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The Wounded by Philip José Farmer
New Jan 11, 2026 16 min

The Wounded by Philip José Farmer

A violin-carrying stranger moves quietly through glittering parties, leaving invisible wounds that only a rare few can truly see. But when someone finally recognizes who — and what — he really is, ...

The Vegans Were Curious by Winston Marks
New Jan 10, 2026 32 min

The Vegans Were Curious by Winston Marks

A curious Sirian pauses on his journey to investigate strange, nuclear-playing creatures on a small blue planet. What begins as a casual study becomes a hilarious, dangerous, and eye-opening lesson...

Martian Homecoming by Frank Belknap Long
Jan 05, 2026 32 min

Martian Homecoming by Frank Belknap Long

A restless ex-boxer on Mars is haunted by memories of Earth and tempted by impossible dreams. When a deadly Martian creature invades the colony, he must face both the illusion and the truth about w...

The Tunnel Under the World by Ferderik Pohl
Dec 30, 2025 1h 26m

The Tunnel Under the World by Ferderik Pohl

Guy Burckhardt wakes from a violent dream to find his town subtly—but profoundly—wrong. As June 15th repeats itself, he begins to realize that reality itself may be manufactured. The Tunnel Under t...

The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin
Dec 23, 2025 1h 10m

The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin

A routine emergency mission becomes an unforgiving test of physics, law, and human conscience. When one hidden mistake is discovered, a pilot must face a decision that no training could ever prepar...

The Shambler From the Stars by Robert Bloch
Dec 21, 2025 34 min

The Shambler From the Stars by Robert Bloch

A struggling writer’s obsession with forbidden knowledge leads him to a discovery no human mind was meant to grasp. One reckless act opens a doorway to something vast, unseen, and utterly indiffere...

The Grip of Death by Robert Bloch
Dec 15, 2025 34 min

The Grip of Death by Robert Bloch

A young man plots a quiet inheritance in a decaying waterfront mansion haunted by whispers, rituals, and an uncle who knows far too much. When murder collides with forbidden knowledge, the price of...

Day of Reckoning by Morton Klass
Dec 12, 2025 23 min

Day of Reckoning by Morton Klass

The Roggs have finally surrendered, and an old freedom fighter sits across the table from the alien who once held his life in a whip’s shadow. On humanity’s long-awaited day of victory, one last, u...

The Homesteader by James Blish
Dec 08, 2025 27 min

The Homesteader by James Blish

A hard-nosed troubleshooter arrives on the Moon to investigate vanished rocketships, only to stumble onto a secret no human was ever meant to find. Amid lunar dust and deceptive calm, he uncovers a...

The Last Evolution by John W. Campbell
Dec 05, 2025 1h 1m

The Last Evolution by John W. Campbell

In a future where humanity has grown soft, only their self-evolving machine descendants stand between Earth and an unstoppable alien force. As the last humans watch the end of their own era, a new ...

The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar by Francis Stevens
Dec 02, 2025 34 min

The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar by Francis Stevens

A man awakens in the home of a mysterious scientist after a violent accident, only to discover extraordinary strength coursing through his body. But the secret behind his transformation—and the biz...

First Landing by Roger D. Aycock
Dec 01, 2025 26 min

First Landing by Roger D. Aycock

Caught in the fog-choked wilds of Venus, Castle stumbles into a mystery far stranger than the hostile “natives” stalking him through the gloom. His only chance at survival lies in unraveling who — ...

Bonus Episode - A Musical Thank You
Nov 30, 2025 36 min

Bonus Episode - A Musical Thank You

This is not a regular episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.It’s a fun bonus episode, a sci-fi themed musical thank-you we made just for YOU.Your regular vintage sci-fi stories will continue in the ne...

Conquest Over Time by Michael Shaara
Nov 26, 2025 1h 29m

Conquest Over Time by Michael Shaara

A desperate Contact Man races to secure a planetary trade contract, only to discover a world ruled entirely by astrology and fear. When a disastrous landing sends him spiraling into the underworld ...

The Holes by Michael Shaara
Nov 22, 2025 24 min

The Holes by Michael Shaara

A routine survey of an unremarkable planet spirals into dread as two explorers discover a network of perfectly round holes that seem to defy nature, physics, and common sense. What begins as scient...

The Last Weapon by Robert Sheckley
Nov 20, 2025 24 min

The Last Weapon by Robert Sheckley

A desperate treasure hunt on the frozen surface of Mars turns explosive when three men uncover the legendary weapons of a vanished civilization. But the greatest danger is not what the Martians lef...

The Nine Billion Names Of God by Arthur C. Clarke
Nov 17, 2025 21 min

The Nine Billion Names Of God by Arthur C. Clarke

A team of engineers travels to a remote Tibetan monastery to install a computer meant to complete a centuries-long sacred task. But as the machine nears the end of its work, the engineers realize t...

Know Thy Neighbor by Elisabeth R. Lewis
Nov 13, 2025 29 min

Know Thy Neighbor by Elisabeth R. Lewis

In a rundown San Francisco apartment building, Ellen begins to suspect something monstrous is hiding behind her neighbors’ polite smiles. When the cats go missing and the noises in the walls grow l...

The Meteor Girl by Jack Williamson
Nov 10, 2025 58 min

The Meteor Girl by Jack Williamson

A screaming meteor tears out of the sky and leaves more than a crater in its wake—inside it lies a mystery that bends the laws of physics. When Charlie King steps into the blue haze surrounding the...

The Other One by A. H. Gibson
Nov 10, 2025 16 min

The Other One by A. H. Gibson

A routine bank delivery turns into a night of sinister secrets when a young clerk visits a wealthy recluse in the lonely hills of West Virginia. What he discovers in the cellar — and later inside a...