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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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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.
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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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
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WHEN YOUR HUMAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO GO IN BUT GRAVITY HAS SUDDENLY AND MYSTERIOUSLY INCREASED UPON YOU
Guinness the black cat flying flat on his side in a hallway, clearly unable to get up and come inside.
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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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
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No leggys no problems
me, fiasco, a fluffy grey tabby, loafed up on a dark purple floral print duvet cover, looking to the left
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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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
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FELT CUTE

*AM* CUTE
Distinguished portrait of Guinness the black cat looking slightly past the camera Distinguished portrait of Guinness the black cat looking slightly upwards in a 3/4 profile shot Distinguished portrait of Guinness the black cat looking directly at the camera, his eyes slightly narrowed in a cat’s contented “hey, I feel like slow blinking” expression
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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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
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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
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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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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 10:19 PM
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guinnessisacat.bsky.social
CRASHED IN MY BOX

COVERED IN CATNIP

THE PARTY LIFE CHOSE ME
Guinness the black cat lying in a cardboard box, fast asleep. Grains of catnip fleck his sides.
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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
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Rocky Cornelius is back in a new story about friendship, three dimensional fandom hyperobjects, and trying not to die in the state of Texas!
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Hail, sophonts! Today we've got a series story for you, following up on episode 941 from May 2024. "The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy" by @solarshades.club is an Escape Pod original, so go on! Witness it! What're you waiting for?
Escape Pod 1017: The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy
“What do you mean you aren’t fucking?” Rocky Cornelius demanded. “That’s terrible! This is going to throw your whole value prop out of whack!” The trio of button-cute narrative design prodigies glared...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Hail, sophonts! Today we've got a series story for you, following up on episode 941 from May 2024. "The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy" by @solarshades.club is an Escape Pod original, so go on! Witness it! What're you waiting for?
Escape Pod 1017: The Love Pyramid: A Rocky Cornelius Consultancy
“What do you mean you aren’t fucking?” Rocky Cornelius demanded. “That’s terrible! This is going to throw your whole value prop out of whack!” The trio of button-cute narrative design prodigies glared...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I'll be launching a new feature, The Queer AF Short Fiction Reading Club, early in November, and our first story to talk about will be Esther Alter's amazing "Magical Girl Antifa War Machine" from @escapepod.org #994 (May 22, 2025)

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October 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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guinnessisacat.bsky.social
I’M A LITTLE BABY BUT I STILL LIKE TO RUMMAGE IN THE TRASH SOMETIMES 😽
Guinness the black cat sleeping peacefully on his blankie.
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Featuring stories from @clarkesworldmagazine.com, @smallwondersmag.com, @pseudopod.org, @escapepod.org, @lightspeedmagazine.com, @diabolicalplots.com, @flashpointsf.bsky.social, @thefuturefire.bsky.social, @lunastation.bsky.social, and Moonday Mag.
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Mellow greetings, all: it's time to press F for another Flashback Friday! Today, for its third appearance in Escape Pod's pages, we have "Valedictorian" by @nkjemisin.bsky.social for your experiential exuberance. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1016: Valedictorian (Flashback Friday)
There are three things Zinhle decides, when she is old enough to understand. The first is that she will never, ever, give less than her best to anything she tries to do. The second is that she will…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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guinnessisacat.bsky.social
I AM SO GOOD AT HIDING

HEE HEE HEE
Guinness the black cat hides in his cardboard witch’s house. He is hiding very skilfully, with the possible exception of his butt and tail hanging out of the doorway.
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window!! We will open in November and close in April. See our announcement on the website for details. All our usual Submissions Guidelines still apply.

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Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window - PodCastle
Greetings, writers of fantasy fiction! We at PodCastle are due to open back up to general submissions in November. When we do, instead of our usual one month open period, we plan to open for six month...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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guinnessisacat.bsky.social
EMBRACE YOUR FEROCITY THIS #CATURDAY
Guinness lying in his box with a toy mouse on the floor beside him Guinness lying in his box, shoving a toy mouse into his mouth.
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Hail, observers! Sometimes a title wins the game from the get-go, and that's certainly true of today's reprint, "Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias" by @ellybangs.bsky.social. So go experience it! Even the trilobites agree!
Escape Pod 1015: Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias
Ursa Major got right the fuck out of our universe on the very afternoon she learned there were other options. It was the lucky break of her life that she just happened to be there, a short sprint from...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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SO I SEE YOU’RE EATING BREAD
Guinness the black cat sits on a desk, staring directly at his human.
October 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Rejoice, sophont observers: part 2 of "Here Instead of There" by @matociquala.bsky.social is now live for all your cliffhanger-resolution needs!
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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matociquala.bsky.social
Hey guess what? My 2023 novelette "Here Instead Of There" is available at @escapepod.org in two parts!

It's about ethics, meteorology, crony capitalism, and some courageous dirtbags.

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Escape Pod 1013: Here Instead of There (Part 1 of 2)
Waking up sick in a punk house shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody so I don’t know why it always came as a surprise to me. My head throbbed so bad I couldn’t tell the difference between the hangover…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM