Original Science Fiction - Makeshift Stories

Ken finds himself in a fake reality, where everything is a bit off. After he discovers his fridge is full of organic vegetables, he assumes Leaf is behind the strangeness. But when Ken goes to confront his hippy neighbour, Leaf and Planet appear to have switched bodies, and holes begin to appear in the world around them. Unknown to Ken, he has the secret to the mystery in his pocket. Makeshift Sto...

As two seniors forced into retirement after an economic crash flee north in front of a storm so massive, it almost covers the entire width of the great central plains; they discover that one of them is fleeing from more than an impending natural disaster. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network  powered by  ATB Financial . CONNECT WITH US makeshiftstories@gmail...

Fed up with fighting off the natural flora invading his lawn from Leaf’s yard, Ken goes online to find a solution and stumbles upon a mysterious website selling home CRISPR DNA editing labs targeted to the home gardener with invasive weed problems. The DIY kit proves more effective that Ken could imagine and some oversights in his designer Ken grass soon become apparent. Makeshift Stories is a pro...

As two seniors forced into retirement after an economic crash flee north in front of a storm so massive, it almost covers the entire width of the great central plains; they discover that one of them is fleeing from more than an impending natural disaster. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network  powered by  ATB Financial . CONNECT WITH US makeshiftstories@gmail...

Ken accidentally becomes the target of a proof of concept to maximize profit in the universe through in life purchases and loot boxes. He thinks he is just playing a game until Leaf and Planet point out his actions are changing reality and try to stop him before he can buy enough to prove the exploitive plan will work. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powere...

A company offering supposedly intelligent domestic servitor robots has been hiding how frequently humans are required to telepresence into their machines to take over. Lubanzi, a young indentured labourer working in one of their telepresence centres finds himself caught between the company’s deception and the bullying of a client who suspects the truth. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the A...

After being mistaken for the wrong person, Ken finds himself at a rather unusual VIP event. Thinking it is an elaborate costume party is he is initially excited and flattered to be there, but on discovering he is the featured speaker and the little grey figures are not in costumes, Ken begins to panic until he hears a familiar voice. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Netwo...

Nuray Ceren sold shares in her future income to finance her education. It seemed like a great way to pursue a career that was otherwise out of reach except for two unfortunate events. First, an economic collapse decimated the industry she had trained for, and second, her shares were sold to a new investor who was looking for ways to maximize their returns by any means possible. Makeshift Stories i...

When Ken checks in at a conference, an automated registration machine decides Ken has entered his last name wrong, corrects the spelling and assigns him another person’s profile. With the incorrect conference id on his phone, Ken is accidentally mistaken for someone else and invited to a most unusual VIP event where Ken is the featured guest. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Albert...

After suffering a heart attack, Marcos learns he will need a transplant. Fortunately, his parents foresaw the day their son would need a new heart and had one grown for him. However, the replacement organ is in Marcos’ best friend Napoleon, a hybrid Chimera who is much more than what it was designed to be. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network  powered by  AT...

While taking the mail to the recycle bin Ken discovers three cats, who are historical deities, have invited themselves into his living room. The cats are intent on dividing the world into three pieces, destroying it in the process. Unexpectedly, Leaf Basil’s dog Planet points out how the math for dividing the Earth will not work and saves the day. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the A...

While tracking down a scam artist who disappeared with 200 million dollars, a freelance insurance investigator stumbles across an online video by the leader of a group called the Free Energy Coalition. She suspects the man in the video is her missing suspect and goes to a Free Energy conference to find out, but is quickly sucked into the murky world of conspiracy theories which claim the laws of t...

Woken by his barking dog in the middle of the night Frank can’t get back to sleep. Noticing a drawing which has hung in his dining room for decades, he reminisces about the last conversation he had with his old friend Rob. A would-be graphic novelist, Rob invented the supervillain Doctor Plastic, and Frank finds himself grappling with the idea Doctor Plastic may be real. Makeshift Stories is a pro...

