Escape Pod
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Hugo-nominated science fiction podcast magazine. New stories every week in audio and text. Find us wherever you get your podcasts!
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My Nebula Finalist novelette is (~33%) up and ready for your audio enjoyment at Escape Pod! Delighted to get to share this one with you again 💜👻🪐
Greetings, sapients, and welcome to 2026! No Y2K compliance bugs have been reported, so please enjoy part one of three (3!) of "What Any Dead Thing Wants" by @aimeeogdenwrites.com.
Escape Pod 1026: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 1 of 3)
The third week of a planetary exorcism is the hardest—at least if the planet in question has megafauna to deal with. Enthusiasm wanes even faster on worlds that never evolved past microbes.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
My Nebula Finalist novelette is (~33%) up and ready for your audio enjoyment at Escape Pod! Delighted to get to share this one with you again 💜👻🪐
Greetings, sapients, and welcome to 2026! No Y2K compliance bugs have been reported, so please enjoy part one of three (3!) of "What Any Dead Thing Wants" by @aimeeogdenwrites.com.
Escape Pod 1026: What Any Dead Thing Wants (Part 1 of 3)
The third week of a planetary exorcism is the hardest—at least if the planet in question has megafauna to deal with. Enthusiasm wanes even faster on worlds that never evolved past microbes.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Greetings, sapients, and welcome to 2026! No Y2K compliance bugs have been reported, so please enjoy part one of three (3!) of "What Any Dead Thing Wants" by @aimeeogdenwrites.com.
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Merry greetings, sophonts! This year our publication schedule fell on the Earth holiday known as Christmas, so please enjoy the relevant story "Samantha’s Diary" by Diana Wynne Jones.
Escape Pod 1025: Samantha’s Diary (Flashback Friday)
Recorded on BSQ SpeekEasi Series 2/89887BQ and discovered in a skip in London’s Regent Street. December 25th 2233 Tired today and having a lazy time. Got back late from Paris last night from Mother’s…
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December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Merry greetings, sophonts! This year our publication schedule fell on the Earth holiday known as Christmas, so please enjoy the relevant story "Samantha’s Diary" by Diana Wynne Jones.
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Are you interested in supporting Escape Pod on Patreon? Good news! If you're a new or renewing subscriber, you can use the code "2025YEC" to get a 10% discount on a first month or annual subscription for 2026! Check it out!
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December 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Are you interested in supporting Escape Pod on Patreon? Good news! If you're a new or renewing subscriber, you can use the code "2025YEC" to get a 10% discount on a first month or annual subscription for 2026! Check it out!
Are you interested in supporting Escape Pod on Patreon? Good news! If you're a new or renewing subscriber, you can use the code "2025YEC" to get a 10% discount on a first month or annual subscription for 2026! Check it out!
Get more from Escape Artists Foundation on Patreon
Bringing free and accessible short fiction to a global audience
www.patreon.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Are you interested in supporting Escape Pod on Patreon? Good news! If you're a new or renewing subscriber, you can use the code "2025YEC" to get a 10% discount on a first month or annual subscription for 2026! Check it out!
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Well Fiasco am ALSO on Chrismus blanket so now everybody haves to say "OH ISN'T HIM HAMSOME" instead of horrible babby, right
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Well Fiasco am ALSO on Chrismus blanket so now everybody haves to say "OH ISN'T HIM HAMSOME" instead of horrible babby, right
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I put a BLANKIE on the KITTEN
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I put a BLANKIE on the KITTEN
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MAY YOUR DAYS BE COZY AND NICE
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
MAY YOUR DAYS BE COZY AND NICE
Merry greetings, sophonts! This year our publication schedule fell on the Earth holiday known as Christmas, so please enjoy the relevant story "Samantha’s Diary" by Diana Wynne Jones.
