{"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":"We Built A Moving City. If It Stops, We All Die Instantly","slug":"we-built-a-moving-city-if-it-stops-we-all-die-instantly","published_at":"2026-08-19T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/we-built-a-moving-city-if-it-stops-we-all-die-instantly","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/we-built-a-moving-city-if-it-stops-we-all-die-instantly","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/6a6afc646043035f895588d6/media.mp3","summary":"Sci-Fi Subgenres: Planetary science fiction, weird science, social dystopia A Surveyor walks ahead of a mobile city that must remain inside a narrow region of survivable gravity moving across an apparently endless plain. He discovers that the region is not natural: the city’s own mass engine creates it while crushing the landscape behind and distorting time for communities left outside. Stopping the engine would end the devastation, but it would also expose the city’s inhabitants to decades of accumulated gravitational debt in a single instant. 🔗 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 If you enjoy the stories and want to support the channel directly, you can do so on Ko-fi: ☕ (Ko-fi): https://ko-fi.com/galactichorrors 📖 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. 📜 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. Any rese…","meta_description":"Sci-Fi Subgenres: Planetary science fiction, weird science, social dystopia A Surveyor walks ahead of a mobile city that must remain inside a narrow regio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/we-built-a-moving-city-if-it-stops-we-all-die-instantly/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/we-built-a-moving-city-if-it-stops-we-all-die-instantly.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}