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The Elf-Trap by Francis Stevens - Written by the Woman Who Invented Dark Fantasy
Episode 339
Silently it waited in a woodland glen, baited with dreams to tempt… the strange lost company that time had forgot. The Elf-Trap by Francis Stevens. T…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Incredible Slingshot Bombs by Robert Moore Williams
Episode 338
It was only a slingshot, but it hurled more death than a thousand-pound bomb. Where did Tommy Sonofagun get those deadly pellets? The Incredible Slin…
1 year, 6 months ago
Project Hush by William Tenn and Homesick by Lynn Venable - Two Stories from Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine
Episode 337
The biggest job in history and it had to be done with complete secrecy. It was—which was just the trouble! Project Hush by William Tenn and What thri…
1 year, 6 months ago
Goliah by Jack London - A Short Sci-Fi Story from 1908 published in The Red Magazine
Episode 336
What if a single mysterious figure could bring the world’s armies to their knees and reshape society overnight? A future where science becomes the ul…
1 year, 6 months ago
Captain Midas by Alfred Coppel
Episode 335
The captain of the Martian Maid stared avidly at the torn derelict floating against the velvet void. Here was treasure beyond his wildest dreams! How…
1 year, 6 months ago
F. O. B. Venus by Nelson S. Bond - Pulp Sci-Fi Short Story from 1939
Episode 334
Lancelot Biggs was perhaps the worst second mate Captain Hanson had ever shipped, and he was convinced of it when he ruined their cargo. But how dumb…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H.G. Wells - Short Story Published in 1898 in The Illustrated London News
Episode 333
What if you had the power to change reality with a single thought? An ordinary man discovers his limitless abilities—only to learn that absolute powe…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft - Cosmic Horror Weird Fiction from Amazing Stories in 1927
Episode 332
In 1927 Amazing Stories had this to say about our next episode, We could wax rhapsodical in our praise, as the story is one of the finest pieces of l…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Untouchable Adolescents by Harlan Ellison - Vintage Science Fiction from the 1950s
Episode 331
The aliens wouldn't accept help, though their world was about to explode. They were adolescents. Adolescence is the time when you aren't smart enough…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake - 1960s Classic Science Fiction
Episode 330
The men who did dangerous work had a special kind of insurance policy. But when somebody wanted to collect on that policy, the claims investigator su…
1 year, 7 months ago