The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

The Life of a child genius was no fun, but Roby couldn’t escape it–until a falling star taught him how to rebel! Referent by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.The Lost Sci-Fi podcast is now two years old. To celebrate, every listener who joins our newsletter will receive a 20 book box set on Spotify. But hurry, I don’t know how long we’ll be doing this. You do not need to have a paid Spotify subscription. Join our newsletter and get a randomly chosen 20 book box set of audiobooks you can listen to on Spotify. And if, for some reason you cannot listen on Spotify please let us know and we’ll send you a link to a 20 book box set direct from lostscifi.com. No purchase necessary, it’s our way of saying thank you for helping us become successful. Please tell your friends. A 20 book box set of vintage science fiction for free for everybody! https://free.lostscifi.com or if you prefer there’s a link in the description.https://free.lostscifi.comThanks to another listener for buying us $15 worth of coffee anonymously. We appreciate all our listeners around the world. If you want to show your support by buying us a coffee there’s a link in the description.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVRay Bradbury is back on the podcast with a story that first appeared in the October 1948 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories Magazine. Bradbury used the pen name Brett Sterling. Why did he use a pen name? Another one of his stories was in the same issue and magazines didn't like to have more than one story per author in an issue. Our story can be found on page 148, Referent by Ray Bradbury…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, If Joe Mulloy was perfect—and he was—then beyond his perfection here only could be… Super Joe Mulloy by Scott F. Grenville.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $50 Anonymous Listener$25 Stephen Kagan James Van Maanenberg Irma Stolfo Josh Jennings Leber8tr Anonymous ListenerConrad Chaffee $15FressieAnonymous Listener$10Anonymous Listener$5Anonymous ListenerMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletter https://free.lostscifi.comPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Only when the last man died would the dim wastes of Asmarad be less lonely. Metamorphosis by Mike Curry, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Thanks to Fressie for buying us $15 worth of coffee. We appreciate you and thanks for your support. If you’d like to show your support by buying us a coffee there’s a link in the description.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVWe’re going Live Thursday February 22nd at 8 PM in New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Montreal and Toronto on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. We would love it if you would join us.I chose to narrate today’s story because it’s unique and interesting and because I had never heard of the author Mike Curry. He wrote only two short stories in the 1950s and then disappeared for almost 4 decades. A Mike Curry is credited with two stories in the 1990s but we don’t know if it’s the same guy. We know nothing else about him.His first story appeared on page page 94 of Thrilling Wonder Stories Magazine in August 1953. Metamorphosis by Mike Curry…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The Life of a child genius was no fun, but Roby couldn’t escape it–until a falling star taught him how to rebel! Referent by Ray Bradbury.Live Thursday February 22nd8 PM New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto7 PM Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, Kansas City6 PM Denver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque5 PM Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle4 PM Anchorage3 PM Honolulu ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $50 Anonymous Listener$25 Stephen Kagan James Van Maanenberg Irma Stolfo Josh Jennings Leber8tr Anonymous ListenerConrad Chaffee $15 Fressie$10Anonymous Listener$5Anonymous ListenerMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barstac found it hard to believe that this girl had helped him escape—until he learned her reason. Moon of Memory by Bryce Walton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Bryce Walton made his first appearance on our podcast about a week ago and he’s back with an interesting tale of a criminal and his attempted escape from the prison on Mars.It was published in a magazine with a rather unusual name, Future Combined With Science Fiction Stories, in November 1950. Let’s go to page 68, Moon of Memory by Bryce Walton…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Only when the last man died would the dim wastes of Asmarad be less lonely. Metamorphosis by Mike CurryLive Thursday February 22nd8 PM New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto7 PM Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, Kansas City6 PM Denver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque5 PM Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle4 PM Anchorage3 PM Honolulu ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $50 Anonymous Listener$25 Stephen Kagan James Van Maanenberg Irma Stolfo Josh Jennings Leber8tr Anonymous ListenerConrad Chaffee $10Anonymous Listener$5Anonymous ListenerMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Groff ruled the world through Fear. Fear of his awful power ... his twisted, mad brain. For one day that brain would