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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

Henry Kuttner | July 13, 2023

THE EATER OF SOULS Episode #92 · Written by Henry Kuttner · Narrated by Scott Miller Far beyond the worlds we know, tales are told of a city that once lived under a long shadow. Something waits in the Gray Gulf of Yarnak, drawing the living toward it without a […]

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

Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer Episode #135

Lawrence M. Jannifer | October 29, 2023

He roamed the streets of the city at night, striking terror into the hearts of young girls… from his body a strange blue light glowed… in his hand was an iron bar, stained and crusted with blood… Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer, that’s next on The Lost […]

Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson Episode #74

Poul Anderson | June 6, 2023

DUEL ON SYRTIS Episode #74 · Written by Poul Anderson · Narrated by Scott Miller A forbidden hunt on Mars becomes a prolonged test of endurance, knowledge, and restraint. This is not a story of quick violence, but of distance measured in breath and days, where each step forward narrows […]

Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair Episode #153

Margaret St. Clair | December 7, 2023

FLOWERING EVIL Episode #153 · Written by Margaret St. Clair · Narrated by Scott Miller Some gifts look harmless until they begin to take root. Amy Dinsmore fills her days with gardening, soap carving, and preparing elaborate meals for her nephew, a young officer on a space freighter. The exotic […]

You Are Forbidden by Jerry Shelton Episode #207

Jerry Shelton | May 4, 2024

In a future where fate is determined by Predictable Life-Lines, Dr. Jules Craig wrestles with the ethical dilemma of revealing a patient’s grim destiny while concealing his own. As he grapples with the weight of his own experiment to alter his predicted future, a chilling revelation threatens to unravel his […]

The Unfinished City by Donald A. Wollheim episode #223

Donald A. Wollheim | June 19, 2024

THE UNFINISHED CITY Episode #223 · Written by Donald A. Wollheim · Narrated by Scott Miller There are cities built for trade. Cities built for war. And then there is Oo — a river city where nothing is ever finished. Towers rise only to stop short. Carvings gleam with care […]

The Street That Wasn’t There by Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak episode #175

Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi | January 26, 2024

THE STREET THAT WASN’T THERE Episode #175 · Written by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi · Narrated by Scott Miller Jonathan Chambers has survived by keeping his world small. For two decades, his days have followed the same pattern, his evenings confined to a familiar loop of streets, habits, […]