Episodes

Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Becoming | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
"The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves become our myths; our myths become our truths; and our truths shape our history."
This story has a related "sequel" short "Stewards of the Drawdown": https://youtu.be/wRgcMoafTF0
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Primitive Aliens" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxEpybDpmGA
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/becoming
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them. So far so good, I think.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJzfG2BEMJusZSnaAG_Ew

Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Kappa Paradox | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
"I’m in a very strange, archaic hospital, where they open your skull and give you brain damage, apparently."
This story has a "prequel" short. "Kappa Salvage" This one should stand alone, but it may make a little more sense and be easier to follow if you check out that story first: https://youtu.be/kxa_NtHapQw
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Absent Megastructures" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caE0HVD3jaQ
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/kappa-paradox
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJzfG2BEMJusZSnaAG_Ew

Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Cupcakes! | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
"I merely looked into the accounts of the actual events and found out that we started the war, and we did so over a type of food I had never heard of, some confectionary called cupcakes."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Extragalactic Sanctuaries" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8GksFOqnao
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/cupcakes
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJzfG2BEMJusZSnaAG_Ew

Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Kappa Salvage | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
"It was a mystery as much discussed by school children as it was among researchers, scientists, and professors, much like the sunken city of Atlantis had been on Earth in centuries past."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme!
Based on the SFIA theme: "Deep Space Habitats" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_jz...
If you prefer to read rather than listen or would like to read along, the full text is available on my Substack: https://perowe.substack.com/p/kappa-salvage
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/kappa-salvage
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJ...

Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
The Prospectors | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
"Masters of the inner world, hopeless in the real world. People who can’t do for themselves have to manipulate the ones who can."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Life as a Planetary Explorer"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vyg9...
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/the-prospectors
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJ...
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Monday Dec 05, 2022
Stewards of the Drawdown | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
"The moment we changed them, we changed them forever. It is the same with us. Have none of you thought about what we must be to this mysterious race of ancestors who put us here?"
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "The Silurian Hypothesis"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxf0nE2zGpc
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/stewards-of-the-drawdown
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJzfG2BEMJusZSnaAG_Ew

Sunday Dec 04, 2022
The Futility of Cycling | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
"Space’s business is entropy, and it carries out its business with relentlessness and utter indifference to our best laid plans. Aspiring explorers will meet the fists of the infinite."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Interstellar Probes"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_yuO...
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/futility-of-c...
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJ...

Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Playing the Sondomme | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
"The other part is music. It’s still the most mysterious force in the universe—why these sounds should make anyone feel anything, it’s astounding. And in some ways, it’s the realest thing there is."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Megastructure Compendium" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xt13...
If you prefer to read rather than listen, a PDF of the story formatted for tablets & e-readers is available on the story's page on my website linked below:
More from Rowe: https://www.rowelit.com
More on this story: https://www.rowelit.com/playing-the-s...
About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story based on the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this and I have fun writing them.
Thanks for stopping by!
For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRJ...

P.E. Rowe's Podcast
P.E. Rowe is a fiction writer, narrative theorist, and educator who writes and reads weekly science fiction stories for sci-fi fans to enjoy. Each week, you'll find an original story here based on a topic from Isaac Arthur's popular non-fiction SFIA podcast.
More info at RoweLit.com