Makeshift Stories is an independently produced sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction podcast for all ages. Twice a month, escape the ordinary and join us on a journey through space, time, possible futures, alternative pasts and the unexplainable.
Tim (a giant by local standards) finds himself on Ceres (a small and icy world) without any memory of how he got there and who he is. He has literally dropped into the middle of a conflict and is taken in by one side.
Sareen’s plans, made over several generations, come together on "All Hallows Eve" to bring the target of her 1000 year quest to her doorstep. Adrian who has been hiding for centuries fails to see the trap being laid and inadvertently allows himself to ...
Life on board the Hyper Nova begins to settle down into a routine until a number of random events collide with one of Len’s pet projects causing the ship and its crew to get sucked into a hole in space.
After being sucked into a wormhole, created when Luki used Len’s unfinished hyper dry modification to the ship’s clothes dryer, the crew of the Hyper Nova are stranded on a strange planet called Atma, which is being smothered in lost laundry.
Emergent Intelligence Corporation has used the doctrine of utilitarianism to provide moral guidance for its sentient, autonomous autopilots. In short, […]
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine.
Merit begins to build support to stop his self-appointed leader. Meanwhile, at the request of the board of directors, Reyanish spies on Daniel Johnson. While exploring Amos’ mind, Janva is trapped by the presence which has been protecting it.
After noticing a ghostly figure in a series of photos, Trisha, a top performing career architect, attending her company retreat starts getting a series of unusual messages on her cell phone.
After failing to trap the two Aleutians, the entity that has been interfering since Janva's arrival on Ceres, decides to take control of events on the tiny dwarf world.
After a tumor damaged Reina’s spinal cord, she volunteers for an experimental treatment using newly developed implants. But there is a hidden cost. One which she has inadvertently agreed to in the fine print of the end user agreement.
Ken Likeley, a city clerk who toils day in and day out to ensure that everything in his life and world is logical finds himself adrift in the multiverse.
Meret’s secret plan to sabotage Galan is discovered by the alien presence which has taken over the self-appointed Triffal leader. To pay for his betrayal Meret is imprisoned in a bubble outside of space-time.
A psychologist tries to convince a sentient program to shut itself down before it is attacked by a rogue computer virus. But the program doesn’t trust the motivations of its creators and resorts to subterfuge to avoid its fate.
Lee and Garry, online nemesis, reluctantly agree to take a trip to the edge of their world to prove who is right. Is there something beyond the boundary or not?
A down on their luck AI trainer struggles to make ends meet. At the height of a medical crisis brought on by stresses imposed by the circumstances she finds herself in, help comes from an unlikely source.
Finding a debris field where Terra should have been, the Aleutian are faced with the choice to change history or live with the consequences of their actions.
Three astronauts are pushed off course by what they initially suspect is an electrical problem. But after being forced to land at an unplanned location, they discover something they are not meant to see.
Mario is lured to an alien’s ship where he discovers he has been sweetened up to suit the taste buds of an extraterrestrial who has been manipulating him.
Ivan Petrenko’s entire life has revolved around his quest to seek official recognition of his family’s apparent abduction by extraterrestrials in the late 1950’s, in the process he discovers they may have been victims of an MK Ultra experiment.
While on a tour of Space Park in California, Ken is given a rather odd souvenir by an annoying member of his tour group. Ken thinks nothing of it until an extraterrestrial turns up at his house claiming to be from the asteroid Oumuamua.
After a catastrophic accident obscures the stars in the night sky, Zoe’s attempt to reignite the world’s imagination runs afoul of a billionaire’s ambition to start a colony on Mars.
While investigating a complaint about an oversized house, which mysteriously appeared in his neighbourhood, Ken meets the peculiar owner who grants him four wishes.
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.
Leaf and Planet discover they are trapped in a collapsing pocket universe created by the anxiety Ken has rubbed into his favourite rock and their only way out is to convince Ken reality is just an illusion.
