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me, fiasco, a fluffy grey tabby with green eyes, looking to the left. i am sitting in a ray of sunshine on a patterned blue and brown rug.

me, fiasco, a fluffy grey tabby with green eyes, looking to the left. i am sitting in a ray of sunshine on a patterned blue and brown rug.

Hmmmm wat trouble will Fiasco get up to today

07.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 533 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
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Escape Pod 1035: We Who Live in the Heart (Part 1 of 3) Ricci slipped in and out of consciousness as we carried her to the anterior sinus and strapped her into her hammock. Her eyelids drooped but she kept forcing them wide. After we finished tucking her…

Fresh today @escapepod.org, my story WE WHO LIVE IN THE HEART, delightfully narrated by Ibba Armancas
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06.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Escape Pod 1035: We Who Live in the Heart (Part 1 of 3) Ricci slipped in and out of consciousness as we carried her to the anterior sinus and strapped her into her hammock. Her eyelids drooped but she kept forcing them wide. After we finished tucking her…

Hail and well met, sapient observers! Today we bring you the first of a three-part story: "We Who Live in the Heart" by @kellyrobson.com. Check it out, and await the next two parts with deep anticipation!

06.03.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Escape Pod 1034: β€œAn Honour to be Nominated…” TRANSGALACTIC NEWS- straight from the feed to your screed! β€œβ€¦and how exciting to be gathered here for this night of nights, as the Planetary Terraforming awards for the 346 billionth Galactic cycle…

Congratulations, sophonts! You exist and are able to interact with our latest original story, "An Honour to be Nominated..." by Jacob Seinemeier, and you can experience it in whichever way you choose best.

27.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Narrator Guidelines We are currently CLOSED to general auditions, and plan to hold our next general audition window sometime in 2026. We’ll announce any targeted narrator calls on our social media channels. Great stories...

Additionally, we're looking for a Trinidadian woman narrator to narrate a story we've got on the conveyor belt. If you're interested, please see our narrator guidelines here!

27.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Escape Pod 1034: β€œAn Honour to be Nominated…” TRANSGALACTIC NEWS- straight from the feed to your screed! β€œβ€¦and how exciting to be gathered here for this night of nights, as the Planetary Terraforming awards for the 346 billionth Galactic cycle…

Congratulations, sophonts! You exist and are able to interact with our latest original story, "An Honour to be Nominated..." by Jacob Seinemeier, and you can experience it in whichever way you choose best.

27.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Trans folks in Kansas: I can vouch for Marisa and her professionalism with all my heart.

26.02.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 331 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Kansan Transes, would you like to help me make a comic about the drivers-license law? My DMs are open and my email is si AT arrr DOT net

26.02.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Guinness the black cat assumes the loaf formation in his box, utterly alert with eyes wide and ears erect.

Guinness the black cat assumes the loaf formation in his box, utterly alert with eyes wide and ears erect.

HEY IT’S MY BIRTHDAY

THE BIG 1-0

DOUBLE DIGITS πŸŽ‰

15.02.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 3

Greetings, vocal artisans! Escape Pod is looking for a Trinidadian woman narrator to narrate a story we've got on the conveyor belt. If you're interested, please see our narrator guidelines here!

21.02.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Greetings, vocal artisans! Escape Pod is looking for a Trinidadian woman narrator to narrate a story we've got on the conveyor belt. If you're interested, please see our narrator guidelines here!

21.02.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Guinness the black cat stands on his blankie, his eyes enormous and round, his pupils dilated.

Guinness the black cat stands on his blankie, his eyes enormous and round, his pupils dilated.

OH HEY

I NEED ATTENTION

21.02.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 487 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

they ate the traps

20.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

we're still finding them everywhere, you know

20.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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20.02.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Escape Pod 1033: The Automatic Grocery Store It took thirty-six days, four hours, twelve minutes, and fifty-five seconds after the Glorious Revolution for Automatic Grocery Store #212 to realize that something was wrong. It couldn’t have said…

Greetings, sophonts! Today we have an a revolutionary story for you all: "The Automatic Grocery Store" by G. M. Paniccia. Because why shouldn't you consider the humble grocery store?

