You should vote for Escape Pod for best semiprozine! We will not use the trophy to fill the suspiciously rocket-shaped hole someone made in Engineering. Not even if it's the exact right size and shape.

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Don’t forget to cast your vote for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Did you know that voting on the entire Hugo Awards ballot is NOT required? Do you know films and video games, but not novels? Do you love art and graphic stories, but haven't read the novellas?

The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Fiction Podcast are: @bcsmagazine.bsky.social @escapepod.org @khoreo.bsky.social @lightspeedmagazine.com @nightmare-magazine.com

New Story! A brand-new and previously unpublished story from yours truly. Check it out! kevinwabaunsee.com/2026/05/27/n...

New Story: “The Dream of Life”

A robot in need of repair. A jaded repairman. A housewife forced into an impossible decision. A new story from Kevin Wabaunsee.

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Had a great time at the inaugural Genre Society Reading Series here in Chicago! Kudos to @jrblanes.bsky.social for putting together an awesome event — can't wait for the next one!

The Genre Society Inaugural Reading Event is Happening Tonight. Come Out For Trivia, Prizes, Beer, and Stories, Stories, Stories. #chicago #readingevent #indieauthors #indiebooks

I'm a Hugo finalist once again for my work at Escape Pod. Check out my thoughts on the honor, as well as a selection of my favorite stories we published in 2025 while I was assistant editor. Plus: why I think Escape Pod should be your pick for best semiprozine! kevinwabaunsee.com/2026/05/05/a...

A Hugo Finalist Once More

Escape Pod is a finalist for the 2026 Hugo Award for Semiprozine! And as one of the editors, that means that I, too, am once again a Hugo Finalist. According to the venerable Science Fiction Awards…

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I love strange facts, unusual history, and weird nature. This post has them all, with a bonus helping of unexpected etymology, as well. I promise that the origin of wood polish and sealing wax is way more interesting than it sounds! kevinwabaunsee.com/2026/05/02/l...

Lakh, Lac, and Shellac, Oh My!

I love seeing videos of people making things. There’s something fascinating and soothing about watching someone take raw materials and craft them into something beautiful and functional with …

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I'm officially stepping down as Assistant Editor at Escape Pod today. It's been an amazing experience, but I'm ready to try some new things. So, I'm relaunching my blog: thoughts on writing, strange facts, and maybe some beloved but unpublished trunk stories. kevinwabaunsee.com/2026/05/01/m...

Moving On and New Beginnings

Today’s a bit of a big day for me. As of this morning, I have stepped down as assistant editor at Escape Pod after nearly a decade, first as an author, then as associate editor (slush reader)…

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Things are always changing here at Escape Pod, and it's not just replacing the wires the trilobites chew on! Congratulations to new assistant editor Christine Amsden, who's stepping up to replace Kevin Wabaunsee, who's leaving the pod after many years in the editorial compartment.

A New XO Has the Deck | Escape Pod

Much as we would like to freeze our crew in cryo to preserve things as they are indefinitely, we have been advised that this would negatively impact ship operations. As a consequence…

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Escape Pod has again made the finalist roster for Best Semiprozine at the Hugo Awards. It is, as always, an incredible list of publications to be on, and it only scratches the surface of the robust, diverse scope of short fiction available today.

Best Semiprozine Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes, assistant editor Kevin Wabaunsee The Deadlands, art director Cory Skerry Best Poem “The World to Come” by Jennifer Hudak (Strange Horizons, Issue 22 December 2025)

We have SUCH an abundance of Viable Paradise workshop instructors and alumni on the Hugo nomination list this year. So. Exciting. Best Novella The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK) Best Novelette “Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)

Congratulations to all the finalists - and thank you for liking what we do enough to vote us there ourselves! You have no idea how happy you've made the trilobites. (We don't know either. They don't talk.)

LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo Awards Finalists

LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, announced the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards, the most prestigious honors for excellence in science fiction and fantasy, on April 21. First p…

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Hooray! Congrats to my @escapepod.org family! Hugo nominees once more!

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 6mo ago

(30/55) Best Semiprozine 🚀 [1 of 6] Escape Pod, editors @Mightymur.bsky.social and @valerievaldes.bsky.social, asst editors Kevin Wabaunsee & @phoebebarton.bsky.social, hosts @tinaconnolly.bsky.social & Alasdair Stuart alasdairstuart.com, producers Summer Brooks sliceofscifi.com, Adam Pracht, & team

Happy Birthday, Portraits of Decay. Today is release day. You’re birthed into the world for all to read.

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions! Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

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Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

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You could vote for Escape Pod maybe? 🚀

Seattle Worldcon 2025@seattlein2025.org · last yr.