Escape Pod 1025: Samantha’s Diary (Flashback Friday)
Recorded on BSQ SpeekEasi Series 2/89887BQ and discovered in a skip in London’s Regent Street. December 25th 2233 Tired today and having a lazy time. Got back late from Paris last night from Mother’s…
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December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Merry greetings, sophonts! This year our publication schedule fell on the Earth holiday known as Christmas, so please enjoy the relevant story "Samantha’s Diary" by Diana Wynne Jones.
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contract is signed! my sci-fi story, milt, from the bsfa's Fission #5 anthology, will be "reprinted" by @escapepod.org in audio 🎧 in January 2026.
it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️
it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
contract is signed! my sci-fi story, milt, from the bsfa's Fission #5 anthology, will be "reprinted" by @escapepod.org in audio 🎧 in January 2026.
it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️
it is, incidentally, the horniest story I've ever published. gender essentialism comes here to die. ✌️
Relevant greetings, sapients! It's not even Friday, and yet we're giving you a flashback: "Some Things I Should Probably Have Mentioned Earlier" by @laurasbadideas.bsky.social, read LIVE at the 2018 Worldcon! Remember what things were like, seven years ago?
Escape Pod 1024: Some Things I Should Probably Have Mentioned Earlier (LIVE) (Flashback)
Dear Kevin, I’m sorry I waited so long to tell you this, but I really hate your vacation cabin. Everything about it creeps me out. The sound of crickets at night makes my skin crawl.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Relevant greetings, sapients! It's not even Friday, and yet we're giving you a flashback: "Some Things I Should Probably Have Mentioned Earlier" by @laurasbadideas.bsky.social, read LIVE at the 2018 Worldcon! Remember what things were like, seven years ago?
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Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
Escape Pod absolutely does not accept AI submissions. Any such submissions will be eaten by the trilobites.
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Escape Pod absolutely does not accept AI submissions. Any such submissions will be eaten by the trilobites.
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May all our friends who celebrate The Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe have a joyful, centered, and peaceful celebration 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇪🇨 🇬🇹
Watch out for each other.
Que la bendición nos acompañe a todos bajo la luz de Nuestra Señora. ¡Celebremos con alegría!
Feliz Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe.
Watch out for each other.
Que la bendición nos acompañe a todos bajo la luz de Nuestra Señora. ¡Celebremos con alegría!
Feliz Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe.
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
May all our friends who celebrate The Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe have a joyful, centered, and peaceful celebration 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇪🇨 🇬🇹
Watch out for each other.
Que la bendición nos acompañe a todos bajo la luz de Nuestra Señora. ¡Celebremos con alegría!
Feliz Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe.
Watch out for each other.
Que la bendición nos acompañe a todos bajo la luz de Nuestra Señora. ¡Celebremos con alegría!
Feliz Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe.
Ahoy, sapient observers and everyone else! It's the 53rd anniversary of the last crewed lunar landing, so a highly appropriate time to experience "Mackson’s Mardi Gras Moon Race" by @daviddegraff.bsky.social. And how about all those Ms, what?
Escape Pod 1023: Mackson’s Mardi Gras Moon Race
Turtles were built for short-haul Lunar prospecting, not treks across the entire face of the Moon, but back in 2043 João Silva Henrique, desperate to celebrate Carnaval, drove a turtle from Amundsen…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ahoy, sapient observers and everyone else! It's the 53rd anniversary of the last crewed lunar landing, so a highly appropriate time to experience "Mackson’s Mardi Gras Moon Race" by @daviddegraff.bsky.social. And how about all those Ms, what?
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WHEN YOUR HUMAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO GO IN BUT GRAVITY HAS SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY INCREASED UPON YOU
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
WHEN YOUR HUMAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO GO IN BUT GRAVITY HAS SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY INCREASED UPON YOU
Greetings, sapients! Have you ever thought so hard about doing a thing you forgot that you didn't actually do it? That's precisely why I'm posting this announcement of Part 2 of "Butter Side Down" by Kal M now, rather than yesterday. Learn from me, and don't forget to experience this story!
