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New Episode available April 12, 2026!
Episode #31 is entitled "Sequel", by Ben Smith.
Join me, as we will explore beyond our perceived reality, into the short stories of some of the best authors of classic science fiction and dark fantasy.
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- "Sequel" by Ben Smith · 13 min · Épisode 31As Jubil Marken floats in space, he reflects upon his past choices, their consequences, and the fate that awaits him. "Sequel", by Ben Smith, was first published in the July 1953…
- "Underground Movement" by Allen K. Lang · 27 min · Épisode 30A stalled trip in "The Tube", an underground transportation system, reveals to those aboard the lengths that their government is willing to go to silence even the most celebrated…
- "The Eyes Have It" by Philip K. Dick · 10 min · Épisode 29One's perception of seemingly ordinary observations leads to an alternate reality of extraordinary implications. "The Eyes Have It", by Philip K. Dick, was first published in…
- "To Serve Man" by Damon Knight · 22 min · Épisode 28Earth is visited by a race of beings known as the Kanamit. "To Serve Man", by Damon Knight, was first published in the November 1950 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction and was later…
- "The Festival" by H.P. Lovecraft · 30 min · Épisode 27Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! "The Festival", by H.P. Lovecraft, was written in October 1923 and first published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales…
- "Star Chamber" by H.B. Fyfe · 25 min · Épisode 26A fugitive who has run from justice finds himself confronted by a sole law enforcement officer on an uncharted planet. The fugitive has no intentions of being taken in by the…
- "The Big Engine" by Fritz Leiber · 16 min · Épisode 25Are we all just cogs in the wheel of life? The first short story of Season 2 of Beyond the Center comes to us from author, Fritz Leiber, and is entitled "The Big Engine". It was…
- "Keep Out" by Fredric Brown · 12 min · Épisode 24Earth hatches a plan, with the aid of a new miracle drug, to colonize Mars. A new generation of humans are born from parents who were carefully selected for the experiment and…
- "The Machine Stops" (Part 3) by E. M. Forster · 32 min · Épisode 23A prophetic short story involving mankind's subordination to, reliance upon, and worship of, modern technology. This longer short story is being split up into three parts, with…
- "The Machine Stops" (Part 2) by E. M. Forster · 32 min · Épisode 22A prophetic short story involving mankind's subordination to, reliance upon, and worship of, modern technology. This longer short story is being split up into three parts, with…
- "The Machine Stops" (Part 1) by E. M. Forster · 37 min · Épisode 21A prophetic short story involving mankind's subordination to, reliance upon, and worship of, modern technology. This longer short story will be split up into three parts over…
- "Time Fuze" by Randall Garrett · 13 min · Épisode 20A ship with an experimental faster-than-light drive, the first ever to voyage outside of our solar system, arrives some distance from their destination of Alpha Centauri A. Upon…
- "Saknarth" by Millard Verne Gordon (AKA Donald A. Wolheim) · 19 min · Épisode 19Saknarth, the Master Astrologer, yearned for the day when mankind would no longer be enslaved; when they would conquer their fears and miseries through learning and…
- "Ancient Lights" by Algernon Blackwood · 20 min · Épisode 18Mr. Thomas, a surveyor's clerk from Croydon, travels to the Sussex Weald to meet with a client about having a copse removed. Upon arriving near his destination, he spots the line…
- "Radio Mates" by Benjamin Witwer · 42 min · Épisode 17Bromley Cranston, a scientist, devotes himself to achieving a scientific discovery after his beloved has been swept away by another man. Cranston finds himself involved with the…
- "Beside Still Waters" by Robert Sheckley · 14 min · Épisode 16Mark, a space faring prospector, decides to settle himself on a slab of rock in the asteroid belt after making a decent enough strike. He and his companion, Charles, become close…
- "Never Trust A Thief!" by Robert Silverberg · 20 min · Épisode 15Kiley, a thief who now finds himself locked up in a jail cell for the fourth time, is visited telepathically by a powerful alien being from another world. Kiley agrees to a deal…
- "Later Than You Think" by Fritz Leiber · 23 min · Épisode 14An Archeologist and Space Explorer in the far distant future discuss a discovery which has shed some light on the past history of intelligent life on Earth. Is this archeological…
- "A Hitch In Time" by Frederik Pohl · 26 min · Épisode 13Thom Ra is assigned the task of traveling back in time to the War of Annihilation, where he is supposed to make a "real and complete contribution to human knowledge". Under no…
- "Crossroads of Destiny" by H. Beam Piper · 37 min · Épisode 12Join six men in the club car of a train as they discuss an idea for a television program based on altering aspects of known historic events; a conversation which leads the men to…
