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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

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 22. The Boy Who Loved Candy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:26

Sometimes you can love something just a little too much. Under the influence of a mysterious dream Marco discovers that he can't stop eating candy and begins to grow to alarming proportions. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects, opening and closing music from Premiumbeat. Episode album cover image from Fotolia.

 21. Hyper Nova | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:00

Luki is given his first true command of a star ship and is immediately plunged into a major mission. With the help of his less than loyal crew he completes the assignment but inadvertently creates a new potential problem. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premiumbeat. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap.

 20. Mirror Image | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 20:52

Sareen is mysteriously transported back in time to a version of her home world that is not entirely correct. The planet is ruled by a group that she has never hear of so Sareen sets out to figure out what is going on. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Opening theme excerpt from the Song of the Hebrides performed by David Hume * Closing theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 19. Voluntold | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:50

During what turns out to be an extremely slow side trip to the home planet of two rogue space probes, Ada receives a coded message that orders them to stop what they are doing and launch a rescue mission to pick up an important executive officer. Reluctantly Luki and Len then set out in a shuttle to pick up their mysterious passenger. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premiumbeat. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap.

 18. The Endgame | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:12

When an unexpected message from deep space turns out to be a Triffal ship Amos must change his plans and as a result he finds himself with less than a day to locate his missing artificial intelligence, wrap up his work and be extracted by the rescue team. Amos looks for Raymore to help him with his new plans, but he finds that mysteriously Raymore has entered the simulated world were apparently he has trapped the renegade artificial intelligence. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Openg theme excerpt from the Song of the Hebrides performed by David Hume * Closing theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 17. A Turn of Events | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:30

Imprisoned in a GEAA simulation Tim, Maya and Adrian become the focal point of two competing forces. Raymore finds the artificial intelligence and starts to get it to reveal the encryption keys to Amos' secret research, however he is distracted by an unexpected event. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Closing theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 16. A.I. Dreams | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:08

AI Dreams is the third installment in a series of bedtime classics adapted to the Makeshift Stories universe. In this episode, loosely based on the popular folktale of the Ginger Bread Boy, Amos creates an artificial intelligence that escapes taking his secrete research with it. Distraught Amos enlists Raymore to help him, but Raymore has other plans. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Closing theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 15. The Four Keys Pt.3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:30

After his odd encounter with Annie, William starts pressing Tim for the information that she gave him, but Tim is left wondering who to trust. Then unexpected events – which Tim suspects are not random - place him in a situation where he is forced to make a decision that he feels he may regret. As a result his choice Tim inadvertently takes Adrian, Maya, Padget and William to the heart of the machine world. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Closing theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 14. The Other Story – Space Junk | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:30

After being picked up by an automated rescue ship Luki, Zara and Fritz start to settle in to a routine when an unexpected crew member is discovered. An accident then sets the small group off in a new direction. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premiumbeat. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Pre-opening theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 13. The Four Keys Pt.2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:33

After Adrian is shot by an arrow Tim uses his new found power to save him. As Adrian revives William insists that they all come with him to his ship before the main Elfin raiding party arrives. The small group then scrambles through the back alleys of Claring trying to reach the river front before the invaders. Narrowly escaping as the Elfin soldiers pour onto the river peer they set sail to find the first key. Once underway Tim decides to tell Maya and Adrian about his revelation. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Closing theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 12. The Other Story – Luki | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:00

Luki -The Other Story is the first episode of an alternate storyline. At the end of episode 11 as the Sodality are about to leave Ceres three of their members accidentally discover an alternate means of escape. The trio is in turn rescued by an officious artificial intelligence. Program Notes And Credits Background audio textures and sound effects: Mars: The Planets Suite licensed from Premiumbeat. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Pre-opening theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 11. Echoes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:30

After many nights exchanging stories Sareen tries to explain to Effie why the Sodality ended up exiled on Ceres. The answer is not something that Effie easily accepts and it changes her feelings toward Sareen and the Allusions. Meanwhile a Sodality exploration team finds an abandoned project that holds the possibility of an escape from the tiny ice world. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Band except as noted below. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Ending theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 10. The Four Keys – Pt.1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:24

Maya, Adrian, and Tim arrive in a new world that Tim feels is vaguely familiar. Before they figure out where they are or how they got there, they are mistaken for fleeing labourers and chased by a disagreeable lord. A member of the Merchant Guild intervenes and helps them escape, only to deliver them back into harms way. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Band except as noted below. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Ending theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 9. Orph The Emerald Plant | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:27

Orph The Emerald Planet is the second installment in a series of bedtime classics adapted to the Makeshift Stories universe. Based on the 1907 story by Laura E Richards The House with the golden Windows from a book of short stories with the same name, it presents the archetypal irony that grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. Sareen tells her apprentice Fox a legend about the origins of the Sodality that she heard from Effie while Marooned on Ceres. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Band except as noted below. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * Ending theme music By ERH (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=215874)

 8. GEAA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:31

After being caught in the Europa Café Tim, Maya, and Adrian are flown to G.E.A.A. head office. They are told that those who see the mysterious leaders of G.E.A.A. are not allowed to leave. Facing their fears the three meet the senior G.E.A.A executive officer and find out who is behind the organization that should not exist in Tim and Adrian’s world. Program Notes And Credits All background audio textures and sound effects were made in Acid Music Studio or Garage Band except as noted below. Sound FX and background textures from SoundSnap. Additional sounds from Free Sound Project. * By man (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=14447) soldati-marcia.aif * By hammerklavier (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=430462) G2. Estonian Bells-Octave Lower.aif (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=43920)

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