Wondering where to start? With nearly twenty years of stories to choose from it can be daunting finding a place to begin! Here are some highlights to get you launched:

Note: you can always listen to any story — for free — here on the website.

EP001: Imperial – The one that started the journey.

EP105: Impossible Dreams – A favorite by one of our regulars, Tim Pratt.

EP194: Exhalation – One of Ted Chiang’s many excellent short stories.

EP214: Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentlemen, Beast – A mind-bending novelette.

EP244: Non-Zero Probabilities – A short story by the award-winning N.K. Jemisin.

EP257: Union Dues: The Sum of its Parts – The penultimate entry in our run of Union Dues stories.

EP382: They Go Bump – A listener favorite.

EP409: Flowers for Algernon – A beautiful reading of this classic.

EP497: A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide – By the award-winning Sarah Pinsker.

EP519: In Their Image – The thought-provoking opener to our second year of Artemis Rising.

EP612: The Sixes, The Wisdom and the Wasp – A multiverse mishap tale and 2019 Aurealis Award finalist.

EP796: One Hundred Seconds to Midnight  – a kaiju insurance adjustor experiences an attack from the other side.

EP850: Laser Squid Goes House Hunting – Everyone wants to live in a good school district, even laser squids.

EP919: Emotional Resonance – Two war mechs find love in this story selected for The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024.