by Rachel Swirsky.
Read by Ann Leckie.
Whatever the midwife told you, it’s not true.
I cannot walk through walls. I cannot conjure a chicken and make it dance or start a fire with my fingers. I cannot shape familiars from fog or examine entrails to see if a man will die. I cannot resurrect your son.
Rated PG.
By Katherine Sparrow.
Read by Rachel Swirsky.
All stories by Katherine Sparrow
All stories read by Rachel Swirsky
“Junk DNA? I’ll junk your DNA!” Sofia glared at Zorg.
“Apologies. It is only, don’t you find it interesting? Most of it is unused–“
“Junk? You supercilious aliens come to Earth to rein snottiness on us lowly humans? How sublime. I suppose your DNA is full of Porsches?”
Rated PG.
By Anna Schwind
Read by Ann Leckie
When Chasca turned eleven, her father took her to a ship farm, to choose her vessel. She stood on the observation deck, evaluating the herd. Chasca selected the farthest ship. It faced away from the others and bumped the edges of the corral. She understood.
Rated G.
by Jared Axelrod (of The Voice of Free Planet X).
Read by Mike Swirsky.
I remember your touch, your taste, the way your mouth curled slightly when you said my name.
Rated PG.
By J. R. Blackwell.
Read by Rachel Swirsky (of PodCastle).
He smelled like new cars and cologne, he moved with a measured rhythm. His mouth tasted like mint toothpaste. She looked over his shoulder through the white light of the window. She was sweating into her sheets, her breath silent, and her lips thin and tight.
Rated R. Contains sex and melancholia.
By Gideon Fostick.
Read by Dave Leckie.
Bill had no heart for this Karakuri, left behind in the empty house when his love had gone. Small and exquisite, propped at an angle on the tatami floor mat, it was the toughest puzzle he’d known.
Rated PG. Contains puzzles.
by Rachel Swirsky
read by Ann Leckie
Summers, I sleep on rooftops. Under smokestacks, beside stairs, in the sudden green of precarious gardens.
Rated PG. Contains mythical figures.
by Gideon Fostick.
Read by Lyle Merithew.
Escape Pod sends its congratulations to Gideon Fostick for winning first place in the Escape Pod flash fiction contest for stories under 300 words.
Professor Seiferd materialized in full command of his faculties. He oriented immediately on the white cliffs of Dover, towering over the English Channel. He felt the weight of his mission: he must answer the question that was vital to the Fatherland.
Rated G. Contains Nazis.
Folks:
Summary first. Escape Pod is going to miss its weekly releases for the remainder of November. We will resume in December, probably the first week.
Now the explanation.
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