Original Science Fiction - Makeshift Stories

Two young people from a moon orbiting the second planet around Barnard’s Star end up in the same escape pod. On the surface, they are from opposing political systems but soon discover they are more alike than different.

After a massive international corporation takes over Hero-on-the-way and pushes the app’s existing superheroes to the bottom of the search results, Honcho and Ephemera decide to fight back. They enlist Doctor Slow-mo and several other heroes to protest at one of the corporation’s other businesses. However, when things don’t go as planned, Doctor Slow-mo, Synapse and a new hero on...

Gwen, the current inspector designate of Hinterland, is suddenly tasked to track down an escapee from Haven, a remote island enclave. Kept in ignorance of their captivity, no one from Haven has managed to escape before. However, even one individual from the enclave, free in the general population, could disrupt the world. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network “Lo...

After falling asleep while writing a last-minute report, Ken wakes to discover the world has changed, and not in a good way.

While sorting through her deceased uncle’s belongings, Lynn discovers a shoebox of notes documenting an unusual encounter in 1956 on his ham radio. If true, the incident would change the history of spaceflight.

Lauren discovers a corporation has taken over her video channel after claiming they own the copyright to her face and voice.

Lauren, a rising online video star, is about to celebrate her two-millionth subscriber when things go unexpected sideways. She discovers a corporation has taken over her channel after successfully claiming they own the copyright to her face and voice. She tries desperately to untangle how she lost the rights to her identity, which leads to a family secret. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of th...

Doctor Slow-mo tries to outdo his grandmother, aka Cerebral, by giving his six-year-old niece a DIY CRISPR home gene-editing kit as a birthday present. But neither anticipates how the incredibly smart little girl will combine their gifts.

A cognitively enhanced, PI begins to suspect he is getting involved in something far more complicated than his secretive client has let on.

After being cognitively enhanced, Corey is disgraced and booted out of the prestigious private intelligence company which employed and altered him. Eight years later, he finally lands his first gig of any consequence as a private investigator. But he soon begins to suspect he is getting involved in something far more complicated than his secretive client has let on. Makeshift Stories is a proud me...

After a somewhat disastrous encounter, a client sues Doctor Slow-mo and three other superheroes. As part of the settlement, with Hero-on-the-way, the four must take a team-building course or lose their licences. None of the cantankerous group is thrilled by the requirement. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network  powered by  ATB Financial . CONNECT WITH US mak...

On a winter evening in January, Morgan goes out to find her cat Echo. She tracks him to an unusually dark shadow in the middle of a park where she can hear Echo but can’t see him. Twelve weeks later, a security guard finds Morgan and Echo standing in front of Queen Hatshepsut temple in Egypt; Morgan still dressed in her winter parka. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast...

On a winter evening in January, Morgan goes out to find her cat Echo. She tracks him to an unusually dark shadow in the middle of a park where she can hear Echo but can’t see him. Twelve weeks later, a security guard finds Morgan and Echo standing in front of Queen Hatshepsut temple in Egypt; Morgan still dressed in her winter parka. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast...

Instead of receiving his rare rock, a series of unfortunate oversights switches Ken’s order for an unusual alien biological sample. When the thing disappears Ken soon discovers his missing rock has a taste for Leaf’s organic vegetables next door.

One of the human computers in a data processing triad, concerned over errors in their predictions, suspects their newest member is a plant working for the artificial intelligence which has taken over the globe. As her suspicions grow, she begins to notice anomalies in her own environment, which point to an unexpected source for the problems her computing group is having. Makeshift Stories is a pro...

To boost his fledgling career, Doctor Slow-mo, a neophyte superhero, attempts to go to his first professional superhero conference. When lousy weather forces his plane to redirect to a different airport, circumstances press him into action.

Ada awakens on a deserted space station. As She explores the cramped compartments, it becomes evident something significant has happened and she has been intentionally marooned on the derelict station.

Ellie, a student, rents the only room she can afford near her university. But the place turns out to have a colony of flies and a slightly pungent smell. She finds the flies’ behaviour odd and very distracting. Frustrated by her landlord’s refusal to help, she complains to the city. Too late, Ellie discovers the flies are intelligent and had come to a unique agreement with the previous tenan...

In what might or might not be an experiment in social engineering conducted by Leaf’s dog Planet, the local community association decides to replace all the grass in Broadwalk Estates’ public spaces with drought-resistant plants. In protest, Ken and his neighbour Lily Green decide to withdraw from the association. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB F...

Dmytro, an 89-year-old ex-miner who refused to move away from an abandoned Uranium mine, knows he must reveal his secret to Naomie and Michael, the two journalists who have come up north to interview him. However, he is reluctant to do so and hopes the two will leave Fission City before events beyond his control force them into the same choices he had to make. But even after Dmytro tries to tell N...

Dmytro, an 89-year-old ex-miner who refused to leave an abandoned Uranium mine site, tells his story to a young journalist hoping to launch her career. However, the reason Dmytro has lived alone for over forty years is not that he is a hermit; he had no choice if he wanted humanity to survive. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network  powered by  ATB Financial ....

On November 3rd, nineteen fifty-seven, the Soviet Union launched the first living creature into orbit; a stray dog named Laika pulled out of a Moscow animal shelter. The Sputnik II had no re-entry capacity, so this was a one-way trip. In this alternate version of the story, Laika is a passing celestial being accidentally trapped by the earth’s gravity and dragged reluctantly to its surface in the...

Ken meets a new friend online who asks to stay at his house. However, when the friend arrives, they are very different than their online persona, and the ramifications turn out to be global. In a desperate attempt to set things straight, Ken, Leaf and Planet decide to use a scam they hope the unwanted house guest has never encountered before. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podc...

An inventor rediscovers the work of a 20th-century composer exploring the effects of hypersonic sound on the human body and creates a device that can cure cancer. However, to keep control of the process, he hires a down and out performer who pretends to have mystic healing powers. Under the stress of success and fame, the partnership begins to fall apart, forcing the inventor to take drastic measu...

A person on a government support program is given no choice but to join a new self-employment initiative, which will make them part of the growing gig economy. The job involves having a mesh hub implanted under their skin to create ad hoc communication networks for clients. At first, they are reluctant but soon discover the gig has many advantages until they find themselves a pawn in a much larger...