http://escapepod.org The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from today's best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:05:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=7735 2005-2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 editor@escapepod.org (Mur Lafferty) editor@escapepod.org (Mur Lafferty) science fiction 1440 science fiction, sf, stories, audiobooks, storytelling, fiction, short fiction, short story The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from todayapos;s best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Mur Lafferty Mur Lafferty editor@escapepod.org No no http://escapepod.org/wp-content/images/pod-org-icon300.jpg http://escapepod.org 144 144 http://escapepod.org/2010/07/08/ep248-spar/ http://escapepod.org/2010/07/08/ep248-spar/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:01:40 +0000 Mur Lafferty http://escapepod.org/?p=672 http://escapepod.org/2010/07/08/ep248-spar/feed/ 0 22:59 By Kij Johnson. Read by: Kate Baker of Clarkesworld Magazine. Discuss on our forums. Originally published in: Clarkesworld -- Download and read the text. All stories by Kij Johnson. All ... By Kij Johnson. Read by: Kate Baker of Clarkesworld Magazine. Discuss on our forums. Originally published in: Clarkesworld -- Download and read the text. All stories by Kij Johnson. All stories read by Kate Baker. The alien is not humanoid. It is not bipedal. It has cilia. It has no bones, or perhaps it does and she cannot feel them. Its muscles, or what might be muscles, are rings and not strands. Its skin is the color of dusk and covered with a clear thin slime that tastes of snot. It makes no sounds. She thinks it smells like wet leaves in winter, but after a time she cannot remember that smell, or leaves, or winter. Its Ins and Outs change. There are dark slashes and permanent knobs that sometimes distend, but it is always growing new Outs, hollowing new Ins. It cleaves easily in both senses. It penetrates her a thousand ways. She penetrates it, as well. Rated X - Graphic language and sexual situations. Not for kids. Seriously. Show Notes: This particular story and narration were originally recorded by Kate Baker for Clarkesworld Magazine, and is used here with their expressed permission. Thanks very much to Baker and Clarkesworld. The Escape Pod Flash Contest is over! now check out the judging! Editor's note: Thanks so much to Dave Thompson and Peter Wood for taking on this project of securing all five Hugo stories during the hiatus of Escape Pod. Most of the work was done before I joined, and this wouldn't have happened without them stepping up. Next weekhellip; We're back to our regularly scheduled programming with a story from Heather Shaw! Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Featured,,Hugo,Awards,,Podcasts Kij Johnson no No http://escapepod.org/2009/10/01/ep218-ode-to-katan-amano/ http://escapepod.org/2009/10/01/ep218-ode-to-katan-amano/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:30:14 +0000 JeremyT http://escapepod.org/?p=484 http://escapepod.org/2009/10/01/ep218-ode-to-katan-amano/feed/ 0 26:16 by Caitlin R. Kiernan narrated by Kim the Comic Book Goddess No one hears when I ease the heavy steel door shut behind me. All the ears ... by Caitlin R. Kiernan narrated by Kim the Comic Book Goddess No one hears when I ease the heavy steel door shut behind me. All the ears in the darkened workshop, all those hundreds and hundreds of ears, but still no one hears a thing. And I stand there for a while, as unmoving as they, not exactly frightened and not exactly uncertain if I should see this through mdash; I think I stand there in reverence. I be-lieve thatrsquo;s the word that people use for what I feel in that moment, standing there alone, alone with that assembled crowd. Rated X for violence and strong sexual situations.nbsp; As Steve says in the intro, this one isn't for the kids. Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts,,Uncategorized Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2008/03/21/ep150-this-my-body/ http://escapepod.org/2008/03/21/ep150-this-my-body/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:51 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/2008/03/21/ep150-this-my-body/ http://escapepod.org/2008/03/21/ep150-this-my-body/feed/ 44 1:01:00 By Jeremiah Tolbert. Read by Stephen Eley. I am the lover. I am the chef. I am the preterite priest. I am the secret, unknowable ... By Jeremiah Tolbert. Read by Stephen Eley. I am the lover. I am the chef. I am the preterite priest. I am the secret, unknowable ingredient. You may taste me a thousand times, but never hold my essence on your tongue or capture it in your memory. I am the flavor of ecstasy. Taste me and know God. --Prayer of the Assaisonnement Saints Rated X. Contains graphic sexual and culinary scenes. Today's Sponsor: Infected by Scott Sigler Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts Jeremiah Tolbert no No http://escapepod.org/2007/10/04/ep126-the-sweet-sad-love-song-of-fred-and-wilma/ http://escapepod.org/2007/10/04/ep126-the-sweet-sad-love-song-of-fred-and-wilma/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:59:52 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=241 http://escapepod.org/2007/10/04/ep126-the-sweet-sad-love-song-of-fred-and-wilma/feed/ 19 44:00 By Nick Dichario and Mike Resnick. Read by Stephen Eley. Discuss on our forums. First appeared in Science Fiction Age, November 1994. All stories by Nick Dichario and Mike ... By Nick Dichario and Mike Resnick. Read by Stephen Eley. Discuss on our forums. First appeared in Science Fiction Age, November 1994. All stories by Nick Dichario and Mike Resnick. All stories read by Stephen Eley. So there you have him, Frederick Bannister, tripping across the highways and byways of of life, stubbing a toe here, bruising an elbow there, spilling