{"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":"To Survive Underground, We Grew Bio-Mechs From Alien Flesh. It Was A Fatal Mistake","slug":"to-survive-underground-we-grew-bio-mechs-from-alien-flesh-it-was-a-fatal-mistake","published_at":"2026-08-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/to-survive-underground-we-grew-bio-mechs-from-alien-flesh-it-was-a-fatal-mistake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/to-survive-underground-we-grew-bio-mechs-from-alien-flesh-it","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/6a6f6895034f16a52e7385ff/media.mp3","summary":"Captain Rylan’s war machine is grown from the flesh of the enemy, and something inside it is listening. Humanity’s buried Trench-Cities survive behind open rifts the rock-boring Ossivores cannot cross. Beyond those rifts, Marrow Engines, steel frames wrapped in cultivated enemy muscle, are the only weapons powerful enough to hold the tunnels. Their neural interfaces let veteran pilots feel movement through solid stone. Then Trench-City Macon goes dark. Rylan leads four machines through three hundred kilometers of hostile rock to recover a classified research program from the ruins. The Ossivores no longer attack like animals. They isolate pilots, destroy infrastructure in sequence, and ignore easy prey to hunt the mechs first. Worse, the living tissue inside Rylan’s machine is pulling him toward something deep beneath the dead city. To learn how the enemy is finding them, Rylan must follow that signal into the dark. What waits below could explain the war’s sudden turn, but the truth may leave humanity with no weapon it can safely use. 🔗 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…","meta_description":"Captain Rylan’s war machine is grown from the flesh of the enemy, and something inside it is listening. Humanity’s buried Trench-Cities survive behind ope…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4545,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/to-survive-underground-we-grew-bio-mechs-from-alien-flesh-it-was-a-fatal-mistake/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/to-survive-underground-we-grew-bio-mechs-from-alien-flesh-it-was-a-fatal-mistake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}