{"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":"We Found A Solar System Where Planets Are Chained In Place | Sci-Fi Story","slug":"we-found-a-solar-system-where-planets-are-chained-in-place-sci-fi-story","published_at":"2026-05-16T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/we-found-a-solar-system-where-planets-are-chained-in-place-sci-fi-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/we-found-a-solar-system-where-planets-are-chained-in-place-s","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/69f19276526757e10b8d66c1/media.mp3","summary":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors An explorer serving on a deep-range xeno-archeology vessel enters a solar system that should not exist: every planet hangs fixed in space, tethered by colossal golden chains to a faceted artificial star. The chains are so vast that individual links eclipse the ship during approach, their surfaces marked by city-sized grooves that shift like mechanical muscle. Survey drones reveal that the chains do not merely clamp onto the planets; they pierce the crust and vanish into glowing internal anchors. Along the shadowed tethers, ancient maintenance structures crawl like barnacles, still tending a machine whose makers are gone. When the crew boards one of the chain-links, the protagonist discovers the “gold” is not metal in any ordinary sense. It is a self-repairing alloy grown around fossilized alien bodies, each corpse embedded as a biological tension sensor in the system’s enormous mechanism. The dead are not decorative relics; they are still part of the operating machinery, registering strain, decay, and alignment through preserved nervous structures that the explorers barely understand. What looked like imperial beauty becomes evidence of a civilization that built cosmic infrastructure out of its own people. ⚠️ 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 pur…","meta_description":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors An explorer serving on a deep-range xeno-archeology vessel enters a solar system that should not exist: every planet hangs f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3900,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/we-found-a-solar-system-where-planets-are-chained-in-place-sci-fi-story/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-found-a-solar-system-where-planets-are-chained-in-place-sci-fi-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}