Archives for the 'Flash' Category
EP Flash: Slicing
Published on 11 Jul 2005 at 11:14 pm.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Stephen Eley.
The fact is, almost any new knife can cut through an aluminum can and then slice a tomato with equal ease. Don’t believe me, buy a new cheap knife and try it yourself. The pitch man hacks through a tree branch. He cuts a radiator hose. And this ho-hum humbug works. If he hammered a nail with his shoe people would buy nine pair, as long as they came with a free shoehorn and an extra pair of laces.
EP Flash: Ubiquitous
Published on 28 Jun 2005 at 12:15 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated R.
By Douglas Triggs.
Read by Stephen Eley.
The clicks and squeals in his head subsided. No one else could understand them except him. No one else could even hear them. But they’d always been there, ever since he could remember. They hadn’t meant anything at first, not until he was older, well into his teenage years. They said terrible things — disturbing things — but still he could ignore them, even if he didn’t dare tell anyone about them.
Rated R. Contains violent themes and images.
EP Flash: Airedale
Published on 20 Jun 2005 at 11:21 pm.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Anna Eley.
I never doubted Dolly would place high. Best of Breed at the very least. When it came to official conformation standards, my Airedale bitch made other dogs look like pigs and weasels.
EP Flash: Strange Girlfriend
Published on 14 Jun 2005 at 1:20 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
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-->By Scott Janssens.
Read by Stephen Eley.
“Would you notice if I was replaced by an alien?” your girlfriend Heather asks over her Greek salad.
You’ve been dating for eight months. Surprises in the relationship are rare now, but this catches you completely off guard. “What?” you say.
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EP Flash: Oasis
Published on 6 Jun 2005 at 1:36 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Stephen Eley.
You turn a lever that pops open the cover of the control pad. There’s a big red button labeled OPEN AIRLOCK. You jab it. Then you jab the CONFIRM button. Then you push the handle thing, and it’s all over.
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Note: This piece marks the debut of Escape Pod’s flash fiction — very short stories that will be released between our weekly issues on an irregular basis. We chose “Oasis” as our first because, well, it’s about an escape pod. One can even imagine our logo image as the illustration for this story.
