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The Blonde From Barsoom by Robert F. Young Episode #158

Robert F. Young | December 19, 2023

The Tarks were attacking, the bosomy princess was clinging to him in terror, and Harold Smith realized he was at the end of his plot-line. What a dilemma! And what an opportunity!! The Blonde From Barsoom by Robert F. Young, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one […]

Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke Episode #122

Arthur C. Clarke | October 16, 2023

BEFORE EDEN Episode #122 · Written by Arthur C. Clarke · Narrated by Scott Miller On the cold, aurora-lit heights of Venus’s South Pole, three explorers uncover the first living organism ever found on the planet—a vast, creeping tapestry of crimson life. But even as they study it in awe, […]

Birkett’s Twelfth Corpse by August Derleth – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

July 13, 2023

August Derleth grew up in Sauk City, Wisconsin. He wrote his first fiction story at 13. His stories were rejected 40 times over 3 years before he sold “Bat’s Belfry” to “Weird Tales Magazine” in 1926. “Birkett’s Twelfth Corpse” can be found in “Strange Stories Magazine” in August 1940.

Beside still Waters by Robert Sheckley – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

Robert Sheckley | July 13, 2023

BESIDE STILL WATERS Episode #82 · Written by Robert Sheckley · Narrated by Scott Miller A solitary prospector carves out a fragile life on a lonely asteroid with only a hand-built robot companion to keep the void at bay. But as the stars drift silently overhead, the bond between man […]

X Marks the Pedwalk by Fritz Leiber – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

Fritz Leiber | July 13, 2023

X MARKS THE PEDWALK Episode #82 · Written by Fritz Leiber · Narrated by Scott Miller In a future city where pedestrians and motorists wage an absurdly escalating war, a single incident at a crosswalk ignites chaos on both sides. As sanity drains from the population, uneasy leaders scramble to […]

Cry Silence by Fredric Brown – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

July 13, 2023

Fredric Brown is known for his mastery of the super short sci-fi stories.Would you try to save your wife from a killer? Seems like a. simple question, but to Mandy’s husband, it was one to stump the experts. We’ll find our story on page 100 of “Black Mask Magazine” in November 1948. […]

Hey Ma, Where’s Willie by I. M. Bukstein – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

July 13, 2023

Our next story was written by I. M. Bukstein. An exhaustive search for the author found absolutely nothing. “No, sir, we wasn’t fooled by them lights in the night sky. Illusionations, we call ’em. Funny though, Willie disappeared that night!” From “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” in October 1952, turn to page 112 […]

The Eater of Souls by Henry Kuttner – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

July 13, 2023

Up next a short tale about a strange entity on a distant world. Our strange story was written by Henry Kuttner and this is his first short sci-fi story on the podcast. He sold his first story, “The Graveyard Rats” to “Weird Tales Magazine” in 1936. Kuttner contributed several stories to the […]

Escape by Paul Ernst – 9 Kinda Short Sci-Fi Stories Episode #82

Paul Ernst | July 13, 2023

We begin with a story from “Weird Tales – A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual” in July 1938. Let’s go to page 91 for Escape from Paul Ernst. Listen to Escape by Paul Ernst

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