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Can a ship hate—and have a strange hideous life of its own? "Strangers to Straba" by Carl Jacobi, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Source of Art - Photo by Victoria Prymak on Unsplash. All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/74295

The general was bucking for his other star - and this miserable contraption bucked right back! "Doorstep" by Keith Laumer, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/51509

The robots were built to serve Man; to do his work, see to his comforts, make smooth his way. Then the robots figured out an additional service—putting Man out of his misery. "Survival Tactics" by Al Sevcik, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Show Art Powered by Bing Image Creator All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24966

The mammoths of the ancient world have been wonderfully preserved in the ice of Siberia. The cold, only a few miles out in space, will be far more intense than in the polar regions and its power of preserving the dead body would most probably be correspondingly increased. When the hero-scientist of this story knew he must die, he conceived a brilliant idea for the preservation of his body, the result of which even exceeded his expectations. What, how, and why are cleverly told here. "The Jameson Satellite" by Neil R. Jones, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Background of Show Art Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26906

With a clap of thunder, Henri Lothiere opened his eyes. What he saw, he could not believe! "The Man Who Saw the Future" by Edmond Hamilton, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Background music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe – Deep Space) Show Art Photo by deepai.org All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28062

From a far world came monstrous invaders who were all the more terrifying because invisible. "The Attack from Space" by Capt. S.P. Meek, Read by Adam Tagarro. This is a sequel to "Beyond the Heaviside Layer", which is episode 025 of Yesterday's Sci-Fi. Licensing and Copyright Information Show Art Photo by Mike Kiev on Unsplash All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29255

For eighty vertical miles Carpenter and Bond blasted their way—only to be trapped by the extraordinary monsters of the heaviside layer. "Beyond the Heaviside Layer" by Capt. S.P. Meek, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Background music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe – Deep Space) Show Art Photo by Martin Jaros on Unsplash All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29198

"A gentle fancy for the Christmas Season - an oft-told tale with a wistful twistful of Something that left the Earth with a wing and a prayer." "Second Landing" by Floyd Wallace, Read by Adam Tagarro Show art photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash. All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24958

When the twenty-first century drew to a close the whole human race began to revert to conditions closely approximating savagery. The low-lands were unbearable. Thick jungles of rank growth covered the ground. The air was depressing and enervating. Men could live there, but it was a sickly, fever-ridden existence. The whole population of the earth desired the high lands and as the low country became more unbearable, men forgot their two centuries of peace. "The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Background music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe – Deep Space) Photo by Hamish Weir on Unsplash All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35425

The space ships were miracles of power and precision; the men who manned them, rich in endurance and courage. Every detail had been checked and double checked; every detail except... "The Nothing Equation" by Tom Godwin, Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information Background music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe – Deep Space) Show art photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash All non-credited music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25628

Venus was civilized … so the Universe thought! But deep in its midnight caverns … beyond light, beyond the wildest imaginings of an ordered System … dwelt Horror. “Beyond Light” by Nelson S. Bond Read by Adam Tagarro Licensing and Copyright Information All music and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61826 (Bibrec tab) Photo by Carlos Nakazato on Unsplash

The unarmed freighter Vera was plowing through space to meet the deadliest pirate of the Void—rocketing into battle against a fighting ship even the Space Patrol could not vanquish."Revenge of the Vera" by Henry Hasse, Read by Adam TagarroLicensing and Copyright InformationBackground music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe – Deep Space)All other music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62351 (Bibrec tab)

From Chaos a space-consuming creature reached slimy tentacles toward trembling planets. And no man of the old fighting breed remained on effete Earth to battle the invulnerable monster."The Monster That Threatened the Universe" by R. R. Winterbotham, Read by Adam TagarroLicensing and Copyright InformationBackground music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe – Deep Space)Subsonic Rumble Noise by sandyrb on Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/sandyrb/sounds/84347/)Dragon Roar sound effect by JoelAudio on Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/JoelAudio/sounds/85568/)Photo by Noah Buscher on UnsplashAll other music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61870 (Bibrec tab)

The Crimson Comet was heading to earth, bent on destruction.  Can the five abducted humans turn the tides and save life on Earth as we know it?  A battle of the minds is concluded!"Juggernaut of Space" by Ray Cummings - Part 2 of 2, Read by Adam TagarroLicensing and Copyright InformationAll music, art, and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me, with the exception of the background music during the story, courtesy of ChristianBodhi on Pixabay (Voyager Probe - Deep Space). This story is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62416 (Bibrec tab)

Never had the mind of man conceived so horrible a doom as was reaching for Earth. Never had a greater need for Earth's valiant champions been needed. And yet the only ones who could fight the menace — were five futile humans, prisoners on another world."Juggernaut of Space" Part 1 of 2 - by Ray CummingsRead by Adam TagarroLicensing and Copyright InformationAll music and sound effects featured on this episode are original, created by me. This story and artwork is not covered by copyright, as it is in the Public Domain: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62416