flash fiction

Stories featured in this episode:

A Good Ball by Eugen Bacon - https://eugenbacon.com -
1st appeared in The Road to Woop Woop & Other Stories from Meerkat Press - https://meerkatpress.com/books/the-road/ -
music by Fall Precauxions - https://fallprecauxions.bandcamp.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

Shards of Glass by Todd Sullivan - https://www.metastellar.com/author/todd-sullivan/ -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

theme music by Dain Luscombe - 

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com

In this chapter, we revisit a Book 1 favorite, Fig & Darcy, pick right up where we left off.

Stories featured in this episode:

Cynscout by KC Grifant - https://scifiwri.com/ -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

The Almost-Activation of Ruby Valentine's Catastrophe Machine by Jenna Hanchey - https://jennahanchey.com/ -
music by Fall Precauxions - https://fallprecauxions.bandcamp.com/ -
read by the author -

theme music by Dain Luscombe - 

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com

In this story, we examine a culture's legend as to why it rains.

In this week's entry, we continue the story of Darius, the Spirit Guard Adept, and the troubling vision he has.

Stories featured in this episode:

I Hope I Call You Back by Tara Campbell - http://taracampbell.com -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by Heather Morgan -

The Escape by Jean-Paul L. Garnier -
music by Fall Precauxions - https://fallprecauxions.bandcamp.com/ -
read by the author -

theme music by Dain Luscombe -

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com

In today's story, our main character embarks on a final process after making a difficult decision.

CW: This story contains themes of end of life and suicide

In today's story, we meet a band of adventureers on a noble quest. We also meet a second band of adventurers on a noble quest, along with a secondary mission.

Mileva Anastasiadou is a neurologist from Athens, Greece, and the author of We Fade with Time, a flash fiction collection published in 2022 by Alien Buddha Press. A Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction and Best Small Fiction nominated writer, Mileva's work can be found in many journals, such as The Chestnut Review, New World Writing, Milk Candy Review, The Bureau Dispatch, and others. We discussed how Mileva's Greek publisher encouraged her to switch languages, how hard writing in English felt in the beginning, but also how it turned out to be a unique way she could look at her life and dissect her experience. In this episode Mileva reads He Used to Be Gold, first published in Bending Genres, Issue Sixteen, August 2020. 

Stories featured in this episode:

The Seeds of Foundation by Pedro Iniguez - https://pedroiniguezauthor.com/ -
music by Patrick Urn -  https://morlox.bandcamp.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

The Man Who Spoke by Tobias S. Buckell - https://tobiasbuckell.com/ -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

theme music by Dain Luscombe -

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com

We continue the story of Darius' Tale, that we began back in Book 2, Chapter 4

In today's story, our hero goes about the monotony of his daily routine before work. But it's where he's going that makes the difference.

In this chapter, we listen to the inner monologue of a very particular survivor of the Apocalypse

Stories featured in this episode:

This is an Optimistic Science Fiction Story About the Future by Marie Vibbert - https://www.marievibbert.com/ -
music by Fall Precauxions - https://fallprecauxions.bandcamp.com/ 
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

Space Radio by Michael Butterworth - https://michael-butterworth.co.uk/ -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by the author

Space Age Mermaid by Tonya R. Moore - https://tonyarmoore.com/ -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

theme music by Dain Luscombe -

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com

In this chapter, we begin an irregular serial story of Magic, Adventure and Fantasy

In a town where nothing happens, sometimes when it does, you wish for boredom.

From the pages of Radon Journal - https://www.radonjournal.com/ -

Stories featured in this episode:

Hello This is Automatic Antigrief by Jenna Hanchey - https://jennahanchey.com/ -
music by Fall Precauxions - https://fallprecauxions.bandcamp.com/ 
read by Zara Kand -

Lost in Transcription by Abigail Guerrero - 
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ 
read by Mark Soden Jr., Pedro Iniguez, Jean-Paul Garnier, and Zara Kand - 

theme music by Dain Luscombe -

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com

In this week's story, our protagonist has literally the worst prom ever.

Welcome back to Book 2 of Bite Size Tales. If our first chapter, we have a bonus episode of stories from each author, with a prompt submitted by a listener.

Stories featured in this episode:

Cost of Living by Mike Morgan - https://perpetualstateofmildpanic.wordpress.com/ - 
music by Fall Precauxions - https://fallprecauxions.bandcamp.com/ -
read by Jean-Paul Garnier -

We're All Family Here by Mark Soden Jr. -
music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ -
read by the author -

theme music by Dain Luscombe - 

Simultaneous Times is a monthly science fiction podcast produced by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, CA.
https://www.spacecowboybooks.com