2026 Original Fiction

November 12, 2026

Escape Pod 1071: Hive Rules (Democratic Futures Month)

Author : Gregory Lomasney
Narrator : Matt Dovey
Host : Alasdair Stuart
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

October 29, 2026

Escape Pod 1069: I Was An Alien Love Machine

Author : D. H. Willison
Narrator : Scott Campbell
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

October 1, 2026

Escape Pod 1065: Sister Cities

Author : Marie Vibbert
Narrator : Torin Andrus
Host : Valerie Valdes
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

September 24, 2026

Escape Pod 1064: The Rewilding of Lot 4987

Author : Johnny Caputo
Narrator : Christiana Ellis
Host : Alasdair Stuart
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

September 17, 2026

Escape Pod 1063: Modern Birdwatching

Author : Jeff Soesbe
Narrator : Mur Lafferty
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

September 10, 2026

Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed

Author : Hans Ege Wenger
Narrator : Eric Valdes
Host : Tina Connolly
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

September 3, 2026

Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds

Author : Trae Hawkins
Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

August 20, 2026

Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels

Author : Kathleen Schaefer
Narrator : Heather Thomas
Host : Tina Connolly
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

July 16, 2026

Escape Pod 1054: Takahata-fudo

Author : Meridel Newton
Narrator : Alexandra Rose
Host : Tina Connolly
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

July 9, 2026

Escape Pod 1053: The Game of Possibilities

Author : Ethan Ham
Narrator : Elie Hirschman
Host : Alasdair Stuart
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

June 25, 2026

Escape Pod 1051: You Have Arrived at Your Destination

Author : Jo Miles
Narrator : Julia Rios
Host : Tina Connolly
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

June 18, 2026

Escape Pod 1050: Freebooter

Author : Sylvie Althoff
Narrator : Jess Lewis
Host : Valerie Valdes
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

May 14, 2026

Escape Pod 1045: The Graduates of Formost 891c

Author : Frank Baird Hughes
Narrator : Jairus Durnett
Host : Valerie Valdes
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

May 7, 2026

Escape Pod 1044: Rhona’s Tavern and Spacetime Portal

Author : S. L. Myers
Narrator : Dani Daly
Host : Alasdair Stuart
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

April 30, 2026

Escape Pod 1043: The Smokejumpers

Author : Sierra Bibi
Narrator : Laurice White
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

April 9, 2026

Escape Pod 1040: Gods and Spirits Our Witnesses

Author : Rio Lombana
Narrator : Hugo Jackson
Host : Valerie Valdes
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

March 26, 2026

Escape Pod 1038: Meet the Mets

Author : ace tilton ratcliff
Narrator : Jordan Kurella
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

February 26, 2026

Escape Pod 1034: “An Honour to be Nominated…”

Author : Jacob Seinemeier
Narrator : Elie Hirschman
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Summer Brooks

February 19, 2026

Escape Pod 1033: The Automatic Grocery Store

Author : G. M. Paniccia
Narrator : Christiana Ellis
Host : Valerie Valdes
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht

February 5, 2026

Escape Pod 1031: The Anatomy of Miracles (Flashback Friday)

Author : Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko
Narrators : David D. Levine and S.B. Divya
Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Tina Connolly
Audio Producers : Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht

January 29, 2026

Escape Pod 1030: The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On

Author : Rodrigo Culagovski
Narrator : Julia Rios
Host : Mur Lafferty
Audio Producer : Adam Pracht