{"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 Woke Up From Cryosleep In The Void. Earth Abandoned Us In Deep Space | Sci-Fi","slug":"we-woke-up-from-cryosleep-in-the-void-earth-abandoned-us-in-deep-space-sci-fi","published_at":"2026-06-01T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033/we-woke-up-from-cryosleep-in-the-void-earth-abandoned-us-in-deep-space-sci-fi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/galactic-horrors-6264033","url":"https://shows.acast.com/galactic-horrors/episodes/we-woke-up-from-cryosleep-in-the-void-earth-abandoned-us-in","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66477018b68429001342b9a2/e/6a07081ad98ee73f631e7031/media.mp3","summary":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors A dissident wakes alone during a frost-choked systems failure aboard a generation ship he was told would carry humanity’s unwanted idealists to a new colony. The first truth is visual before it is political: every viewport opens onto absolute blackness, and an exterior camera shows the ark itself armored in ice, crawling through the intergalactic void with no stars close enough to feel real. When later passengers begin waking in the wrong order, he realizes the revival system is not malfunctioning randomly; it is rationing labor, authority, and desperation by class, thawing useful bodies before inconvenient ones. As the awakened form a fragile council, the ship’s unalterable launch logs destroy the colony myth. There was never a destination. Earth launched them as a permanent, legally sanitized disposal program for dissidents, radicals, failed revolutionaries, forbidden scientists, and anyone who made obedience expensive. The protagonist becomes trapped between exposing the full truth and preserving enough of the fake mission to prevent panic, murder, or mass refusal to maintain the ship. His position worsens when the oldest revived passenger admits he helped design the dissident-selection algorithm, only to discover too late that Earth exiled everyone who understood the system, including its architects. ⚠️ 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 the…","meta_description":"📖 Written by Galactic Horrors A dissident wakes alone during a frost-choked systems failure aboard a generation ship he was told would carry humanity’s un…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/galactic-horrors-6264033/episodes/we-woke-up-from-cryosleep-in-the-void-earth-abandoned-us-in-deep-space-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/we-woke-up-from-cryosleep-in-the-void-earth-abandoned-us-in-deep-space-sci-fi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}