{"podcast":{"title":"Galactic Horrors","slug":"galactic-horrors-6264033","podcast_index_feed_id":6264033,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66477018b68429001342b9a2","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/galactic-horrors","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66477018b68429001342b9a2/show-cover.jpg","author":"Galactic Horrors","episode_count":748,"summary":"Original dark science fiction stories, told as standalone narrated episodes. Ships, stations, labs and border worlds; deep-space missions, black projects, quarantined facilities and forgotten sectors where the plan makes sense on paper right up until it doesn’t. These are slow-burn, grounded stories about technology, secrecy and the people caught in the gap between what was promised and what actually happens. If you like quiet dread, institutional cover-ups and futures that feel uncomfortably plausible, this is your channel. All stories, artwork, and thumbnails are original to Galactic Horrors. We do not accept submissions. Disclosure: This show includes AI-generated elements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-13T06:20:52.540919+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033"},"episode":{"title":"An Alien Species Showed Up In Earth's Orbit. What It Truly Wants Is HORRIFYING","slug":"an-alien-species-showed-up-in-earth-s-orbit-what-it-truly-wants-is-horrifying","published_at":"2026-09-02T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/an-alien-species-showed-up-in-earth-s-orbit-what-it-truly-wants-is-horrifying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/an-alien-species-showed-up-in-earths-orbit-what-it-truly-wan","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/6a7e9bc6ff328abd845f5650/media.mp3","summary":"A living alien ship has fused itself to an orbital station, and linguist Eric Taylor has volunteered to let it wire a translator into his spine. The graft works. It teaches his muscles an alien grammar, paints meaning across his vision, and turns eight days of silence into humanity’s first real conversation with the beings aboard the ship. Then Eric notices what their language is actually measuring. The aliens do not classify living things by species. They classify them by composition, energy density, and yield. As diplomats prepare to lower the station’s defenses for a historic reception, Eric realizes the organ is not merely translating their words. It is teaching him to see human bodies the way they do, and it has its own methods for keeping a useful host cooperative. With his nervous system becoming part of an alien network and every direct warning cut off at the source, Eric must find a loophole inside the language before the station lowers its last defense. 🔗 Official Links: The only place to get daily and bonus Galactic Horrors stories with no ads or interruptions is Patreon: 📡 Join Patreon: https://patreon.com/GalacticHorrors Galactic Horrors stories are also available as eBooks on Amazon, with new releases every week: 📚 eBooks: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0H2F5M2B3/allbooks 📖 Written by Galactic Horrors ⚠️ Content Ownership Notice All stories, artwork, thumbnails, and animations featured on this channel are original creations of Galactic Horrors. I do not accept or feature submissions from other creators. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, or re-uploading of any content from this channel, in any form, is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of copyright. Legal action may be taken against any parties found infringing these rights. 📜…","meta_description":"A living alien ship has fused itself to an orbital station, and linguist Eric Taylor has volunteered to let it wire a translator into his spine. The graft…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4384,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/an-alien-species-showed-up-in-earth-s-orbit-what-it-truly-wants-is-horrifying/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/an-alien-species-showed-up-in-earth-s-orbit-what-it-truly-wants-is-horrifying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}