only been one world where we actually lost money; I still remember it — Greenwillow. Except that it wasn’t green, and there wasn’t a willow on the whole [...]...

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[ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:20:41 +0000 ]

EP172: Union Dues - Tabula Rasa

By Jeffrey R. DeRego. Read by Stephen Eley. Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff I raise my hand and she stops chattering. “Just tell me who you are and where I am.” She freezes and blinks twice. “Tell you where you are? Cap, you’re home. This is the Cleveland Pyramid. I’m Sarah Shadow. You don’t recognize me?” “That doesn’t [...]...

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[ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:00:58 +0000 ]

EP BONUS: Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty

The Escape Pod episode is still coming up later today. But by special permission of Mur Lafferty, here’s a special bonus for you: the complete text of her novel, Playing for Keeps, in PDF format. It’s officially launching August 25th, so be sure to buy it from Amazon then! ...

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[ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:33:10 +0000 ]

EP171: Fenneman�s Mouth

By Andy Duncan. Read by Jared Axelrod (of The Voice of Free Planet X). “Fenneman?” The studio audience laughed loudly, as it always did when Groucho turned, in mock desperation or annoyance, to his long-suffering, hopelessly square announcer. Groucho’s voice slightly increased in pitch whenever he said Fenneman�s name, as if he were just at the edge [...]...

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[ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:30:03 +0000 ]

EP170: Pervert

By Charles Coleman Finlay. Read by Stephen Eley. First appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 2004. Audible.com Promotion! Get your free audiobook at: http://audible.com/escapepodsff When the bus reaches the corner, they climb onboard, taking seats on their side and evening out the ride so it doesn’t feel so much like we’ll tip over. We rattle along past road construction, the [...]...

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[ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:45:33 +0000 ]

EP169: How I Mounted Goldie, Saved My Partner Lori, and Sniffed Out The People�s Justice

By Jonathon Sullivan. Read by Stephen Eley and Jennifer Bowie (of Screen Space). Q: What happened when you arrived at the address in question? A: My Partner Lori opened my door and I jumped out. I arrested a suspect! Q: Yes, Officer Bull. But I would like you to tell me exactly what happened, in detail, from the time [...]...

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[ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:36 +0000 ]

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