Pulp Pickle

Pulp Pickle by Kydala Publishing, Inc.

Strange stories told aloud, start to finish, one complete tale per episode. Weird fiction, dark fantasy and the occasional comedy that goes sideways.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Every Bean in My Mars Greenhouse Turned Toward the Airlock | The Airlock Garden

    Under the ice of Mars, Maren Holt spent eleven years breeding a bean that ignores everything: the light, the walls, the gravity. At 3:12 in the morning, every plant in her greenhouse turns to look at the airlock. The crop is coming in short, the scales say it's right on target, and the return ship leaves orbit in forty-one days. Get the book: Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HPWV8LDL/?tag=kydala-20 Paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HPXF4FRM/?tag=kydala-20 As an Amazon Associate, Pulp Pickle earns from qualifying purchases. Watch the animated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m7vVLHwOjDg Story by Corbin J. Hatch. Narrated by an AI voice (ElevenLabs).  Music: "Forsaken" by Luba Hilman (Epidemic Sound). 0:00 This Is Pulp Pickle  0:11 Part 1: Every bean turned to the airlock  2:46 Short beans, on-target scales  4:08 The filter purge on the schedule  5:22 Forty-one days to the return ship  6:35 Waiting up for the airlock pump  6:57 Alone in the airlock  9:30 Part 2: Bolted back to the wall  11:19 Two airlock purges a night  12:02 The harvest forecast  12:56 Supper and potatoes again  14:10 Unbolting the racks from the wall  15:03 Waiting in the dark greenhouse  17:24 Part 3: A heart too small for Earth  18:14 Ada's heart scan  19:22 Ada after lessons  20:31 The airlock at three a.m.  22:19 The commander at seven  24:18 Two doors from the airlock  25:47 Part 4: Every room but the greenhouse  27:08 Running for the greenhouse  28:43 Back out into the cold corridor  30:29 The terminal by the greenhouse door  31:49 The harvest count  32:53 The return window

  2. Oct 24

    I Rented a Devil for the Weekend and Someone Stole My Body | Lost Property

    At Biome Nine Resort, for the Canyon Festival weekend, you can rent a devil: seven feet tall, horns, hooves, and a tail with a mind of its own. Your own body waits downstairs in Body Storage until Sunday at noon. Gil Marsh is a dental hygienist (not the dentist). He goes down a day early to make sure everything is in order, and finds a family wheeling his body away. Get the book: Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HP5LP2T5/?tag=kydala-20 Paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HP5DK7N4/?tag=kydala-20 As an Amazon Associate, Pulp Pickle earns from qualifying purchases. Watch the animated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r8YGVuOFAe0 Story by Corbin J. Hatch. Narrated by an AI voice (ElevenLabs).  Music: "Looking for the Party" by Mike Franklyn (Epidemic Sound). 0:00 This Is Pulp Pickle  0:11 Part 1: The Return Policy Didn't Cover This  3:01 Body Storage, Aisle Forty-Four  7:02 The Lost Guests' Lounge  9:52 The Lost-Body Report  12:12 Part 2: Somebody Else Was Wearing Me  15:04 Somebody in My Cradle  17:58 The Search with Vera  19:16 Loose Rental, Blue Blazer  20:29 The Closing-Night Parade  23:12 Part 3: The Man Wearing My Body Won't Give It Back  24:00 The Lost Property Showroom  26:44 Suite 9  30:37 The Transfer Clinic  31:56 The Devil Pound  33:34 Part 4: A Hygienist in the Devil Pound  38:02 Check-Ups  39:49 Body Storage Gets Loud  41:26 Back at the Transfer Clinic  44:37 Swapping Back

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Strange stories told aloud, start to finish, one complete tale per episode. Weird fiction, dark fantasy and the occasional comedy that goes sideways.