Free Scifi and Tunes: The Squidcast

We've Moved!

2010-10-17T17:03:00.002-05:00

Folks, we've gone big. The Space Squid blog is now officially fully integrated into our newly-redesigned main site. The new site is fully RSSable and all that. Come on over and check it out.

Flying Jumbo Squid Attack California

2009-09-24T00:18:00.002-05:00

Really, this is not a joke or a story!

Well, ok, it's a story, but it's a factual news story. San Diego has been besieged by a legion of Humbolt squid. No serious injuries have made the news, but ABC reports that some of these Humbolt kids have smacked divers around and left their carcasses littering the beautiful Southern California beaches.

Get the full slimy story here.

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2009-09-21T23:11:00.002-05:00

Straight from Japan, we bring you a robot who plays soccer! Sort of.

This is also the robot with robotics' bushiest monobrow.

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Squid nation betrayed by National Geographic

2009-07-02T02:13:00.004-05:00

We used to think National Geographic could be trusted to bring us non-exploitative, unbiased stories about this wonderful world we cohabit with you rapacious humans.

Those days are now over. The once-kind people of NG have gone all National Inquirer on the squid nation, choosing to publish this expose of our modest and slightly deviant sex lives.

What? Of course we're a little kinky. I mean, who hasn't cut a two-inch gash in their partner to inject a spermatophore? C'mon, people, don't play innocent with us.

- your friend, Squishy the Squid

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Squid-happy Hakodate invaded by aliens

2009-05-12T02:13:00.003-05:00

According to new video from the Hakodate tourist bureau, the Japanese city has been invaded by space squid from the planet Ikaaru because the Hakodate residents eat too much squid.

Apparently the aliens have taken over Hakodate's mechanical mascot, a real mechanical squid built by a local university in 2007. Now it's terrorizing the city. See if you can make any sense of it. We're rooting for the Ikaaruans, of course.

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Freaky Great Thursday Threesomes

2009-02-12T21:54:00.003-06:00

Any great text I want. D's choice of sound...not mine. Mind your left side, kids.

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Happy New Year, Squidlovers!

2009-01-11T01:47:00.007-06:00

Free Scifi Fans, You're In Luck...

... because we're bringing some new talent to the Squidcast!

Not only are there new scifi stories in the cooker, but we'll be adding a generous dollop of music to keep your ears perked.

Stay tuned - and don't feel shy; we love to get your feedback.

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15 Readers in 30 Minutes (More or Less)

2006-08-13T21:31:00.002-05:00

Once again we've taken advantage of our illicit love affair with RevolutionSF to get a podcast of our recent reading out there on that Internet thing. Give it a listen - each reading only lasts two minutes, so get over yourself already.

Squidcast #10 - Primary Pollinator

2006-07-26T22:05:00.001-05:00

My, how time do fly! Having recovered from the sheer in-your-faceness of our good buddy Allen Wise's "Gymorda Cycle," we're switching gears from tentacle sex to plant sex with an audio-ized tale of Nicole Kimberling's unforgettable contribution to SpaceSquid #2 (read by the author). Note: This broadcast piggybacks off our sister site, RevolutionSF.com, in case the introduction confuses you (as if my pathetic attempt at a British accent for no good reason weren't befuddling enough ... what was I thinking?)

Squidcast #9 - Bride of Gymorgda pt. 5

2005-10-30T20:34:00.000-06:00

Allen Wise's epic reaches its final, tawdry, sexually-explicit, tentacle-phillic conclusion. Rated R for Raunchy.

Squidcast #8 - Bride of Gymorgda pt. 4

2005-10-16T20:06:00.000-05:00

"Sophia, would you mind terribly if I slew your brother?"

Squidcast #7 - Bride of Gymorgda pt. 3

2005-09-25T20:47:00.000-05:00

In part three of Allen Wise's action-packed sword and sorcery serial, our heroine learns more about the great evil threatening the land. She also finally gets some clothes on.

Squidcast #6 - Bride of Gymorgda pt. 2

2005-09-15T10:55:00.000-05:00

In this second installment of Allen Wise's epic fantasy, questions are posed. What is Gymorgda? Who is our heroines' mysterious benefactor? When will she get clothed again? Find out the answers here!

Squidcast #5 - Bride of Gymorgda pt. 1

2005-09-07T23:15:00.000-05:00

Part one of a serial adventure from Allen Wise. Zombies, beastmen, transparent nighties, probing tentacles, and glowing swords means more adventure than you can handle.

Squidcast #4 - Into the Night

2005-08-28T22:40:00.000-05:00

It's been eleven years. Do you know where your child is? Fiction by Patrice Sarath.

Squidcast #3 - Barflies

2005-08-19T06:36:00.000-05:00

A bar. Some beer. A washed-up super hero. Author Chris Nakashima-Brown reads.

Squidcast #2 - Hanging with Herve

2005-08-19T06:31:00.000-05:00

Tattoo sojourns to a Fantasy Island all his own. Author Chris Nakashima-Brown reads.

Inaugural Squidcast - Commentary on Issue #1

2005-08-17T14:28:00.000-05:00

A bad idea gone horribly wrong: the editors comment on Space Squid #1 and realize they have nothing to say.
Click above to listen.