this, dropping that, and managing to make it to the halfway point without too many major accomplishments or disasters. And what of Wilma? She possessed massive storage capacity, and no fourth-level equation, no matter how complex, was beyond her, but whether she was bright or merely well programmed is a moot point. Or at least it was in the beginning. Rated X. Contains explicit sex of several kinds. Not recommended for younger audiences. Referenced Books: A Small and Remarkable Life by Nick DiChario Magic Feathers: The Mike and Nick Show, by Nick DiChario and Mike Resnick Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2007/05/03/ep104-lust-for-learning/ http://escapepod.org/2007/05/03/ep104-lust-for-learning/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 03:55:26 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=214 http://escapepod.org/2007/05/03/ep104-lust-for-learning/feed/ 33 44:14 By Pete Butler. Read by cunning minx (of Polyamory Weekly) and Stephen Eley. Musical guest: "First of May," written by Jonathan Coulton and performed by many podcasters ... By Pete Butler. Read by cunning minx (of Polyamory Weekly) and Stephen Eley. Musical guest: "First of May," written by Jonathan Coulton and performed by many podcasters for the Joe Murphy Memorial Fund. Yet Mme. Theuret's word-of-mouth reputation was to die for. Both the official feedback data and the school's on-line forums placed her among Wilhelm U's most popular instructors. It was a matter of technique. Wilhelm U was awash in eye candy, but Monique's pitch-perfect mastery of lascivious restraint was something else entirely. All thirty-eight of her new students--she'd have wagered a month's salary that not a soul had skipped this class--now looked at her with naked desire, even though she'd merely introduced herself. She remained silent to let the anticipation build a bit, to inform them they were now at her mercy. "Welcome," she finally said, "to Computer Science 338, Artificial Intelligence." Rated X. Contains explicit sexual description, sexual innuendo, sexual themes -- and some sex. Referenced Sites: Joe Murphy Memorial Fund Jonathan Coulton Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2006/03/02/ep043-little-worker/ http://escapepod.org/2006/03/02/ep043-little-worker/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:00:02 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=105 http://escapepod.org/2006/03/02/ep043-little-worker/feed/ 17 00:01:01 By Paul Di Filippo. Read by Jonathon Sullivan. At home, Little Worker could do pretty much as she pleased, as long as she was there should Mister ... By Paul Di Filippo. Read by Jonathon Sullivan. At home, Little Worker could do pretty much as she pleased, as long as she was there should Mister Michael need her. At the office--and in other public places--she had to be more circumspect and diligent. Little Worker was on duty her, in a way that was more intense than behind the electrified fence and active sensors of the estate. (Once, one of the men at the Training School had said: "Little Worker, you are the most diligent companion I've ever trained." The men of the school had been nice, in their stern way. But no one was like Mister Michael.) Today, however, Little Worker's mind was not on her work. Rated X. Contains sex, violence, domestic slavery, and furries you don't want to mess with. Referenced sites: Voices: New Media Fiction Girl Genius Radio Theatre The Podcast Pedant Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2006/02/02/ep039-my-friend-is-a-lesbian-zombie/ http://escapepod.org/2006/02/02/ep039-my-friend-is-a-lesbian-zombie/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:40:02 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=97 http://escapepod.org/2006/02/02/ep039-my-friend-is-a-lesbian-zombie/feed/ 24 00:01:01 By Eugie Foster. Read by the Word Whore (of Air Out My Shorts). I don't know how it happened. I'm the last person I'd go to ... By Eugie Foster. Read by the Word Whore (of Air Out My Shorts). I don't know how it happened. I'm the last person I'd go to if I were a zombie; I'm not into the occult thing at all. But I was the only friend Mandy had in this city, so she came to me with her sob story. Lucky me. So there she was, kicked back in my bed, having herself a good, long cry and I was stuck with her, wondering how long until she began stinking. That was really unfair of me, I know, but there was a goddamn walking, talking corpse snuggled up in my good sheets and I was a little concerned about it. Rated X. Contains profanity, sexual situations, and the undead, in various combinations. Referenced sites: The Sci Phi Show Tangent Short Fiction Review The Town Drunk Radio A.D.D. Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No http://escapepod.org/2005/09/22/ep020-the-burning-bush/ http://escapepod.org/2005/09/22/ep020-the-burning-bush/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:43:19 +0000 SFEley http://escapepod.org/?p=61 http://escapepod.org/2005/09/22/ep020-the-burning-bush/feed/ 10 00:01:01 By Jennifer Pelland. Read by Deborah Green. I did the sensible thing. I screamed and ran to the bathroom, where I started tossing cups of water ... By Jennifer Pelland. Read by Deborah Green. I did the sensible thing. I screamed and ran to the bathroom, where I started tossing cups of water on my crotch in the hopes of extinguishing the flames. My boyfriend ran in behind me, started the shower up, and tossed me into the freezing water. But the fire continued to rage, despite the dousing. At that point, I realized that I wasn't actually in any pain. I stepped out of the stream of water, teeth still chattering, and held my hand in the blue flames. "This should hurt," I said. Rated X. For blasphemy and anatomy. Really. Referenced sites: I Should Be Writing Dag Viggo Lokradic;prod;en Erotica,-,NOT,FOR,KIDS,,Podcasts Mur Lafferty no No