{"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":622,"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":"2026-06-09T18:17:03.405144+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033"},"episode":{"title":"The Agency Sent A Time Travel Detective 20 Years Forward. He Brought Back A Temporal Parasite","slug":"the-agency-sent-a-time-travel-detective-20-years-forward-he-brought-back-a-temporal-parasite","published_at":"2026-05-01T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/the-agency-sent-a-time-travel-detective-20-years-forward-he-brought-back-a-temporal-parasite","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/the-agency-sent-a-time-travel-detective-20-years-forward-he","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/69e9ec936eeb59e2baf73c67/media.mp3","summary":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors Chronos investigator Cale is sent twenty years into an aborted future to gather evidence on a serial bomber, expecting forensic work and finding extinction instead. Under a white sky, he moves through a dead city where causality itself has been wounded: in one ruined safehouse he discovers a murder wall made from objects that no longer exist in his own present, each clue fading out of reality as he studies it, forcing him to carry the case back in memory alone. His first real glimpse of the thing stalking the future comes in a collapsed courtroom, where he watches it feed not on flesh but on sequence and meaning. People caught in its wake remain alive for a moment, but their actions lose their causes: witnesses no longer know why they ran, lovers no longer know each other, victims cannot say what is happening to them because the chain connecting thought, memory, and event has been stripped away. The parasite is less a beast than a moving failure in time, something that turns lived reality into disconnected fragments. ⚠️ 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. 📜 Fictional Work Disclaimer This story is a work of fiction created for entertainment purposes only. The events, characters, and organizations portrayed are entirely fictional, and any references to governmental bodies, entities, or individuals are not intended to represent reality…","meta_description":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors Chronos investigator Cale is sent twenty years into an aborted future to gather evidence on a serial bomber, expecting foren…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3738,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/the-agency-sent-a-time-travel-detective-20-years-forward-he-brought-back-a-temporal-parasite/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/the-agency-sent-a-time-travel-detective-20-years-forward-he-brought-back-a-temporal-parasite.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}