Escape Pod
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Hugo-nominated science fiction podcast magazine. New stories every week in audio and text. Find us wherever you get your podcasts!
Mellow greetings, sapients! Do you like genetic engineering? How about woolly mammoths? Have you ever considered that they're two great concepts that concept great together? See how in "Woolly" by @carrievaughnco.bsky.social!
Escape Pod 1056: Woolly
At five a.m., Joy got a call from the truck stop off the freeway east of the city. Wasn’t the first time. “Did it get dumped? Did it get loose from a truck?” Joy asked. “I don’t know…
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Hello, sophonts! This week we've got a flashback for you on this Flashback Friday: "Impossibility Crow" by @remymura.bsky.social. It's got violence and swears, so you know it's not one of those stories that doesn't have those!
Escape Pod 1055: Impossibility Crow (Flashback Friday)
The Kingdom Coffee Missionary Handbook tells Paulo that he should always put his guns away during a door approach. He’s heard this hundreds of times before, but the Handbook speaks with a voice of…
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Mellow endweek, sophont observers! Today we bring you a story of post-apocalyptic Japan, but not one of those Mad Max apocalypses, in "Takahata-fudo" by Meridel Newton. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1054: Takahata-fudo
If you walk far enough along the old Keio line rail tracks to the west of the crumbling city, you eventually reach a steep hillside covered in blue and purple flowers, host to a beautiful wreck of a…
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This is now posted! Please ask things!
From the Fantasy community on Reddit: I'm Phoebe Barton, Hugo-finalisted editor and also writer -- AMA!
Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community
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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳@phoebebarton.bsky.social · 3w agoI forgot to mention this earlier, but I'm doing an AMA on r/fantasy tomorrow as part of being part of the Hugo-nominated Escape Pod team. I encourage you to consider question-asking!
Merry Friday, sophonts! This week we have a fresh original for you, full of games: "The Game of Possibilities" by Ethan Ham. Deja vu is also possible!
Escape Pod 1053: The Game of Possibilities
It was Emmett’s first tournament, so his dad had to pay for an American Gata Association membership in addition to the entry fee. At the registration table, Emmett was given a lanyard printed with his...
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AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:
Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere
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Ahoy there, sophonts! We're totally not late announcing our latest story, because it's a Flashback Friday and this is Friday, see? This week we flash back to the intensity of "When We Fall" by @kameronhurley.com. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1052: When We Fall (Flashback Friday)
I don’t remember the first time I was abandoned and forgotten, but I have told the story of the second time so often that when the memory boils up it feels hot and gummy, like the air that day.
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Closes tomorrow at midnight ET! Don't wait, other time zones...
Escape Pod@escapepod.org · last mo.And remember, our "Democratic Futures" special submissions call is open! In short, we're looking for original and reprint science fiction stories relating to the theme of the future of democracy. Submissions run until June 30 - only days remain!
Good day, sapient observers! This week we've got a fresh original for you, and it starts with an accident: "You Have Arrived at Your Destination" by @jomiles.bsky.social. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1051: You Have Arrived at Your Destination
It starts with an accident. A dreary day, the road slick with rain. Emily’s letting the car’s auto-drive do the work because she’s brain-fried and exhausted, eyes glazed over from the weekday grind.
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You haven't LIVED until you've heard robots talk like pirates.
Escape Pod@escapepod.org · 2mo agoAhoy, qualia-possessing sophonts! Are you ready for some hard truths? Then check out today's original, "Freebooter" by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social, and see why "oppressed" and "oppressor" are not mutually exclusive!
A VERY GOOD BOY DESERVING OF LACTOSE-FREE FROZEN YOGURT
Ahoy, qualia-possessing sophonts! Are you ready for some hard truths? Then check out today's original, "Freebooter" by @sylvie-althoff.bsky.social, and see why "oppressed" and "oppressor" are not mutually exclusive!
Escape Pod 1050: Freebooter
The pirate bot was easy to miss. Squatting against a wall on the periphery of the Saint-Denis Heritage Market, it looked like an ordinary if outmoded HomeBot—a Gen One, the skinny bipedal kind that…
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Don't forget: our "Democratic Futures" special submissions call is still open! We're looking for original and reprint science fiction stories relating to the theme of the future of democracy. Submissions run until June 30!
Special submissions call: Democratic Futures | Escape Pod
Democracy isn’t a new concept, but its parts and parameters have shifted across the centuries. Cultural changes and technological advancements have impacted how it is perceived and how it functions.
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I'm really enjoying this story about an older Indian man and the robotic caretaker sent by his son. Immaculately captures the vibes: "Even if it wasn't human, the slightest presence in your space that wasn't you pushed you around one way or another."
