The Fugitives by Malcolm B. Morehart Jr. Episode #8

Malcolm B. Morehart Jr. | March 15, 2022

The Fugitives by Malcolm B. Morehart Jr. Episode #8
Malcolm B. Morehart Jr.

THE FUGITIVES

Episode #8 · Written by Malcolm B. Morehart Jr. · Narrated by Scott Miller

Jeff Engel follows a routine impulse and finds himself inside a city governed by certainty. Here, law enforcement no longer relies on testimony or evidence alone—behavior itself is enough to trigger pursuit. The system is confident, efficient, and utterly convinced of its own accuracy.

As Engel is swept deeper into this unfamiliar world, he begins to see how fear is translated into guilt and how authority becomes most dangerous when it believes doubt has been eliminated. The pressure mounts not through explosions or spectacle, but through the steady tightening of a system that does not allow appeals.

The Fugitives is tense, unsettling science fiction that asks the listener to remain alert alongside its protagonist. Every scene sharpens the central question: what happens when protection and persecution become indistinguishable, and who decides the difference?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Malcolm B. Morehart published science fiction during the early 1950s, with work appearing in magazines such as Imagination and Fantastic Adventures. His stories often placed ordinary individuals inside rigid systems of authority, using speculative technology to expose how quickly fear and compliance can reshape justice. The Fugitives stands as one of his most memorable explorations of surveillance, control, and personal responsibility under pressure.

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Listen to The Fugitives by Malcolm B. Morehart Jr. — a tense work of classic science fiction where fear becomes evidence in a city ruled by surveillance.

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