Podcast Episodes

The Gifts of Asti, by Andre Norton

Season 2 Episode 116

She was the last priestess of Asti, and the barbarians were approching. She had no choice but to escape to the surface world, taking with her the gifts of Asti. She wasn't to know, however, that one …

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The Shrine, by Walt Sheldon

Season 2 Episode 115

All Ed Blair wanted was a fluff piece, a brightener for page two of the Tokyo Tribune, for which he was a reporter. His Editor, Murdock, had heard stories of the 'magic tricks' that the monks of the …

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The Autumn After Next, by Margaret St Clair

Season 2 Episode 114

Being a wizard missionary to the Free'l needed more than magic—it called for a miracle!

Today's story is The Autumn After Next, by Margaret St Clair. It appeared in the January 1960 issue of Worlds o…

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The Maugham Obsession, By August Derleth

Season 2 Episode 113

All inventors seek success. Some few achieve it. And now and then a Quintus Maugham is a bit too successful for his own health.

"The Maugham Obsession" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," June-July 195…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

First Contact, by Murray Leinster

Season 2 Episode 112

An expedition from Earth had gone to investigate the Crab Nebula. And—an expedition from Somewhere was already there! Now what is a spaceship skipper to do under such circumstances? Lead the possibly…

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If The Sun Died, by R F Starzl

Season 2 Episode 111

The human race has deteriorated, and will die when the machines that have kept them alive in Subterannea for tens of millennia after the supposed death of the Sun eventually stop working. But there a…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Deadly Decoy, by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett

Season 2 Episode 110

Agent Cameron had the unenviable task of protecting the Galactic Capitol building from the Damakoi, fanatical beings 70 percent of whom hated the Galactic Federation and all it stood for. And now he …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

An Eye for the Ladies, by Stephen Marlowe

Season 2 Episode 95

You're a detective and you have an assignment to find a client's wife. This good-time gal has found herself a nicer body and is masquerading as some other fellow's wife. So how can you find her? Simp…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury

Season 2 Episode 108

The Rocket was ready to take the first intrepid pioneers to the Moon. But the world's excitement turned to hate when William Stanley, president of the company that had built the Rocket, canceled the …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Man who Knew Everything, by Randall Garrett

Season 2 Episode 107

Pst! This is top secret. Don't let it get around, but we've got the Russians right where we want them. They haven't got a secret left to their name. We know every detail. You see, the Russians were p…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago