Original Science Fiction - Makeshift Stories

Original Science Fiction - Makeshift Stories

Author: Vern Hume Language: English Episodes: 100
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Step into the world of Original Science Fiction-Makeshift Stories, an independent audio drama crafted by Vern Hume. This podcast is a monthly expedition into the vast territories of speculative fiction, blending elements of sci-fi and fantasy into original, self-contained narratives. Each episode is a new story, a fresh exploration of uncharted futures, strange realities, and the rebellious technologies that might define them. Listeners will hear fully-produced audio fiction, where character-driven plots unfold against backdrops of both wonder and warning. The focus is on immersive storytelling that asks "what if?" and follows that question down unexpected paths. It’s a podcast for those who crave thoughtful, original worlds built from sound and imagination, offering a regular escape into possibilities just beyond our own horizon. Tune in to discover what tomorrow might bring, one makeshift story at a time.
Episodes
The 5th World – Chapter 6 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Ex Caelo and Ship are helped to escape capture by a mysterious group of Rodentians who claim to be simply following the writings left to them in the past by an artificial intelligence. When it becomes clear that Ship is…
Transient Memory [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:50
An office worker finds a cap made of smart fabric in a thrift store on his lunch break and thinks he has taken advantage of the clerk who doesn’t know what it is. However, the cap is more than just a high-tech designer g…
The 5th World – Chapter 5 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:22
In this return to the serial story the 5th World, a technician repairing Ex Caelo and Opertarius’s ankle trackers suspects they are trying to escape and calls the authorities. Fearing exposure if he is questioned Ex Cael…
Incident at Lone Point [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:45
Despite not being interested in LARPing, Avery reluctantly attends a weekend event at a remote summer camp, put on by a group called Terra Incognita. When she arrives she finds out her character might have to be involved…
The Upper Limit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:37
In the afterma­th of a meeting, Julian wakes up aboard a spacecraft that is traveling to another star. His abductor claims they have kidnapped him to prove their theory about reality, which Julian fundamentally rejects.…
Bonus Episode Live at Calgary Expo [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:04
This bonus episode of Makeshift Stories was performed by Mitchell Tew in front of a live audience at the Calgary Expo Comics & Entertainment con on April 21, 2022. The story being read originally appeared in our feed on…
The Stand-in [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:26
A rogue android, hiding from capture in Tokyo by posing as a stand-in, begins to feel the need to develop friendships. Risking detection, it lets its guard down only to find what it initially thinks is betrayal turns out…
Erasure [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:47
After reading his rediscovered diary Emilio, an indentured farm labourer, begins to suspect an entire year is missing from the world’s collective memory. When he tries to reach out to see if this is true, he meets resist…
Ken Likelely, Supreme Ruler [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
While taking time away from a protest he and Mrs. Green started to prevent Boardwalk Estates from adopting a new landscaping bylaw, Ken finds a mysterious pendant lying on the sidewalk. In picking it up, he unwittingly b…
Simulation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
After a successful operation to regain her sight, Annisa starts to suspect people around her are lying. When she catches her reflection in a window and doesn’t recognize herself, her doctor reveals that she has been livi…

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