The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

Would you choose to live forever if you could? What would it be like to outlive all your friends and family, including your spouse? The Mortal Immortal written by Mary Shelley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. We have come to the end of a story a day and the month of October. Starting Thursday, we will publish three stories...

Werewolves are supposed to haunt lonely, back-country roads. That seems a little silly, when you consider that most beasts of prey go where the game is thickest. Now at night, in the larger cities… The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. We’re up to 98 ratings on Spotify with an average of 4.9...

He roamed the streets of the city at night, striking terror into the hearts of young girls... from his body a strange blue light glowed... in his hand was an iron bar, stained and crusted with blood… Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.c...

He was told the brightly colored red room in Lorraine Castle was haunted. Despite vague warnings from the three custodians who reside in the castle, he is not a believer in such things and ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil. The Red Room by H. G. Wells, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. This is our third st...

A sordid tale of jealousy and murder. He suspected his wife was having an affair and unleashed a plan to discover the truth. Would the truth destroy his family and lead him down the path to insanity? The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Our week of Scary Stories for Halloween continues with a...

They were in a boat all alone on a foggy night in the middle of the Pacific ocean. But they weren’t alone. A strange voice cries out in the darkness, in search of food, but he is unwilling to be seen. The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Thank you for your great comments on Spotif...

A week of scary stories for Halloween begins today, It seemed to be human... but it was inside out, all its organs exposed... the heart beating, the lungs breathing, the stomach digesting... and now, the Thing began to come toward him... its mouth working hideously! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi shor...

They were a peaceful people and somehow couldn't stand the thought of executing their only criminal. The answer was to discover a—Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. ☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/ Facebook - https://lostscifi....

The Supreme Scientist on a planet more than 500 light-years away from earth recognizes trouble when he sees it. Can a representative from this far away planet communicate with an earthling in time to save humanity? No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. We are so thankful for you and every on...

Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Fritz Leiber has an interesting time travel tale for us today. From Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in April 1951, our st...

It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/...

If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story...

The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. ☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/ Facebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebook YouTube - https:/...

Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discoverasteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every ep...

The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Today’s story can be found in the August 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine...

Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. More great reviews from Spotify, Travis had this to say, “This podcast has become my very favorite, I listen to it every day and look forward to each episode,...

Human nature is unchanging and will probably not change fundamentally for countless ages in the future. We look back now to the days before the automobile and before electricity and the hundred and one other mechanical conveniences that simplify life in so many ways. Just so people of the future will in all likelihood look back on pre-television and pre-flying days and wish themselves back in the...

Intelligent parents readily understand why they must not try to educate and train their children. Robots do it much better; they do not confuse them with complexes or emotions or petty impulses. Even tired old Ed Doyle could tell you that much… Progeny by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - h...

You can’t always escape evils by running away from them… but it may help! A Traveler in Time by August Derleth, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV We’ve got another time travel story for you today with a very interesting ending. Our author, August Derleth, was one of sev...

Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn’t be so bad … if I could shoot the trouble! The Repairman by Harry Harrison, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV @sarabrooks1996 says, “I think I'm too late for the live feed but I just wanna tell you that I love your voice. An...

Time reversal exists at the sub-atomic level according to Feynman's Theory—and according to that same theory any entity can exist in three places at one time.... Does this explain, the strange co-existence of Summer, Mark and Wyn? Z by Charles L. Fontenay, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Thank you for supporting The Lost S...

Alone, accursed, he set out on the long, dark voyage to the forbidden gateway to worlds beyond life itself—restlessforever with an ultimate knowledge, possessing which no man could die! The Call From Beyond by Clifford D. Simak, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Clifford D. Simak is one of my new favorite authors. His storie...

Enright was coming home, which should have been good, since he was the first Earthman ever to go faster than light. But when he'd been gone eighteen months in a ship that was supplied for only ten days, the authorities were just a trifle curious...Home is the Spaceman by George O. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Ano...

Everybody hated the mutant children born near the radiation lab. Hush it up, Washington had directed. So Gretry was sent to dispose of–The Crawlers by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Our story today, written by master storyteller Philip K. Dick is a li...

They hated this little beat-up old guy. Evenif his crazycosmic brain could track ameteor clear across the Galaxy, why did hehave to smash the super-sensitive detectors? Jonah of the Jove-Run by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. ☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com...