Hugo Awards voting closes TOMORROW! Make sure your ballot is in before the deadline: Wednesday, July 23 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. There’s still time to weigh in on the best of science fiction and fantasy—don’t miss your chance! seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw... #HugoAwards #SeattleWorldcon2025

I had the honor of writing the 1,000th story to be featured on @escapepod.org I remember the very first episode of Escape Pod going live almost 20 years ago. We’ve both come a long way, and we’re both still here. My thanks to @mightymur.bsky.social @valerievaldes.bsky.social @escapeartists.net

Escape Pod@escapepod.org · last yr.

Sapients, behold: we've added an extra digit! Escape Pod episode ONE THOUSAND! Today we bring you "A Thousand Names for God and Infinite Mustard" by @mattfnwallace.bsky.social, a story about the age-old theme of finding God and what we're going to do to him once we find him.

Sapients, behold: we've added an extra digit! Escape Pod episode ONE THOUSAND! Today we bring you "A Thousand Names for God and Infinite Mustard" by @mattfnwallace.bsky.social, a story about the age-old theme of finding God and what we're going to do to him once we find him.

Escape Pod 1000: A Thousand Names for God and Infinite Mustard

Kimo found God hiding out inside a dark nebula in the MACS0416_Y1 galaxy. He trapped God in an empty mason jar and duct taped the lid shut. God was not happy about any of it. “I wasn’t ‘hiding out.’”…

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I'm ecstatic to announce the cover reveal of my debut novel, Portraits of Decay. www.einpresswire.com/article/8147... Pre-orders are available now from the Ruadán Books' website ruadanbooks.com/product/port... for a 30% discount. First 200 get a free exclusive art card. Order Now!

'Portraits of Decay' Cover Reveal and Pre-Orders Announced

Following up on our PR of April 1, 2025, Ruadán Books is delighted to share the cover for J.R. Blanes’ "Portraits of Decay." Pre-order now at ruadanbooks.com!

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Farewell, @premeemohamed.com, on whatever new adventures you may find yourself on! The trilobites have laid claim to your old lab, so don't worry about a thing! Now then, we just need to take this intruder we found skulking around to the airlock for a quick jettison, and-- what the intruder's WHAT

New Officer on the Bridge | Escape Pod

“Change is the essential process of all existence.” Or so Mr. Spock once said, and who are we to argue with that logic? Premee Mohamed is disembarking from our starship, and we wish her all the best…

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Today's the day! @escapepod.bsky.social is open to submissions! Don't forget to submit! We want to see your awesome, science-fiction short stories! We aim to provide personal feedback to the majority of our original short-fiction submissions. escapepod.org/guidelines/s...

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Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

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*whispers* vote for Escape Pod

Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures@glasgow2024.bsky.social · 3y ago

We are delighted to announce that the voting for the Hugo Awards 2024 is now open! You can find out more about eligibility and how to vote here: glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/... The deadline for voting for the Hugo Awards is Saturday the 20th of July at 20:17 GMT. (1/2)

Thanks also to our amazing publishers for all their support and hard work in making Escape Pod possible in the first place, our social media manager for spreading the word every week, and all the rest of the Escape Artists crew handling the money and tech and other essential behind the scenes stuff.

Escape Pod is a Hugo finalist! Enormous thanks to everyone who voted for us, but also to the authors who trusted their stories to us, the narrators and hosts who brought them to life, our audio producers who made them sound great, and our associate and assistant editors for their diligent curation.

Whoa, what a rush! Congratulations to all of this year's Hugo finalists!

Also gonna note that Escape Pod could have little a nomination, as a treat, along with me and Mur as editors!

Valerie Valdes@valerievaldes.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hugo nominations are open apparently! I have: -a novel -a novella -a novelette -a short story -a poem?? do Hugos do this, I think they don’t I feel both proud and weird for having some kind of pyramid of writing from large to small

Today's the day! @escapepod.bsky.social is open to submissions! On this auspicious occasion, I want to take an opportunity to thank our dedicated crew of Associate Editors. Without the tireless efforts of our first readers, Escape Pod wouldn't be possible. (thread) escapepod.org/our-staff/

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CO-EDITOR: Mur Lafferty (she/her) Mur Lafferty is an author and pioneer podcaster who has been involved with Escape Artists since nearly the beginning (after Serah Eley Fed-Ex'd brownies to her as a��...

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It's almost time! @escapepodcast reopens to submissions on September 1! Send us your science fiction short-story submissions. We are a Hugo-finalist, SFWA-qualifying market that publishes stories for free in audio & print! escapepod.org/guidelines/s...

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Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

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I'm the newest assistant editor at Escape Pod! I'm thrilled to join @premeemohamed.com as assistant editor (along with all-star co-editors @mightymur.bsky.social and @valerievaldes.bsky.social), but it's big shoes to fill, replacing @benckinney.bsky.social! escapepod.org/2023/08/14/a...