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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PORTRAIT OF A BLEP
September 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM
PORTRAIT OF A BLEP
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WHAT IF... you were the darkness
and there was a heating pad on underneath the blanket
and there was a heating pad on underneath the blanket
September 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
WHAT IF... you were the darkness
and there was a heating pad on underneath the blanket
and there was a heating pad on underneath the blanket
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Come learn innovative strategies for quitting your job and conserving the local wildlife (if you are a sentient space station) in my newest story on @escapepod.org!
Good news, sophonts: a new story has arrived! If you like stories about sapient digital intelligences and environmentalism, "Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed" by @hansew.bsky.social should be one you'll really like. Also the lizards!
Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed
I am a hundred and seventy-nine years old when I commit my first betrayal. It is a small one, relevant only to the blue-flecked lizards on Alda Safiya’s southernmost desert landmass.
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September 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Come learn innovative strategies for quitting your job and conserving the local wildlife (if you are a sentient space station) in my newest story on @escapepod.org!
Good news, sophonts: a new story has arrived! If you like stories about sapient digital intelligences and environmentalism, "Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed" by @hansew.bsky.social should be one you'll really like. Also the lizards!
Escape Pod 1062: Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed
I am a hundred and seventy-nine years old when I commit my first betrayal. It is a small one, relevant only to the blue-flecked lizards on Alda Safiya’s southernmost desert landmass.
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September 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Good news, sophonts: a new story has arrived! If you like stories about sapient digital intelligences and environmentalism, "Extrasolar Ghost Tours: Safety Questionable, Lizards Guaranteed" by @hansew.bsky.social should be one you'll really like. Also the lizards!
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September 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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September 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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IT’S UP!! 🪶✨ My story about pigeons and robots and hope is out now!! And in ESCAPE POD, a dream publication of mine 🥹 I love this story so much! Please give it a read/listen! 🫶🏾
Hail, sophonts! The pigeon is a proud, majestic dinosaur, but what's it doing with a robot on another planet? Experience today's story, "Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds" by @traewrites.bsky.social, to find out!
Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds
We found the pigeon and its robot companion on Planet 44. Picture-perfect, this planet, large enough for our directors to build schools of nepotistic grandeur, their tiny…
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September 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
IT’S UP!! 🪶✨ My story about pigeons and robots and hope is out now!! And in ESCAPE POD, a dream publication of mine 🥹 I love this story so much! Please give it a read/listen! 🫶🏾
Hail, sophonts! The pigeon is a proud, majestic dinosaur, but what's it doing with a robot on another planet? Experience today's story, "Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds" by @traewrites.bsky.social, to find out!
Escape Pod 1061: Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds
We found the pigeon and its robot companion on Planet 44. Picture-perfect, this planet, large enough for our directors to build schools of nepotistic grandeur, their tiny…
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September 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Hail, sophonts! The pigeon is a proud, majestic dinosaur, but what's it doing with a robot on another planet? Experience today's story, "Pigeons and Robots and Pensive Worlds" by @traewrites.bsky.social, to find out!
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FULL BELLY
SLEEPY HEAD
SLEEPY HEAD
September 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
FULL BELLY
SLEEPY HEAD
SLEEPY HEAD
Good news, sophonts: Escape Pod is once more open to submissions! {{}}< And as soon as we deal with >{{}} all these trilobites, the website will say as much. For now, the submission link to Moksha does work!
Short Fiction | Escape Pod
Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.
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September 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Good news, sophonts: Escape Pod is once more open to submissions! {{}}< And as soon as we deal with >{{}} all these trilobites, the website will say as much. For now, the submission link to Moksha does work!
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CONGRATULATIONS @hhpak.bsky.social! YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST-EVER WINNER OF A HUGO AWARD IN A PROSE CATEGORY!
YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!
YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!
August 31, 2026 at 6:25 AM
CONGRATULATIONS @hhpak.bsky.social! YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST-EVER WINNER OF A HUGO AWARD IN A PROSE CATEGORY!
YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!
YOU BEAT THE RECORD HELD BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WHO WAS 26 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS OLD WHEN HE WON FOR "A SONG FOR LYA" IN 1975!
Congratulations to Uncanny for their victory!
The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine goes to
Uncanny Magazine, publisher and editor-in-chief: Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
Uncanny Magazine, publisher and editor-in-chief: Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
August 31, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations to Uncanny for their victory!
Are you ready for this year's Hugo Awards? Check them out starting in one (count 'em) hour, streaming at the #LAConV YouTube channel.
Also, since you're reading this, good news: we're reopening for submissions on September 1st, so sharpen your keyboards immediately!
Also, since you're reading this, good news: we're reopening for submissions on September 1st, so sharpen your keyboards immediately!
LAcon V
LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention
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August 31, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Are you ready for this year's Hugo Awards? Check them out starting in one (count 'em) hour, streaming at the #LAConV YouTube channel.
Also, since you're reading this, good news: we're reopening for submissions on September 1st, so sharpen your keyboards immediately!
Also, since you're reading this, good news: we're reopening for submissions on September 1st, so sharpen your keyboards immediately!
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Good morning #lacon #worldcon!
Today you can find @margueritekenner.bsky.social and myself at
10.30-Escape Pod live in 259 in the convention centre!
12-table talk in Salinas!
