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

What will happen when the alien ships strike Earth? And later? Who will survive? What will life be like in that latter-day jungle? William F. Nolan pens this grim story of the days and the nights of Lewis Stillman—survivor ...He was running, running down the long tunnels, the shadows hunting him, claws clutching at him, nearer ... Small World by William F. Nolan, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.When I recorded Small World at the request of Mike Jones, thanks Mike, I had no idea that the author, William F. Nolan wrote the book, with George Clayton Johnson, that led to one of my favorite sci-fi movies, Logan’s Run. The 1976 movie featured Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett and Peter Ustinov. I enjoy going to movie locations and when I discovered that the scene where Logan and Jessica discover an old man played by Peter Ustinov, the first elderly person either of them has ever seen, was filmed at the Fort Worth Water Gardens, I had to go see it for myself.So, if it hadn’t been for you Mike Jones, requesting the short sci-fi story Small World, I would never have known that William F. Nolan also wrote Logan’s Run. Long before Logan, Nolan began writing short fiction stories in 1952 and he would continue to write into his 90s!He is credited with more than 180 short stories, today’s story, Small World is the 8th such story written by Nolan. Let’s go back in time 65 years to the pages of Fantastic Universe Magazine, August 1957, on page 98 you will discover Small World written by William F. Nolan...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… He knew his wife was dead, because he'd seen her buried. But it was only one possibility out of infinitely many! ... The Other Now, written by Murray Leinster.That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… As a galactic reporter Jane Crowley knewshe had hold of the biggest story of the year; thousands of people were soon to die on this—Planet Of Doom. Planet Of Doom by C. H. Thames, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We’ve just released 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 2 with, as you might have guessed, 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 29 hours of vintage science fiction is on sale now on our website, LostSciFi.com for only $14.97. You pay only $9.97 when you apply the promo code sale, that’s sale, lowercase letters only. More than 29 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.97 at LostSciFi.com. You can buy this incredible collection anywhere in the world and the price will be converted to your local currency.Today marks the debut of author C. H. Thames on our podcast, but it doesn’t really. Let me explain. He was born Milton Lesser in Brooklyn New York in 1928. He changed his name legally in the 1950s to Stephen Marlowe. C. H. Thames is one of several pen names he used during his lengthy career.Milton Lesser can be found in episode 11 of the The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast paired with Philip K. Dick’s The Eyes Have It. Lesser, who became Marlowe, also used the pen name Darius John Granger, and his time travel story Stop, You’re Killing Me! can be heard in Episode 18.So, Planet of Doom is actually his 3rd appearance on the podcast.Planet of Doom was first published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1956. A reporter always looks for the big story, and here it was but it couldn’t be told! Let’s turn to page 82 for Planet of Doom…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… He was running, running down the long tunnels, the shadows hunting him, claws clutching at him, nearer... Small World, by request, written by William F. Nolan...That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The second of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The hardest part of the "preordained" thesis to grasp is that the thesis itself is part of what must and shall be. Will time travel cause the end of the human race? Or will it allow them to fix the future? Meddler, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareMeddler is one of 16 short stories in an audiobook collection we’ve narrated written by legendary author Philip K. Dick. The 16 stories appeared in science fiction magazines from 1952 to 1955. The Philip K. Dick Collection is on sale now on many audiobook websites, but you can get this more than 10-hour audiobook for only $7.97 when you use the promo code, sale, that’s, sale, lowercase letters only on https://lostscifi.com.Meddler was first published in Future Science Fiction magazine in October 1954...