Stories from Elsewhere | Sci-Fi, Speculative & Literary Short Fiction

<p>Time is running out for Joseph. He hurries into the underground world of Absentia at the 86th Street Subway. Poison frogs, dancing hot dog buns, and a whole lot of rats stand between him and his 6-year-old...

<p>A strange geomagnetic phenomenon is sinking boats around Catalina Island. When two Navy SEALs are sent down to recover a high value target from one of them, they come face-to-face with that otherworldly force. </p>...

<p>Bigfoot finally comes out of hiding . . . and gives his first interview to a small cable access station in North Bend, Washington.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

<p>Welcome to the Interdimensional Lost and Found Agency where you get the chance to recover more than what you lost. </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

<p>Jack went up. Jack came down. But what happened when he got fed up with all of it?</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes...

<p>Something is waiting for the crew of the Aura on their mission to the moon. They won’t be coming back the same.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

<p>On a normal summer afternoon in New York City, Joseph steps outside to find the world changed in ways he never could have expected. His 6-year-old son waits for him at home, but he wonders if he'll ever be able to...

<p>At Artaud's, where everything feels eternal for just a moment, hundreds of young couples lean into each other, perfect, synchronized, untouched by doubt. But in the shadows, seated at the back, an older couple...

<p>What if the end of a flight wasn’t an ending at all… but a beginning? On a routine journey from Sydney to Los Angeles, Maren hears something no one else does, a quiet message that feels less like sound and more like...

<p>In a world slowly erased by artificial light, the last remaining firefly drifts through silent forests, sending out a fading call that no one returns. Once part of a luminous chorus, it now wanders alone, searching...

<p>What would it actually take… to let go of everything?</p><p>After a failed last-ditch effort to prove we can change, humanity is given one last chance by an alien race getting ready to take over our planet.</p><p>If...

<p>It’s May 29th, 1431. Joan of Arc sits in a cell in Rouen on the eve of her execution when something happens that no one, not even she, could have expected. Step into her mind in the final hours.</p> <br/><br/>This is...

<p>New to the podcast? Start here.</p><p>Stories From Elsewhere is a short fiction podcast written by Scott Glassman. Each episode presents a complete story exploring strange worlds, impossible questions, and sometimes...

<p>What could possibly justify the continued existence of our species?</p><p>The Argument for Humans is a speculative science fiction story by Scott Glassman about a moment of cosmic judgment.</p><p>Somewhere beyond...

<p>Something changes in Azaria overnight. Suddenly, the sight of a single color makes her ill. What begins as a strange sensory problem quickly turns into a desperate search for answers.</p><p>But as the questions...