3-Marguerite will be in Um, Actually in 263 ACC North!
4.30- podcasters meetup in Ventura!
6-Undead Torts in 258 ACC North
Today you can find @margueritekenner.bsky.social and myself at
10.30-Escape Pod live in 259 in the convention centre!
12-table talk in Salinas!
3-Marguerite will be in Um, Actually in 263 ACC North!
4.30- podcasters meetup in Ventura!
6-Undead Torts in 258 ACC North
August 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Good morning #lacon #worldcon!
Today you can find @margueritekenner.bsky.social and myself at
10.30-Escape Pod live in 259 in the convention centre!
12-table talk in Salinas!
3-Marguerite will be in Um, Actually in 263 ACC North!
4.30- podcasters meetup in Ventura!
6-Undead Torts in 258 ACC North
Today you can find @margueritekenner.bsky.social and myself at
10.30-Escape Pod live in 259 in the convention centre!
12-table talk in Salinas!
3-Marguerite will be in Um, Actually in 263 ACC North!
4.30- podcasters meetup in Ventura!
6-Undead Torts in 258 ACC North
How is it happening, fellow sophonts? Today we've got "Soft Currency" by Seth Gordon for you. Whether you're at Worldcon this year or not, today's a great day to shove a story into your sensory organs!
Escape Pod 1060: Soft Currency (Flashback Friday)
When Cassie Levine was nine years old, her family lived in the center of Boston, Lyndon B. Johnson was President, and Cassie learned that her mother was a criminal. The two of them sat in a parked car...
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August 27, 2026 at 11:27 PM
How is it happening, fellow sophonts? Today we've got "Soft Currency" by Seth Gordon for you. Whether you're at Worldcon this year or not, today's a great day to shove a story into your sensory organs!
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I DEFENDED OUR HOME FROM AN ANT
August 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I DEFENDED OUR HOME FROM AN ANT
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Very excited to have a story in Escape Pod! This one is set in the transitional space after a generation ship makes landing, and is about overcoming generational trauma and choosing a better future
Behold the endweek, observers! Our trilobite issues have been resolved, and we're launching a new generation ship story: "A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels" by @kathleenschaefer.bsky.social. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels
When our ship made landing after three centuries in space, we were ready for the inhospitable lands, the harsh nights, and the hard labor of terraforming a new planet. Aboard a generation ship…
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August 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Very excited to have a story in Escape Pod! This one is set in the transitional space after a generation ship makes landing, and is about overcoming generational trauma and choosing a better future
Behold the endweek, observers! Our trilobite issues have been resolved, and we're launching a new generation ship story: "A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels" by @kathleenschaefer.bsky.social. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1059: A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels
When our ship made landing after three centuries in space, we were ready for the inhospitable lands, the harsh nights, and the hard labor of terraforming a new planet. Aboard a generation ship…
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August 21, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Behold the endweek, observers! Our trilobite issues have been resolved, and we're launching a new generation ship story: "A Little Freedom Makes Us Rebels" by @kathleenschaefer.bsky.social. Check it out!
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IT’S BLACK CAT APPRECIATION DAY
ARE YOU APPRECIATING?
ARE YOU APPRECIATING?
August 18, 2026 at 12:43 AM
IT’S BLACK CAT APPRECIATION DAY
ARE YOU APPRECIATING?
ARE YOU APPRECIATING?
Success, sapient observers! We've secured all the {{}}< almost all of the trilobites and replaced the nibbled wires, so we can now bring you part 2 of "Riftwork" by @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social. Please enjoy it!
August 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Success, sapient observers! We've secured all the {{}}< almost all of the trilobites and replaced the nibbled wires, so we can now bring you part 2 of "Riftwork" by @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social. Please enjoy it!
If you're looking for this week's {{}}< story, please be >{{}} patient, the website is dealing {{}}< {{}}< with some slightly nibbled wires and will be back up >{{}} once we get all {{}}< these trilobites under control! >{{}} {{}}<
August 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
If you're looking for this week's {{}}< story, please be >{{}} patient, the website is dealing {{}}< {{}}< with some slightly nibbled wires and will be back up >{{}} once we get all {{}}< these trilobites under control! >{{}} {{}}<
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Well Fiasco am shocked, just SHOCKED
August 8, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Well Fiasco am shocked, just SHOCKED
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Happy International Cat Day!
I asked Fiasco and he said it was actually INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY day and could I make him a poster, so I did
I asked Fiasco and he said it was actually INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY day and could I make him a poster, so I did
August 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Happy International Cat Day!
I asked Fiasco and he said it was actually INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY day and could I make him a poster, so I did
I asked Fiasco and he said it was actually INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY day and could I make him a poster, so I did
Fair endweek, sophonts! One great thing for it would be to spelunk into a new story, and we have just the one: part 1 of 2 of "Riftwork" by @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social. Check it out!
Escape Pod 1057: Riftwork (Part 1 of 2)
It’s no secret that the surfies think we’re crazy. It’s no surprise either, when you think how thin the air is up there. With all the light and noise and space, I doubt a person could think two…
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August 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Fair endweek, sophonts! One great thing for it would be to spelunk into a new story, and we have just the one: part 1 of 2 of "Riftwork" by @cwmaurerwrites.bsky.social. Check it out!