Escape Pod@escapepod.org · 2mo agoMellow salutations, sophonts! Today we've come to bring you "Amrit" by @kirsphere.bsky.social. Check it out!
Don't forget: our "Democratic Futures" special submissions call is still open! We're looking for original and reprint science fiction stories relating to the theme of the future of democracy. Submissions run until June 30!
Special submissions call: Democratic Futures | Escape Pod
Democracy isn’t a new concept, but its parts and parameters have shifted across the centuries. Cultural changes and technological advancements have impacted how it is perceived and how it functions.
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Mellow salutations, sophonts! Today we've come to bring you "Amrit" by @kirsphere.bsky.social. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1049: Amrit
The doorbell rang as Fox Singh lay staring into the plumbing under the kitchen sink. “Go away!” He wasn’t expecting anybody, and if any of his neighbors ever rang, it was only to complain about the…
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EXCUSE ME I SEE YOU ARE HAVING YOUR DINNER WHERE IS MINE PLEASE
apparently the original post i made with this story didn’t include the link so i’m reposting both for pride month and so i can pin it 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Escape Pod@escapepod.org · 4mo agoStep right up and greet this week's story, sapients on the street - you're guaranteed to have the time of your life! We've got ourselves a ball tale, "Meet the Mets" by @mortuaryreport.bsky.social. Feel free to holler and cheer!
Hey, that's us! Thank you, and congratulations to all the other finalists!
The Ignyte Awards@theignyteawards.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Fiction Podcast are: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social @escapepod.org @khoreo.bsky.social @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com
Greetings, sophonts! Do you know what's rad? Libraries! Do you know what's less rad? Apocalypses! Luckily for you all, today will show you they're two great concepts that concept great together in "The Library of the Apocalypse" by @rati.bsky.social.
Escape Pod 1048: The Library of the Apocalypse
Hunter’s Moon rises fat and golden over the burned-out husk of the CN Tower. Excitement ripples through us, making us forget, for the moment, the hunger that gnaws our insides. The sign for the…
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Mere hours remain!
Valerie Valdes@valerievaldes.bsky.social · 2mo agoCasual reminder that @escapepod.org closes for the summer at the end of May! You've got one more day to drop your story in the pneumatic tube and launch it into our portal. Our Democratic Futures submission window, however, will remain open longer. escapepod.org
Good news, sophont friends! It's been a week, so part two of two of "EDIE" by James Dick is now available for your experiential experience.
Escape Pod 1047: EDIE (Part 2 of 2)
EDIE was a smart machine, but every machine, no matter how smart, was prone to mistakes. She made a life-threatening mistake by continuing to channel power to the absent melt probe. It wasn’t her…
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Escape Pod@escapepod.org · 3mo agoMellow greetings, sapient observers! This week we've got part one of a two-parter for your attention: "EDIE" by James Dick. And here I thought all these worlds were ours *except* Europa...
Congratulations to @esther-alter.bsky.social, whose Escape Pod original story "Magical Girl Antifa War Machine" was just now recognized as a Notable Story by Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026! If you haven't read it, you totally should!
Escape Pod@escapepod.org · last yr.Don't look away, sapients. Trans people are facing fresh threats of terror and genocide today thanks to the US government. Our latest original, "Magical Girl Antifa War Machine" by @esther-alter.bsky.social, is in part a story of trans vengeance. So observe. Consider. Act.
Fellow magazine Anathema is less than a hundred bucks (US) from their goal! Check them out!
Anathema Magazine@anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 4mo agoAnd… Anathema’s Kickstarter is live! Please read, donate & share to increase our reach! We’re excited to bring more speculative fiction, poetry and nonfiction by queer writers of color into the world! Our fundraiser is scheduled to run through the end of May: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ana...
Mellow greetings, sapient observers! This week we've got part one of a two-parter for your attention: "EDIE" by James Dick. And here I thought all these worlds were ours *except* Europa...
Escape Pod 1046: EDIE (Part 1 of 2)
High above Europa, a lonely traveller reached the end of her journey. A spacecraft the size of a school bus, with two solar panels like giant silicon wings, slipped into orbit above Jupiter’s ice…
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Howdy, sapient observers! Today we've got a bright new original for you, looking at interstellar flight in a fresh way: "The Graduates of Formost 891c" by @cultureworrier.bsky.social. My god, it's full of Texas...
Escape Pod 1045: The Graduates of Formost 891c
They say that in Texas, the best jobs go to the best citizens. The goal is national full employment. And everyone, no matter their work history, has their place in this great plan. “You want me to…
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