Sci Fi Short Stories Audiobook - 9 Kinda Short Sci Fi Stories from The early Days of Science Fiction

0:00 Escape by Paul Ernst
16:38 From Outer Space by Robert Zaks
28:14 Birkett's Twelfth Corpse by August Derleth
37:47 Welcome Martians! by Evan Hunter
57:37 The Eater of Souls by Henry Kuttner
1:08:49 Hey Ma, Where's Willie? by I. M. Bukstein
1:19:23 Cry Silence by Fredric Brown
1:33:13 X Marks the Pedwalk by Fritz Leiber
1:46:00 Beside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley

The Early Days of Sci Fi

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You asked for more super short science fiction stories and for longer episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. So, why not both? We’ve got 9 kinda short sci-fi stories for you in an episode that’s almost two hours long! That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We have 9 kinda short stories for you today. We’ll kick it off with a story from “Weird Tales - A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual” in July 1938. Let’s go to page 91 for Escape from Paul Ernst.

Our next story was written by one of those guys we know almost nothing about. In addition to 6 short science fiction stories in the 1950s, Robert Zacks wrote 8 TV episodes for shows in the 50s. From “Startling Stories Magazine” in May 1952, the first story ever published written by Robert Zacks, From Outer Space…

August Derleth grew up in Sauk City, Wisconsin. He loved reading and went to the library 3 times a week, saved his money to buy books and his personal library exceeded 12,000 volumes later in life. His stories were rejected 40 times over 3 years before he sold “Bat’s Belfry” to “Weird Tales Magazine” in 1926. “Birkett’s Twelfth Corpse” can be found in “Strange Stories Magazine” in August 1940. Darkly Swirling Waters Covered All That Remained of a Hideous Secret. Let’s turn to page 67 for “Birkett’s Twelfth Corpse” by August Derleth…

Evan Hunter wrote one of my favorites, “The Plagiarist From Rigel IV”. “Only one question seemed important in this huge space venture: Who was flying where?” We’ll find our story on page 57 of the May 1952 issue of “If Worlds of Science Fiction”, Welcome, Martians! by Evan Hunter…

Up next a short tale about a strange entity on a distant world. Our strange story was written by Henry Kuttner and this is his first short sci-fi story on the podcast. Kuttner grew up in poverty in Los Angeles after his father died when he was 5. He sold his first story, “The Graveyard Rats” to “Weird Tales Magazine” in 1936. Kuttner met his wife, fellow author C.L. Moore, through their association with the “Lovecraft Circle”, a group of writers and fans who corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft.

Marion Zimmer Bradley, Roger Zelazny, Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury have all cited Kuttner as an influence. In fact, Bradbury said that Henry Kuttner actually wrote the last 300 words of Bradbury’s first horror story, “The Candle”.

Kuttner contributed several stories to the Cthulhu Mythos genre including today’s story. Open your January 1937 copy of “Weird Tales Magazine” to page 93 for “The Eater of Souls” by Henry Kuttner…

Our next story was written by I. M. Bukstein although I doubt that was his name. An exhaustive search for the author found absolutely nothing. From “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” in October 1952, turn to page 112 for “Hey Ma, Where’s Willie”

Fredric Brown is known for his mastery of super short sci-fi stories. This one is a little longer. Would you try to save your wife from a killer? Seems like a simple question, but to Mandy's husband, it was one to stump the experts. Turn page 100 of “Black Mask Magazine” in November 1948. Cry Silence by Fredric Brown…

Fritz Leiber is back with a very unusual story. “This is how it all began—the terrible civil strife that devastates our world!”. Turn to page 57 in the debut issue of “Worlds of Tomorrow Magazine”, in April 1963 for “X Marks the Pedwalk” by Fritz Leiber…

Last but certainly not least we turn to Robert Sheckley. We’ll find our story on page 19 of the October-November issue of “Amazing Stories Magazine.” Beside Still Waters