Drabblecast 273 – The Electric Ant
- Feature: The Electric Ant by Phillip K. Dick
- Genre: Sci-Fi
At four-fifteen in the afternoon, T.S.T., Garson Poole woke up in his hospital bed, knew that he lay in a hospital bed in a three-bed ward and realized in addition two things: that he no longer had a right hand and that he felt no pain.
They had given me a strong analgesic, he said to himself as he stared at the far wall with its window showing downtown New York. Webs in which vehicles and peds darted and wheeled glimmered in the late afternoon sun, and the brilliance of the aging light pleased him. It’s not yet out, he thought. And neither am I…
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Drabblecast 272 – Power Armor: A Love Story
- Feature: Power Armor: A Love Story by David Barr Kirtley
- Drabble: Eyes by Steven Saus
- Genre: Romance Sci-Fi
It was quite a party. The women wore gowns. The men wore tuxedos. Anthony Blair wore power armor.
Armor that was sleek and black and polished, and made not a whisper as Blair paced the lawn behind his mansion, passing a word here or there with one of his guests. In those days the most advanced exoskeletons were crude affairs, and Blair’s armor seemed decades, if not centuries, ahead of its time…
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Drabblecast 271 – Trifecta XXIV
- Feature: The Desires of Houses by Haddayr Copley-Woods
- Feature: Fool by Steven R. Stewart
- Feature Spidersong by Alex Shvartsman
- Drabble: Babel-ing Idiot by Jeff Johnston
- Genre: Fantasy Strange
We listen to the spidersong. The spiders are far away, just at the edge of our senses, whispering a haunting and beautiful melody into our minds. The grown-ups are oblivious, as always. They are having several conversations at once around the campfire, laughing and gossiping. Itโs a nuisance because we canโt enjoy the spidersong nearly as well, not with all the distraction. We use a reliable trick — we have Sheila ask for a story…