20.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

βœ… WEIRD βœ… QUEER βœ… HORNY βœ… HOPEFUL LET'S GO

14.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Escape Pod 1032: milt The others believe there’s no pulling YobΓ© out of his depressn. He’s convinced the second cataclysm is coming, worse than tsunami or algae bloom. He’s the most brilliant of us. We know he may be right...

Ahoy, sapient observers! What wonders await us under the flooded seas of the future? Today's story, "milt" by @shiwritesprose.bsky.social, offers one set of possibilities. Check it out!

13.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Guinness the black cat rests on his blankie in sphinx position. He has been caught mid yawn, and his pink mouth is open so wide, it practically bisects his face.

Guinness the black cat rests on his blankie in sphinx position. He has been caught mid yawn, and his pink mouth is open so wide, it practically bisects his face.

BE THE ELDRITCH POWER YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD

09.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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Escape Pod 1031: The Anatomy of Miracles (Flashback Friday) For half a song every evening, the sunsets reminded the miracle worker of home. The hills were reddish-brown in daylight, but when the two suns, one after the other, slipped below the horizon…

It's Friday, mellow sapients, and that means it's time for some flashbacking! Please today enjoy "The Anatomy of Miracles" by @filiphdz.bsky.social, and may the jellyfish endure.

06.02.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Escape Pod 1030: The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On There are two moons visible, a large one right above us, and another smaller one about fifteen degrees below it in the star-studded night sky above the almost empty, rocky, lifeless surface of the…

Sophonts, rejoice! We have a fresh original for you today: "The Smell of the Planet I Was Born On" by @culagovski.net. What did the planet you were born on smell like? As for me, it was mostly cigarette smoke.

30.01.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

SNOW WINDING DOWN

BLANKIE WARMING UP

26.01.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Guinness the black cat sits on a blue couch. He looks over his shoulder with a striking smoulder.

Guinness the black cat sits on a blue couch. He looks over his shoulder with a striking smoulder.

HI THERE

HAVE SOME WATER

TAKE A LIL BREAK

LOOK AT HOW PRETTY I AM

16.01.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 356 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2
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Escape Pod 1029: Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery I was leaning against my desk in the Mars Dome cop shop, rubbing nano-repair gel on my prosthetic leg, when I caught the rookie staring at me. Or rather, staring at my leg. β€œGo ahead, kid…

Ahoy, sophonts! Do you like detectives? What about Mars? What about detectives *on* Mars? If you like the sound of that, then check out the sound or text of "Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery" by @mynachang.bsky.social!

22.01.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
Guinness the black cat sprawled on a blue duvet making a face that is not normal in the slightest, it is deeply haunted.

Guinness the black cat sprawled on a blue duvet making a face that is not normal in the slightest, it is deeply haunted.

HELLO

DO YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WHILE I MAKE THIS INCREDIBLY NORMAL FACE AT YOU?

18.01.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0

For fans of Doctor Williams, there IS a sequel! escapepod.org/2025/05/15/e...

20.01.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1

Do it y'all. @escapepod.org's production of @aimeeogdenwrites.com's "What Any Dead Thing Wants" is completely transportive. I loved it. escapepod.org/2026/01/01/e...

18.01.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It has been two weeks since the release of part 1, but the release schedule covers three distinct weeks. Technically correct!

16.01.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has it really been three weeks? That's right, fellow sophonts, your wait is over! Part 3 of 3 of "What Any Dead Thing Wants" by @aimeeogdenwrites.com is now available for all your experiential needs.

16.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Guinness the black cat lies comfortably in his cardboard cat bed, a blue toy fish clasped in his forelegs.

Guinness the black cat lies comfortably in his cardboard cat bed, a blue toy fish clasped in his forelegs.

JUST A CAT, CUDDLING HIS FISH

05.01.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0