A self-taught programmer who supports her daughter and herself by hacking robotic medical equipment for clients on the dark net discovers a recent job was the reason her daughter’s friend was arrested. Disgusted by her client’s actions, she decides to turn the tables on them and seek retribution. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network  powered by  ATB Financial . CONNEC...

Frustrated by a bad experience with an automated self-checkout in the grocery store, Ken ignores messages he receives from a future version of himself to modify his behaviour when interacting with the store’s artificial intelligence system, or become the cause of the end of the world as we know it. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB Financial . To li...

Camila, a wannabe actor desperate to pursue a career on the stage, indentures herself to a theatre company which entertains tourists in low earth orbit. She plays a modern version of the famous 18th-century pirate Anne Bonny and what passes for their act is mostly an excuse to squeeze their captive audiences for tips. But during a performance for a wealthy eight-year-old she begins to realize they...

Leaf and Planet discover they are in a pocket universe which has been created by the anxiety Ken has rubbed into his favourite rock over decades of use. The only way to escape is to convince Ken that the world around them is just an illusion before it collapses into nothing, but Ken is unwilling to cooperate. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB Financ...

While on vacation on a holiday moon Cala takes a late-night walk and ends up being taken by aliens to a bizarre place, where she is forced to play a very important game of chance. Makeshift Stories is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB Financial . To listen to other great APN podcasts such as Tomato Radio or Assumptions please head over to the Alberta Podcast Network . T...

While investigating a complaint about an oversized house, which mysteriously appeared in his neighbourhood, Ken meets the eccentric and angry owner who rather than conforming to city building codes tries to bribe Ken by granting him four wishes. At first, Ken dismisses the peculiar home owner’s suggestion as nonsense but soon learns, when a careless wish threatens to consume Leaf’s backyard greenh...

After a catastrophic accident obscures the stars in the night sky, Zoe Gagnon’s attempt to reignite the world’s imagination by launching a globe-spanning artwork into orbit runs afoul of a billionaire’s ambition to start a colony on Mars when someone her gives away one of her well-guarded secrets. Written by Alan V Hare. Read by Mitchell Tew. Opening and Closing Theme David H. Makeshift Stories is...

While on a tour of Space Park in California, Ken Likeley is given a rather odd souvenir by an annoying member of his tour group. Ken thinks nothing of it until an extraterrestrial turns up at his house claiming to be from the asteroid Oumuamua and demands Ken turn the souvenir over to it. Ken refuses until Planet, Ken’s neighbour’s dog, takes control of the situation. Written by Alan V Hare. Read...

Ivan Petrenko’s entire life has revolved around his quest to seek official recognition of his family’s apparent abduction by extraterrestrials while on a camping trip in Ontario in the late 1950’s. Responding to an online post, Marie, the daughter of a researcher who worked on a top-secret cold war era project called MK Ultra, contacts and arranges to meet with Ivan. What Marie reveals contradicts...

Ken Likeley, is having breakfast when he bites down on something hard. The object breaks a crown and Ken‘s day goes sideways when he tries to return the cereal he was eating to the Whole Caboodle Mart. The store’s owner turns out to be much more than a micro-scale merchandising proprietor, and Ken finds himself in a universe where abstract agreements such as the value of money and the shelf-life o...

Born in the commons where 95 percent of the world’s population lives, Ezra is a daredevil who has achieved something unusual, fame. He is an anomaly, in an age where ambition was supposed to have been engineered out of his social stratum. His dangerous stunts finally get him invited to an exclusive enclave in a rebuilt Acapulco resort to cliff dive for the entertainment of the world’s elite. But o...

This fairy-tale was the first episode of the Somewhere Sometime series from February 4, 2010. Under the influence of an alien obsessed with sweets, Mario is encouraged to eat candy until he has grown to alarming proportions. He is lured to the alien’s ship where he discovers he has been sweetened up to suit the taste buds of the extraterrestrial who has been manipulating him. Written by Alan V Har...