A wannabe actor, desperate to pursue a career on the stage, indentures herself to a theatre company which entertains tourists in low earth orbit. She plays an18th-century pirate but begins to realize they may not be acting.
Frustrated by a bad experience with an automated self-checkout in the grocery store, Ken ignores messages he receives from the future inadvertently causes the end of the world as we know it.
A self-taught hacker discovers a recent client’s job was the reason her daughter’s friend was arrested. Disgusted by her client’s actions, she decides to turn the tables on them and seek retribution.
An insurance investigator is sucked into the murky world of conspiracy theories which claim the laws of thermodynamics have been faked to prevent the world from discovering perpetual motion machines which can generate free energy.
While taking the mail to the recycle bin Ken discovers three cats, who are historical deities, have invited themselves into his living room. The cats are intent on dividing the world into three pieces, destroying it in the process.
After suffering a heart attack, Marcos learns he will need a transplant. However, the replacement organ is in Marcos’ best friend Napoleon, a hybrid Chimera who is much more than what it was designed to be.
An automated registration machine decides the way Ken has entered his last name is wrong, corrects the spelling and assigns him another person's profile. With the incorrect id on his phone, Ken is accidentally mistaken for someone else.
It seemed like a great way to pursue a career otherwise out of reach except for two unfortunate facts. One, an economic collapse; two, her shares were sold to an investor looking for ways to maximize returns by any means possible.
After being mistaken for the wrong person, Ken finds himself at a rather unusual VIP event, but on discovering he is the featured speaker and the little grey figures are not in costumes, he begins to panic.
ubanzi, a young indentured labourer working in a telepresence center finds himself caught between his company’s deception and the bullying of a client who suspects the truth – the robotic servitors the company sells are not autonomous.
Ken accidentally becomes the target of a proof of concept to maximize profit in the universe through in life purchases and loot boxes. He thinks he is just playing a game until Leaf and Planet point out his actions are changing reality.
As two seniors forced into retirement after an economic crash flee north in front of a storm so massive, it almost covers the entire width of the great central plains; they discover that one of them is fleeing from more than an impending natural disaster.
Fed up with fighting off the natural flora invading his lawn from Leaf’s yard, Ken goes online to find a solution and stumbles upon a mysterious website selling home CRISPR DNA editing labs targeted to the home gardener with invasive weed problems.
Ken finds himself in a fake reality, where everything is a bit off. After he discovers his fridge is full of organic vegetables, he assumes Leaf is behind the strangeness. But unknown to Ken, he has the secret to the mystery in his pocket.
A gig, involving which involved having a mesh hub implanted under the skin, at first looks like an easy way to make money, but soon turns out to have a darker side.
To keep control of a revolutionary process, an inventor hires a down and out performer to pretend they have mystic healing powers. But, under the stress of success the partnership begins to fall apart, forcing the inventor to take drastic measures.
Ken meets a new friend online who asks to stay at his house. However, when the friend arrives, they are very different than their online persona, and the ramifications turn out to be global.
Dmytro, an ex-miner who refused to leave an abandoned Uranium mine site, tells his story. The reason Dmytro has lived alone for over forty years is not that he is a hermit; he had no choice if he wanted humanity to survive.
Dmytro is reluctant to reveal his secret and hopes the two journalists will leave before events force them into the same choices he had to make. But even after Dmytro tries to tell Naomie he is not alone she refuses to believe him.
During a social engineering experiment conducted by Leaf’s dog Planet, the local community association decides to replace all the grass in Broadwalk Estates’ public spaces with drought-resistant plants. In protest,
Ellie rents the only room she can afford near her university. But the place turns out to have a colony of flies and a slightly pungent smell. Too late she discovers the flies are sentient and had come to a unique agreement with the previous tenant.
After failing to capture a mysterious collector named Mr. Hughes, those chasing him scramble to find the man before he removes critical memories from another person.