crack. When it did, the World would dissolve in cataclysmic Chaos. The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.This is the first time author Ray Cummings has appeared on our podcast. Cummings was born in New York City in 1887. Before his career as a science fiction author took off he worked for inventor Thomas Edison as a personal assistant and technical writer for 5 years. He wrote more than 200 short stories in his career.Back in 1940 you could’ve purchased the Spring issue of Planet Stories Magazine for 20 cents. You would have discovered two short stories by Ray Cummings in that issue, The Girl From Infinite Smallness on page 30 and today’s story which appears on page 94 and is credited to Ray King, one of many pen names he used. The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Barstac found it hard to believe that this girl had helped him escape—until he learned her reason. Moon of Memory by Bryce Walton.Live Thursday February 22nd8 PM New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto7 PM Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, Kansas City6 PM Denver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque5 PM Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle4 PM Anchorage3 PM Honolulu ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $50 Anonymous Listener$25 Stephen Kagan James Van Maanenberg Irma Stolfo Josh Jennings Leber8tr Anonymous ListenerConrad Chaffee $10Anonymous Listener$5Anonymous ListenerMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of a modern Icarus — David Rand was a freak of nature, a glorious, winged freak, who had experienced the freedom of the sky and could no longer be tied to the ground. He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Did you know that we are live on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter every Thursday? And every Thursday a listener is randomly selected and we narrate a story they want to hear? We will be live Thursday February 22nd at 8 PM in New York. There’s a link in the description to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter so you can join us and the different times for major cities in the US and Canada.Our winner a couple of weeks ago, “customgod” chose the story you’re about to hear. Edmond Hamilton was born in Youngstown Ohio in 1904 and this is his first appearance on the podcast. His career as a science fiction writer began with the publication of "The Monster God of Mamurth" in the August 1926 issue of Weird Tales Magazine.Weird Tales would publish 79 works of fiction by Hamilton from 1926 to 1948, making him one of the magazine's most prolific contributors.In 1942 Hamilton began writing for DC Comics, specializing in stories for Superman and Batman. He wrote more than a dozen novels and almost 200 short stories.On New Years Eve 1946 Hamilton married science fiction author Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury was his best man. Hamilton died in February 1977, his wife died a year later. From the July 1948 issue of Weird Tales Magazine our story is found on page 70, He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Groff ruled the world through Fear. Fear of his awful power ... his twisted, mad brain. For one day that brain would crack. When it did, the World would dissolve in cataclysmic Chaos. The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings.Live Thursday February 22nd8 PM New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto7 PM Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, Kansas City6 PM Denver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque5 PM Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle4 PM Anchorage3 PM Honolulu ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $50 Anonymous Listener$25 Stephen Kagan James Van Maanenberg Irma Stolfo Josh Jennings Leber8tr Anonymous ListenerConrad Chaffee $10Anonymous Listener$5Anonymous ListenerMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/sharePlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They wandered the dead and fragile cities, looking for the legendary Blue Bottle–not knowing what it was, nor caring, not really wanting to find it… ever… Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Ray Bradbury was one of the most successful and acclaimed authors of his time, and it is no surprise he is one of the most popular authors on our podcast. From Planet Stories Magazine in Fall 1950, turn to page 29 for, Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The story of a modern Icarus, who tasted the freedom of the sky. He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton.☕ Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$50 Anonymous$25 Stephen KaganJames Van MaanenbergIrma StolfoJosh JenningsLeber8trAnonymousConrad Chaffee$10 Anonymous$5 AnonymousMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/sharePlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tons of sinuous muscle, buried in fetid Venusian slime, he knew how to survive. Equipped with an ageless brain and lightning instincts, he also knew how to die! Savage Galahad by Bryce Walton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Today marks the debut of author Bryce Walton on the podcast. Walton was born in 1918 in tiny Blythedale, Missouri, population about 300 when he was born.He wrote nearly 100 short stories but wasn’t recognized as one of the great sci-fi authors of the 1940s and 50s. However, he was credited several times as a writer for Alfred Hitchcock Presents which aired from 1955 to 1962.From Planet Stories Magazine in Winter 1946, turn to page 77 for, Savage Galahad by Bryce Walton…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They wandered the dead and fragile cities, looking for the legendary Blue Bottle–not knowing what it was, nor caring, not really wanting to find it… ever… Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury.☕ Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$50 Anonymous$25 Stephen KaganJames Van MaanenbergIrma StolfoJosh JenningsLeber8trAnonymousConrad Chaffee$10 Anonymous$5 AnonymousMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/sharePlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She was sad and lonely, this 19 year old college freshmen. So when he paid attention to her she reluctantly did the very things her mother warned her about. Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Stephen Kagan bought us $25 worth of coffee and says, “Thank you so much for all the great stories and wonderful storytelling. Listening to your podcast has kept me company many mornings on my long commute to work and makes it more pleasurable as the traffic dissolves and you transport me to other worlds and times. I must say I've really enjoyed the Harry Harrison, Robert Silverberg and Arthur C. Clarke stories the most and would love to hear more. And boy you must really love coffee! Thanks Again. Stephen.”Thanks Stephen, and by the way, my wife is the one who LOVES coffee. There’s a link in the description if you would like to buy us a coffee.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$50 Anonymous$25 Stephen KaganJames Van MaanenbergIrma StolfoJosh JenningsLeber8trAnonymousConrad Chaffee$10 Anonymous$5 AnonymousWe go live every Thursday on YouTube, our Facebook page and Twitter. A few weeks ago we started doing something that has proven to be really popular. We randomly select a listener every Thursday and they get to choose a story they want us to narrate. J. M. Jennings won and chose today’s story. Richard Matheson wrote it.You might recognize the name because of his novel I am Legend, which has been adapted for the big screen three times, or his short story Duel which Steven Spielberg turned into a TV movie. Then there’s The Shrinking Man which became the movie The Incredible Shrinking Man, Hell House, The Legend of Hell House on film, Steel filmed as Real Steel, What Dreams May Come and there are more.From the publication Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 in January 1955, Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Tons of sinuous muscle, buried in fetid Venusian slime, he knew how to survive. Equipped with an ageless brain and lightning instincts, he also knew how to die! Savage Galahad by Bryce Walton.Merchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/sharePlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance! Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Thanks for another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts! DSBoston1 says, “ Great! Although the original Star Trek is almost considered “vintage”; by now, these stories go back even further. Short compelling tales, read perfectly by Scott with no unnecessary bells and whistles. You can of course tell that these were written in a very different time. But, that’s part of the educational process, learning about the roots of sci-fi and how its changed. Thank you Scott.”Thank you for your fantastic review. We appreciate you and every listener we have in more than 130 countries around the world. Thank you for listening, rating, reviewing, sharing and supporting our podcast!!Today's story comes from Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in February 1951. On page 102 we will find, Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, She was sad and lonely, this 18 year old college freshmen. So when he paid attention to her she reluctantly did the very things her mother warned her about. Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$50 Anonymous$25 Stephen KaganJames Van MaanenbergIrma StolfoJosh JenningsLeber8trAnonymousConrad Chaffee$10 Anonymous$5 AnonymousMerchandise https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/sharePlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The aliens looked cute as Koalas. But there was a little matter of a graveyard of dead space-ships. The Small Bears by Gene L. Henderson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.One of the reasons we named it The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast was because we wanted to narrate stories that had never been narrated before and were little known, if known at all. Our story today, written by Gene L. Henderson, is one of those lost sci-fi short stories.Who was he, where was he born? Questions we cannot answer. We do know that he wrote 9 short stories from 1951 to 1954 and one in 1964. In addition we know that this will not be the last story he wrote that we will narrate.From the very first issue of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction Magazine dated June/July 1953 let’s go to page 119 and discover the story of, The Small Bears by Gene L. Henderson…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance! Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$50 Anonymous$25 Stephen KaganJames Van MaanenbergIrma StolfoJosh JenningsLeber8trAnonymousConrad Chaffee$10 Anonymous$5 AnonymousMerchandise https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/sharePlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.