Escape Pod 310: Flash Extravaganza
Jenna’s Clocks
By T. F. Davenport
Narrated by Jean Hilde-Fulghum
Wetware Woes
By J. J. DeBenedictis
Narrated by Mur Lafferty
End of the World or Not, I Still Have Feelings
By Daniel Morris
Narrated by Barry Haworth
The Best Cover Band in the Universe
By Andrew Fazzari
Narrated by John Anealio
Honorable Mention for the Escape Pod 2010 Flash Contest!
About the Authors
Daniel Morris
Daniel is a writer living in Los Angeles. He has written a horror/crime novel called THE CANAL, a sci-fi oddity called ROCKET, and last but not least, a sci-fi novel based on a short-lived TV show that very few people remember (called ANDROMEDA: THE BROKEN PLACES).
J. J. DeBenedictis
J. J. DeBenedictis has a master’s degree in physics, some decent skills as a visual artist, and can tell grand old stories about the days she used to rock climb.
T. F. Davenport
After a short foray into the great wide world—he has lived in Central Europe and in Turkey—T. F. Davenport has returned to the womb of university. He roams at large in the University of California system, studying linguistics and cognitive science. You can find his work in ChiZineand Greatest Uncommon Denominator.
About the Narrators
John Anealio
John Anealio writes songs about science fiction and fantasy. Alternate-tuned acoustic guitar picking, soaring synthesizers, and catchy pop hooks power his odes to androids, princesses, and vampires. He posts said songs, along with remixes and podcasts, as free MP3 downloads to his blog, http://scifisongs.blogspot.com/ every week (or so). Anealio’s ascent to Sci-Fi music super-stardom began on that fateful day when he composed a catchy tune to John DeNardo’s (SF Signal’s poet laureate) lyrical tribute to Summer Glau. The sheet music to his song “The Ballad of Wilson Cole” appears in the appendix of Mike Resnick’s novel: Starship: Flagship published by Pyr.
Barry Haworth
Barry Haworth works as a statistician for the Australian Taxation Office. He holds a Masters degree in Statistics. Outside of work he is a keen reader of science fiction and enjoys choral singing and taking part in amateur theatricals, having performed such roles as Prospero in The Tempest, Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, and Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley’s Ghost in two different versions of A Christmas Carol.
Barry has narrated episodes of Cast of Wonders, Escape Pod, Pod Castle and also the Cheap Astronomy podcast. He lives in Brisbane, Australia with his wife Sylvia, those of his children who haven’t left home yet, and whatever the current quota of pets is.
Mur Lafferty
An inaugural inductee of the Podcast Academy’s Hall of Fame, Mur Lafferty began podcasting in 2004 and later built her writing career from her work as a science fiction podcaster.
As of 2026, Mur has written ten novels, eight novellas, and one nonfiction book. Her work has ranged from Star Wars to superhero fiction to afterlife fiction to paranormal fantasy to space murder–plus one book supporting writers based on her award winning podcast.
After winning the 2013 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, her work has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Parsec, Philip K. Dick, Manly Wade Wellman, and Podcast Peer Awards. Her podcast Ditch Diggers, with Matt Wallace, won the 2018 Best Fancast Hugo Award.
As an editor, Mur was the first editor of Pseudopod and Mothership Zeta, and is currently the co-editor of Escape Pod (with Valerie Valdes), eight-time finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine.
Her nonfiction work has appeared in Knights of the Dinner Table, and on the podcast The Dragon Page. In 2014, she received an MFA in popular fiction from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine.
She lives in Durham, NC, with her husband. She likes video games, tabletop games, murder mysteries, and dogs.
