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Makeshift Stories

Summary: MakeShift Stories is a monthly podcast of original fantasy and SF short stories. The series explores, space, time, alternate realities, and the near future in an ever expanding fantasy and sci fi universe. Each episode we bring to life a somewhat random collection of characters in clean family friendly adventures for all ages.

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  • Copyright: Copyright © Makeshift Stories - Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Stories Podcast 2015

Podcasts:

 67. Lifeline | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:36

While investigating an anomaly in the size of the information packets being sent from a commercial project on Mars, Yara an engineer, discovers a hidden signal which turns out to be something unexpected, that forces her into a choice she does not want to make.   Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H. Narrator - Mitchell Tew

 66. Encounter at the Lake | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:17

Two brothers are reluctantly brought together in an alternate past future that splits off from the well known Falcon Lake UFO incident in 1967, only to discover that they are trapped in the roles defined in their youth   Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 65. The Wondering City | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:00

Two recent immigrants to a new colony world find it unexpectedly difficult to make ends meet until one of them wins a trip for two to seven exotic worlds. While on the trip they meet an alien who challenges their understanding of history and gives them a special opportunity.   Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 64. Low Resolution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:14

Finola, an unemployed librarian, lands a job with a research institute investigating unexplained phenomena. Unlike her new colleagues she is sceptical about the existence of the supernatural, UFOs, aliens, and parallel realities. Through an odd twist of fate she finds herself rethinking her belief in the physically of world around her.   Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 63 Special Delivery | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:59

Sal through, no fault of his own, has been reduced to house sitting for a living. He moves from house to house hiding from his past from his past until one day he receives a mysterious special delivery that appears to present him with undreamed of possibilities. But he is not sure if the package was meant for him or a neighbour or if it is a complex scheme to from someone in his past seeking revenge.   Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 62. Runaway | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:02

Alana, a gamer from the poor side of town, has worked her way into an elite online guild, which only admits players from wealthy neighbourhoods. When she is accidently discovered and her membership and livelihood are both threatened help comes from a mysterious new friend. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 61. 2012 The End of My World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:09

While on a school field trip to a nuclear research station, in the late 1960’s, Allen is overwhelmed with a sense of déjà vu, and can’t break away from the feeling that he is trapped in a loop of time between 1968 and 2012. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 60. The Volunteer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:20

After graduating college Eveta is unexpectedly called up as a volunteer for community service. She is required to take on the personality of another person and temporarily live among the interred on a distant isolated island. Once there she finds herself stuck between the necessity to keep a monumental secret and the mistake of her predecessor. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 59. The Gap | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:38

A trip to the coast in search of work ends up at a remote struggling hotel. Built by the passion and obsession of it’s own, the hotel may hold a secret worth returning for fifty years later. The problem is that the hotel has burnt down and the fate of it’s owner is unknown. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 58. The Last Mod | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:16

Frillo was orphaned at an early age and grew up on the streets of the economic zone. Taken in by an older modder he quickly learned the trade and by 15 was at the pinnacle of the illicit field. Despite the warnings of his mentor Frillo takes on a high profile job that turns out to be his last. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 57. Blackout | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:44

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. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 56. The Tribute | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:23

Sometimes the way the world is and the systems we toil under, indifferent to our day to day struggles, seem just a little unfair. And no matter how hard we try our ability to change them feels remote at best. In this month’s story, set in an alternate reality, a young farm worker decides to change the agreement with the ancient absent rulers that his village has struggled under for centuries . Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 55. The Awakening (part 2) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:10

Through archaeological research, museums, archives and historical texts, we assume we know what has happened in the past. What if we have missed something so fundamental that it would change our understanding of the world? In part two of “The Awakening” Maya discovers that humanity was never alone. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 54. The Awakening (part 1) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:21

Through archaeological research, museums, archives and historical texts, we assume we know what has happened in the past. What if we have missed something so fundamental that it would change our understanding of the world? Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

 53. Jet Pack | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:49

Adam receives a rather odd package in the mail and when he checks the postmark realizes that it has taken more than half a century for the thing to be delivered to, whom he believes to be, the wrong A. Bruckner. Curiosity finally overcomes Adam and he unwraps the box finding a mysteriously object that transports him into a nostalgic past vision of the future. Program Notes And Credits Opening and closing music by David H.

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