Episodes

Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
How to Disappear Completely | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
"Bad things only happen to somebody else until you’re there. Then there’s no such thing as somebody else anymore. Somebody else becomes somebody."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "What Are Ancestor Simulations...and are we living in one?"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN7sekRxFHg
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/how-to-disappear-completely
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 Nov 29, 2022
Dark Station | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
"Yes, she still had all that debt to deal with, but there’s a way back from debt. There’s no way back from dead."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Dark Sky Stations" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWOj...
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/dark-station
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...

Monday Nov 28, 2022
To Geddes | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
"Better to own being a donkey for a day than to deny it and become one on a permanent basis."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Surveying for Habitable Interstellar Star Systems"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWOj...
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/to-geddes
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...

Sunday Nov 27, 2022
The Light in Heavy Basin | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27, 2022
"I learned early on that authority wasn’t in the weapon you wielded or even in the way that you wielded it."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Lost Space Colonies" Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTDWXBEVXwQ
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/light-in-heavy-basin
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

Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Empress of Shadow | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
"It was both an exciting discovery and a terrifying one, for it seemed that the flame burned no longer, and no sign remained of the creators of the wonderous room we beheld."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Godlike Aliens"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wmBK7Iw8X0
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/empress
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

Friday Nov 25, 2022
Singular | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
"We couldn’t wait for the machines to save the world when we were perfectly capable of doing it ourselves."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Is the Technological Singularity Inevitable?"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px9RyIKixHo
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/singular
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

Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Preservation Falls | Sci-fi Short Audiobook
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
"The closest we can come to such truth in your words is that the foundational reality of the physical universe is the mobius strip."
As always, thanks to Isaac Arthur and the SFIA team for the inspiring theme! Based on the SFIA theme: "Traveling Around Other Worlds"
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjR2HrJ3sA4
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/preservation-falls
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

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