{"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 Last Martian On Venus | Sci-Fi","slug":"the-last-martian-on-venus-sci-fi","published_at":"2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/the-last-martian-on-venus-sci-fi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/the-last-martian-on-venus-sci-fi","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/6a0860cbd98ee73f637c0101/media.mp3","summary":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors A young, unmodified Martian nobleman descends through Venus’s yellow acid cloud layer to marry into a dying aristocratic house. The estate appears first as a gothic impossibility: a corroded mansion hanging beneath vast black suspension balloons, its marble balconies scarred green by acid, its masked servants polishing decay from architecture that should never have survived in the sky. The patriarch receives him in a glass conservatory full of dead Earth plants kept alive by tubes, his chest ticking beneath a gold-stitched robe. During dinner, a tremor exposes the truth beneath the costume: golden gears, wet tubing, and failing flesh moving together inside his open maintenance cavity. The marriage is not romantic alliance but legal predation. The protagonist discovers that his contract contains a “biological continuity clause” classifying his unmodified body as inheritable estate property once he joins the family. Beneath the estate, in organ-vats chained like drowned bells under the mansion’s belly, the protagonist finds previous suitors preserved as twitching biological scaffolds, their tissues used to keep the mansion, the patriarch, and the family’s machinery alive. His body becomes the only unsullied currency left in a house where lineage, property, machinery, and flesh have become one system. ⚠️ 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 rig…","meta_description":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors A young, unmodified Martian nobleman descends through Venus’s yellow acid cloud layer to marry into a dying aristocratic hou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3895,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/the-last-martian-on-venus-sci-fi/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-last-martian-on-venus-sci-fi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}