Original Science Fiction - Makeshift Stories

  Maya and Tim work at the Europa Cafe in Way Station, a place in the past where things are run by steam, trains are the main means of transportation, and adults don’t seem to remember what really happened in the past. One night, Tim discovers someone has been breaking into one of his personal online projects. Thus begins an adventure that takes them both into a hidden world of intrigue...

  Sometimes you can love something just a little too much. Under the influence of a mysterious dream, Marco discovers that he can’t stop eating candy and begins to grow to alarming proportions. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects, opening and closing music from Premiumbeat . Episode album cover image from Fotolia .

  Luki is given his first true command of a starship and immediately plunged into a major mission. With the help of his less-than-loyal crew, he completes the assignment but inadvertently creates a new potential problem. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premiumbeat . Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap .

  Sareen is mysteriously transported back in time to a version of her home world that is not entirely correct. The planet is ruled by a group that she has never heard of, so Sareen sets out to figure out what is going on. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap . Additional sounds from Free Sound Project . Opening...

  During what turns out to be an extremely slow side trip to the home planet of two rogue space probes, Ada receives a coded message that orders them to stop what they are doing and launch a rescue mission to pick up an important executive officer. Reluctantly, Luki and Len set out in a shuttle to pick up their mysterious passenger. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and soun...

  When an unexpected message from deep space turns out to be a Triffal ship, Amos must change his plans and as a result he finds himself with less than a day to locate his missing artificial intelligence, wrap up his work and be extracted by the rescue team. Amos looks for Raymore to help him with his new plans. Still, he finds that mysteriously Raymore has entered the simulated world where h...

  Imprisoned in a GEAA simulation, Tim, Maya, and Adrian become the focal points of two competing forces. Raymore finds the artificial intelligence and starts to use it to reveal the encryption keys to Amos’ secret research; however, he is distracted by an unexpected event. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from Sound...

AI Dreams is the third installment in a series of bedtime classics adapted to the Makeshift Stories universe. In this episode, loosely based on the popular folktale of the Gingerbread Boy, Amos creates an artificial intelligence that escapes, taking his secret research with it. Distraught, Amos enlists Raymore to help him, but Raymore has other plans. Program Notes And Credits Background audio tex...

  After his odd encounter with Annie, William starts pressing Tim for the information she gave him, but Tim is left wondering who to trust. Then unexpected events—which Tim suspects are not random—force him to make a decision that he feels he may regret. As a result, his of choice, Tim, inadvertently takes Adrian, Maya, Padget, and William to the heart of the machine world. Program Notes And...

  After being picked up by an automated rescue ship, Luki, Zara, and Fritz start to settle into a routine when an unexpected crew member is discovered. An accident then sets the small group off in a new direction. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premiumbeat . Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap . Addition...

  After an arrow shoots Adrian, Tim uses his new-found power to save him. As Adrian revives, William insists that they all come with him to his ship before the main Elfin raiding party arrives. The small group then scrambles through the back alleys of Claring, trying to reach the riverfront before the invaders. Narrowly escaping as the Elfin soldiers pour onto the river, they set sail to find...

Luki -The Other Story is the first episode of an alternate storyline. At the end of episode 11, as the Sodality are about to leave Ceres, three of their members accidentally discover an alternate means of escape. The trio is, in turn, rescued by an officious artificial intelligence. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premium...

  After many nights of exchanging stories, Sareen tries to explain to Effie why the Sodality ended up exiled on Ceres. The answer is not something that Effie easily accepts, and it changes her feelings toward Sareen and the Allusions. Meanwhile, a Sodality exploration team finds an abandoned project that holds the possibility of an escape from the tiny ice world. Program Notes And Credits All...

  Maya, Adrian, and Tim arrive in a new world that Tim feels is vaguely familiar. Before they figure out where they are or how they got there, they are mistaken for fleeing labourers and chased by a disagreeable lord. A member of the Merchant Guild intervenes and helps them escape, only to deliver them back into harm’s way. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sou...

  Orph The Emerald Planet is the second installment in a series of bedtime classics adapted to the Makeshift Stories universe. Based on the 1907 story by Laura E Richards, The House with the Golden Windows, from a book of short stories with the same name, it presents the archetypal irony that grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. Sareen tells her apprentice Fox a legend a...

  After being caught in the Europa Café, Tim, Maya, and Adrian are flown to G.E.A.A. head office. They are told that those who see the mysterious leaders of G.E.A.A. are not allowed to leave. Facing their fears, the three meet the senior G.E.A.A executive officer and find out who is behind the organization that should not exist in Tim and Adrian’s world. Program Notes And Credits All backgrou...

  After escaping from Ceres, Tim and Adrian arrive home to a foreign world where they never existed. Tim has trouble accepting the situation, but they learn how to survive there. When they set out on a quest to discover what went wrong, they run afoul of the local authorities. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Ba...

  Adrian finds a way to travel to Ceres and bring Tim home, but Sareen discovers what Adrian is up to and convinces Effie and the Sodality to intervene. When Sareen confronts Adrian, he is forced to make a quick decision with uncertain results. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Band except as noted below. Sound F...

Margot’s unexpected return to Ceres creates an opportunity for Amos and Tim to make a highly risky escape. After regaining her memory, Margot (A.K.A. Sareen) intends to go after Tim so she can send him home, but Effie informs Sareen that Amos and Tim’s chance of surviving their trek is next to nil, and if Effie is right, Margot will never be able to leave Ceres. Program Notes And Credits All backg...

  Sareen’s plans, made over several generations, come together on “ All Hallows Eve ” to bring the target of her 1000-year quest to her doorstep. Adrian, who has been hiding for centuries, fails to see the trap being laid and inadvertently allows himself to be discovered, but no one wins, and the game of cat and mouse continues. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textu...

As Tim, the newly arrived giant repairs the damage he caused his captor, Amos explains the history of the Triffals on Ceres. However, both are captured by Amos’ enemies. An unexpected event provides an opportunity for a risky escape. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Band except as noted below. Additional sounds and t...

Tim, a giant by local standards, finds himself in the small icy world of Ceres without any memory of how he got there and who he is. He has literally dropped into the middle of a conflict and is taken in by one side. Having inadvertently destroyed some of his host’s property, Tim agrees to repair it in exchange for a place to sleep. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and...