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… As a galactic reporter Jane Crowley knew she had hold of the biggest story of the year; thousands of people were soon to die on this—Planet Of DoomPlanet Of Doom by C. H. Thames, next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The first of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The theme of “the man who played God” has been used many ways in many stories, but never with more tense and chilling effect than in this tight little yarn by the very able Mr. Dick. You’ll like it, we’re sure. Small Town by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareSmall Town is one of 16 short science fiction stories in an audiobook collection written by legendary author Philip K. Dick which appeared in science fiction magazines from 1952 to 1955. The Philip K. Dick Collection is on sale now on many audiobook websites, but you can get this 10 hour 11 minute audiobook for only $7.97 when you use the promo code, sale, that’s, sale, lowercase letters only on https://lostscifi.com.Small Town first appeared in Amazing Stories magazine in May 1954. You’ll find our story on page 6, Small Town by Philip K. Dick…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The second of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The hardest part of the "preordained" thesis to grasp is that the thesis itself is part of what must and shall be. Will time travel cause the end of the human race? Or will it allow them to fix the future? Meddler by Philip K. Dick. Next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colonizing Mars was hell, because of one thing—large, hungry critters. They flew, crawled, snarled, howled, burrowed up under the floors, chewed at doors and windows. And then, to make things worse, came the Monster....Monster by William Morrison, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareWe’re thankful for you and every listener worldwide who enjoys The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast so to show our appreciation we’ve got a bonus episode for you in two days. Small Town by Philip K. Dick in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Today’s episode wraps up our Monster double feature. William Morrison, whose real name is Joseph Sammachson wrote 56 short stories in the 1950s. Monster, the 8th of those 56 stories, appeared in Planet Stories magazine in July 1951 alongside stories by Poul Anderson, Ross Rocklynne, James Blish, Mack Reynolds and a few others. You’ll find it for sale on eBay for 25 dollars. From page 27, Monster by William Morrison...In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The first of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The theme of “the man who played God” has been used many ways in many stories, but never with more tense and chilling effect than in this tight little yarn by the very able Mr. Dick. You’ll like it, we’re sure. Small Town by Philip K. Dick, in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Chaos a space-consuming creature reached slimy tentacles toward trembling planets. And no man of the old fighting breed remained on effete Earth to battle the invulnerable monster. The Monster That Threatened The Universe by Russ Winterbotham, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareIf the name Russ Winterbotham sounds familiar it’s because we’ve heard from him before. He wrote the story Three Spacemen Left To Die that can be heard on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast in Episode 14.Let’s turn to page 30 in the Spring 1941 issue of Planet Stories Magazine and enjoy The Monster That Threatened The Universe by Russ Winterbotham…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The second half of our Monster double feature, Colonizing Mars was hell, because of one thing—large, hungry critters. They flew, crawled, snarled, howled, burrowed up under the floors, chewed at doors and windows. And then, to make things worse, came the Monster....Monster by William Morrison. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was the last man on Earth, allright. But—was he still a man? Glow Worm by Harlan Ellison, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareYou can now buy all of our audiobooks on Spotify. The box set; 50 Vintage Sci-Fi short stories is available on Spotify for only $9.99. More than 27 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.99 now on Spotify.He was told he had no talent by a creative-writing professor at Ohio State University and then he went on to become one of the most prolific science fiction writers of all time having written more than 1700 short stories and articles, at least 100 books and dozens of screenplays and television scripts.Born in Cleveland Ohio in 1934 Harlan Ellison wrote what is regarded by many as the best episode of Star Trek, "The City on the Edge of Forever" and he hated it, because it was rewritten. It won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama on Television.At the Hugos he dedicated the award to “the memory of the script they butchered, and in respect to those parts of it that had the vitality to shine through the evisceration.”Ellison sold scripts to a lot of TV shows in the 60s, The Flying Nun, Burke's Law, Route 66, The Outer Limits, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Cimarron Strip, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.A word used frequently to describe Ellison was cantankerous. He was hired as a writer for Walt Disney Studios, but was fired on his first day after Roy O. Disney overheard him in the studio commissary joking about making a pornographic animated film featuring Disney characters. Ellison settled out of court over allegations that James Cameron had plagiarized elements of his work in writing the screenplay for The Terminator; and he once sent a dead gopher to a publisher who violated a clause in his contract.And then there was the time in the 60s he was nose to nose in an argument with Frank Sinatra which nearly led to physical blows. The altercation, which started when the always impeccably dressed Sinatra didn’t like the boots Ellison was wearing, was short, lasting only about 3 minutes before Ellison walked away. In 2013 Ellison admitted he kept the boots preserved in a plastic bag in his closet.Harlan Ellison was cantankerous; he was talented, and he wrote more than science fiction. He won 8 Hugo Awards, four Nebula Awards, two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and 5 Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers Association. A writer for more than 60 years Harlan Ellison died at his home in Los Angeles in 2018 at the age of 84.From the February 1956 edition of Infinity Science Fiction, Glow Worm by Harlan Ellison… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… From Chaos a space-consuming creature reached slimy tentacles toward trembling planets. And no man of the old fighting breed remained on effete Earth to battle the invulnerable monster. The Monster that Threatened the Universe by Russ Winterbotham.That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hank was spinning quite a space lie—something about earrings wearing their owners. The crew got a boot out of the yarn—until they got to thinking. And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareToday’s episode of the podcast marks the debut of Fredric Brown. Brown was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1906. At 18 he became an office worker and did that until he was 30, when he left to become a writer. His first science fiction short story appeared 5 years later in 1941. He won the “Edgar” award for Best First Mystery for “The Fabulous Clipjoint” in 1947 from the Mystery Writers of America.Fredric Brown wrote more than 300 short stories including some of the shortest science fiction short stories you’ll ever find. Many of them can be found in vintage science fiction magazines, in their entirety, on only one page. And The Gods Laughed isn’t a long story, but its longer than those one-page vignettes. Let’s go back in time 78 years and peruse the Spring 1944 edition of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 105 and enjoy And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown...Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Courage will be a big qualification for the pilot who flies the first moon rocket. But who decides if a man is brave—or a coward?...Journey For The Brave by Alan E. Nourse, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareDid you know we take requests? If you have a favorite vintage sci-fi short story, or a favorite author you’d like to hear on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.This is our third story on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast written by Alan Edward Nourse.If you are a fan of Apocalyptic science fiction you’ll enjoy The Fifty-Fourth of July, unusual title for sure, which can be found in Episode 5 and it’s one of my favorite stories. Wanderlust can be heard in Episode 14 along with Three Spacemen Left To Die! written by Russ Winterbotham.Today’s story, Journey For The Brave, appeared in the April 1954 offering from Ziff-Davis publishing’s Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy. You’ll find our story on page 78, Journey For The Brave by Alan E. Nourse…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Hank was spinning quite a space lie—something about earrings wearing their owners. The crew got a boot out of the yarn—until they got to thinking. And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prescott stood to make a young fortune if he could capture a martian zloor—dead or alive! Was there a catch to it? Only for the hunter!...A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareThanks for your comments, suggestions, emails and reviews! Dani from the UK said, “Thank you for the wonderful stories you bring so beautifully to life. Love your narration.” Thanks Dani! And Sleepy Williams said, “One of the best readers I’ve ever heard. Keep up the good work.” Thanks Sleepy! Send us an email if you like to scott@lostscifi.com. We look forward to hearing from you.This is our second story from Mack Reynolds on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Episode 9 featured Reynold’s story, The Martians and the Coys. Mack’s father, Verne La Rue Reynolds, twice ran for President of the United States. His father was the Socialist Labor Party Candidate in both 1928 and 1932.Although so far we’ve only narrated two Mack Reynolds sci-fi short stories we have plans to bring you many more including, Gun For Hire, The Galactic Ghost and Not In The Rules. Today’s story comes from the January 1954 edition of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy which is on sale now on eBay along with a paperback, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th series for $15.95. Let’s turn to page 92 and enjoy A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Courage will be a big qualification for the pilot who flies the first moon rocket. But who decides if a man is brave—or a coward?... That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.