Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTony Ballantyne | A Pound of Darkness, a Quarter of Dreams
There was something sinister about the representative’s perfection. The oiled and combed dark hair, the even white teeth, the polished fingernails. H…
8 years, 3 months ago
Timothy Mudie | An Ever-Expanding Flash of Light
“Ladies and gentlemen, everyone you know---the entire world you know---is now dead.” Murmurs ripple through the assembled cadets. Not because they’re…
8 years, 4 months ago
Jaymee Goh | The Last Cheng Beng Gift
There was definitely something to be said about being Mrs. Lim, even into the Underworld: something about comfort, something about privilege, somethi…
8 years, 4 months ago
Bruce McAllister | Ink
The American boy, whose name was David, had always collected things. Coins, minerals, seashells, insects, and even house-brand bars of soap from hote…
8 years, 4 months ago
Christopher East | An Inflexible Truth
As the commuter jet descended toward the ruins of Las Vegas, Roland Zhang craned his neck at the window, watching the skeleton towers grow nearer. Bi…
8 years, 5 months ago
Susan Palwick | The Shining Hills
“Are you all right?” The voice, sharp and worried, shot out of the pocket of shadow to her left. Startled, she turned and found herself blinking at a…
8 years, 5 months ago
Ashok K. Banker | Tongue
Namaste, helloji, please to come in. First time visit, so nice you came. Thank you for removing gravity shoes. Please be comfortable, no formality. I…
8 years, 5 months ago
Debbie Urbanski | How to Find a Portal
I remember as children we were warned about the women who drove the unmarked white vans that circled around our neighborhood during those long hot su…
8 years, 5 months ago
E. Catherine Tobler | Mix Tapes From Dead Boys
The derelict hangs in Neptune’s blue orbit, a chip of shadowy flint from a distance. Up close, it’s old and rusting, myriad old systems cobbled toget…
8 years, 5 months ago
Alvaro Zinos-Amaro | A Touch of Heart
Many years ago, in Shangdong Province, there lived an unfortunate farmer by the name of Dou Zhuo. Like most of us who walk this teeming Earth, he was…
8 years, 6 months ago