35. Naughty Goats and Joy: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200

38. BONUS Birthday Episode! Sci-Fi Snacks is One: Birthdays

It's our Birthday! Celebrate a whole year of science fiction short stories and snacks. This week's story: Birthdays [https://www.amazon.com/GALAXY-Science-Fiction-March-Mar/dp/B071DPJR8S], by Fred Saberhagen. Published in Galaxy Magazine This week's snack: Birthday Cake Biscotti [https://jonathanmelendez.com/birthday-cake-biscotti/](it's amazing check out this whole blog!) To be notified when new episodes of Sci-Fi Snacks are live, follow the podcast, and sign up for the newsletter here [https://lizjbradley.kit.com/scifisnackspodlist]. Thanks for listening! Let's connect on Socials! @lizjbradley.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/lizjbradley.bsky.social] | @lizjbradley [https://www.threads.com/@lizjbradley]  ----------------------------------------------------------- Intro and Outro Music by HolznaCC0 - Strange Signal, Straight to VHS used under CC0 1.0 Universal

37. Unlikeable Women and Alternate Universes: Some Desperate Glory

If you could live your life over and over, with all your memories could you stop the end of the universe? This week's story: Some Desperate Glory, by Emily Tesh Hugo Award  Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist! Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Finalist! This week's snack: Chocolate (Devil's Food) Cake! IYKYK To be notified when new episodes of Sci-Fi Snacks are live, follow the podcast, and sign up for the newsletter here [https://lizjbradley.kit.com/scifisnackspodlist]. Thanks for listening! Let's connect on Socials! @lizjbradley.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/lizjbradley.bsky.social] | @lizjbradley [https://www.threads.com/@lizjbradley]  ----------------------------------------------------------- Intro and Outro Music by HolznaCC0 - Strange Signal, Straight to VHS used under CC0 1.0 Universal

36. Megafauna and Fatherhood from Beyond the Grave: Uncertain Sons

Grounding your weird fiction with a throughline that cuts right through all the horror to the humanity at all has me crying while reading this week's award-nominated novelette. This week's story: Uncertain Sons, by Thomas Ha. Published in Uncertain Sons and Other Stories. [https://undertowpublications.com/shop/uncertain-sons] * Nebula Award Nominee (novelette) * Philip K. Dick Award Nominee * British Science Fiction Association Awards Nominee * Bram Stoker Awards Nominee in Long Fiction (for title novelette) * Locus Recommended Reading List * New York Public Library 'Best of 2025' This week's snack: Bread Machine Coffee Cake To be notified when new episodes of Sci-Fi Snacks are live, follow the podcast, and sign up for the newsletter here [https://lizjbradley.kit.com/scifisnackspodlist]. Thanks for listening! Let's connect on Socials! @lizjbradley.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/lizjbradley.bsky.social] | @lizjbradley [https://www.threads.com/@lizjbradley]  ----------------------------------------------------------- Next Week's Story: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh Intro and Outro Music by HolznaCC0 - Strange Signal, Straight to VHS used under CC0 1.0 Universal

35. Naughty Goats and Joy: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200

When a farmhand robot appears at Tantie Merle's house as a gift, she doesn't realize she is on the precipice of change, for not only her life, but the world. This week's story: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200, by R.S.A. Garcia Published in Uncanny Magazine  • Nebula Awards 2024 — short story — winner • Eugie Awards 2024 — finalist • Ignyte Awards 2024 — short story — nomination • Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2024 — winner This week's snack: Carrot Cake To be notified when new episodes of Sci-Fi Snacks are live, follow the podcast, and https://lizjbradley.kit.com/scifisnackspodlistsign up for the newsletter here [https://lizjbradley.kit.com/scifisnackspodlist]. Thanks for listening! Let's connect on Socials! https://bsky.app/profile/lizjbradley.bsky.social@lizjbradley.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/lizjbradley.bsky.social] | https://www.threads.com/@lizjbradley@lizjbradley [https://www.threads.com/@lizjbradley]  ----------------------------------------------------------- Intro and Outro Music by HolznaCC0 - Strange Signal, Straight to VHS used under CC0 1.0 Universal

34. Bodybuilders and Superheros: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You

In which gym bros save their community and fall in love. This week's story: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You [https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/if-you-find-yourself-speaking-to-god-address-god-with-the-informal-you/], by John Chu. Published in Uncanny Magazine  * Hugo Awards 2023 — novelette — nomination * Nebula Awards 2023 — novelette — winner * Ignyte Awards 2023 — novelette — winner * Locus Awards 2023 — novelette — winner This week's snack: Snacky Clusters from Trader Joes To be notified when new episodes of Sci-Fi Snacks are live, follow the podcast, and sign up for the newsletter here [https://lizjbradley.kit.com/scifisnackspodlist]. Thanks for listening! Let's connect on Socials! @lizjbradley.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/lizjbradley.bsky.social] | @lizjbradley [https://www.threads.com/@lizjbradley]  ----------------------------------------------------------- Next Week's Story: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 [https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/tantie-merle-and-the-farmhand-4200/] Intro and Outro Music by HolznaCC0 - Strange Signal, Straight to VHS used under CC0 1.0 Universal