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Greetings, sapients! Have you ever thought so hard about doing a thing you forgot that you didn't actually do it? That's precisely why I'm posting this announcement of Part 2 of "Butter Side Down" by Kal M now, rather than yesterday. Learn from me, and don't forget to experience this story!
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No leggys no problems
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
No leggys no problems
Good morning/afternoon/evening, sapients! No matter what time it is where you are, the truth is that it's time for a new story and this week we bring you part 1 of Butter Side Down by Kal M. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1021: Butter Side Down (Part 1 of 2)
DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CASE FILE 10023869 UNITED INTERGALACTIC SPACE COUNCIL OF FREE SENTIENT PERSONS (PLAINTIFF) VS HUMAN JOSEPH SMITH (DEFENDANT) CHARGE(S): THEFT OF FEDERAL PROPERTY, TREASON...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Good morning/afternoon/evening, sapients! No matter what time it is where you are, the truth is that it's time for a new story and this week we bring you part 1 of Butter Side Down by Kal M. Check it out!
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FELT CUTE
*AM* CUTE
*AM* CUTE
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
FELT CUTE
*AM* CUTE
*AM* CUTE
Thanks to some mild time dilation, what day it is when you see this might be variable, but that doesn't matter because this week we're bringing you the apocalyptic "When They Come Back" by @nassos.bsky.social. Experience it!
Escape Pod 1020: When They Come Back (Flashback Friday)
They were called Maria, and Michael, and Siobhan, George, Elise, and Sarah, and Violet, Daisy, Jasmine, Rose– no, perhaps these were not people names, these were flower names, weren’t they?
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November 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Thanks to some mild time dilation, what day it is when you see this might be variable, but that doesn't matter because this week we're bringing you the apocalyptic "When They Come Back" by @nassos.bsky.social. Experience it!
Rejoice, sophont observers, for a new original story is upon us: "Baron Quits The Payloaders" by @renanbernardo.com. Because while space is mostly emptiness, a lot of what isn't emptiness is !!ROCK!!
Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders
This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the galaxy, hands in the air, heads banging to our vibrant noise. You probably saw the venue on some feed already.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Rejoice, sophont observers, for a new original story is upon us: "Baron Quits The Payloaders" by @renanbernardo.com. Because while space is mostly emptiness, a lot of what isn't emptiness is !!ROCK!!
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URGENT! Baron Quits the Payloaders!
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
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My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
Escape Pod 1019: Baron Quits The Payloaders
This story starts with a gig. Half a million people from all corners of the galaxy, hands in the air, heads banging to our vibrant noise. You probably saw the venue on some feed already.
escapepod.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
URGENT! Baron Quits the Payloaders!
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
My new short story is out at @escapepod.org! 🎸👨🚀⚡
It's my tribute to heavy music and how inspiring it is for me. It's a found family piece about overcoming grief, finding new meanings in life, and dealing with predatory companies.
escapepod.org/2025/11/13/e...
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CRASHED IN MY BOX
COVERED IN CATNIP
THE PARTY LIFE CHOSE ME
COVERED IN CATNIP
THE PARTY LIFE CHOSE ME
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
CRASHED IN MY BOX
COVERED IN CATNIP
THE PARTY LIFE CHOSE ME
COVERED IN CATNIP
THE PARTY LIFE CHOSE ME
Greetings, sapients! Are you ready for a tale of spaceships, knitting, and the evils of capitalism in space? Whether you are or not, this week we have "Knit Three, Save Four" by @reasie.bsky.social for your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs!
Escape Pod 1018: Knit Three, Save Four
The ship was two days overdue for docking, more or less. As a stowaway, I didn’t have access to status reports. My passive data sniffer patiently checked for the docking station network, telling me…
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Greetings, sapients! Are you ready for a tale of spaceships, knitting, and the evils of capitalism in space? Whether you are or not, this week we have "Knit Three, Save Four" by @reasie.bsky.social for your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs!