Escape Pod

Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Maxine Moore Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (Issue 172, January 2021), and is a finalist for the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Novella Philia, Eros, Storge, Agápe, Pragma (Part 1 of 4) By R.S.A. Garcia […] Source

Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story first appeared in World Science Fiction #2: Reloading the Future (July 2021) Anticipation of Hollowness by Renan Bernardo Having an obsolete best friend meant I had to put up with constant warnings about […] Source

Author : Ife J. Ibitayo Narrator : Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 833: The Heroine Kokofe is an Escape Pod original. Mild gore. The Heroine Kokofe By Ife J. Ibitayo Kokofe awoke an hour before dawn, crusty-eyed and groggy. She wobbled to her feet and […] Source

Author : Phoenix Alexander Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Valerie Valdes Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 832: Mouthfeel is an Escape Pod original. Mouthfeel by Phoenix Alexander 2050 After she left him, he found cells of hers between my bristles; grew a new her. But she wasn’t the same. […] Source

Author : Michelle Tang Narrator : Lalana Dara Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 831: Vi’Hun Heal is an Escape Pod original. Infertility and mild gore. Vi’hun Heal By Michelle Tang The entrance panels, currently assuming the appearance of Earthian saloon doors, slid open. I rippled a […] Source

Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie The Cat Lady and the Petitioner by Jennifer Hudak Laurie stands in front of a door. It’s old but solid, as many old things are. Whatever paint once covered it has long since worn away, and the wood […] Source

Author : Lia Swope Mitchell Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums “Rena in the Desert” was previously published in Asimov’s (March/April 2020) Contains harsh language Rena in the Desert by Lia Swope Mitchell It had to be a trick, Rena knew it. Even as […] Source

Author : Shari Paul Narrator : Mercerdes Modeste Host : Premee Mohamed Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 829: Wild Meat is an Escape Pod original. Hi folks! Our audience spans the globe, and this week’s author, narrator, and host are all from the Caribbean. We’re bringing you a hilarious story […] Source

Author : Maurice Broaddus Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums City of Refuge originally appeared in Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology, November 2020. Contains harsh language, violence, and drug use City of Refuge By Maurice Broaddus Hope was a fickle bitch. Mercurial and quixotic, […] Source

Author : Raymond Roach Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Escape Pod 827: The Wrong Side of the Sky is an Escape Pod original. Brief description of death and disposal of a body. The Wrong Side of the Sky By Raymond Roach There’s an old […] Source