{"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":"I Manage Human Tithe For Our Alien Masters. I Just Discovered What's Hatching Inside Them","slug":"i-manage-human-tithe-for-our-alien-masters-i-just-discovered-what-s-hatching-inside-them","published_at":"2026-08-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/i-manage-human-tithe-for-our-alien-masters-i-just-discovered-what-s-hatching-inside-them","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/i-manage-human-tithe-for-our-alien-masters-i-just-discovered","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/6a74b0e1c3e1347e8b7a9226/media.mp3","summary":"David Palmer has spent thirty years making human disappearances look orderly. As Senior Logistics Coordinator for New Geneva’s alien rulers, he balances quotas, clears medical screenings, and sends three hundred young adults a year toward distant extraction colonies. In return, the Protectorate’s Ambrosia treatment has kept him young, healthy, and marked as a collaborator. Then a transport ship returns after only three days, carrying no passengers and a manifest that claims every obligation has been fulfilled. Inside its hold, David discovers what the tithe truly feeds, and what thousands of names became after his signature moved them beyond human jurisdiction. With the next cohort days from departure, David stops taking Ambrosia and vanishes from the occupiers’ biometric grid. As twenty-five years of deferred aging tear through his body, he turns the machinery of his career against the harbor he helped supply. But one act of sabotage cannot erase thirty years of obedience, and the system he served was built to survive men like him. A bleak, visceral science-fiction short story about complicity, body horror, and the terrible distance between paperwork and flesh. 🔗 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…","meta_description":"David Palmer has spent thirty years making human disappearances look orderly. As Senior Logistics Coordinator for New Geneva’s alien rulers, he balances q…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3123,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/i-manage-human-tithe-for-our-alien-masters-i-just-discovered-what-s-hatching-inside-them/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/i-manage-human-tithe-for-our-alien-masters-i-just-discovered-what-s-hatching-inside-them.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}