Stephen Eley

Stephen Eley is the editor of Escape Pod, a weekly podcast of fun short science fiction and fantasy. Escape Pod is a magazine-style podcast launched on 12 May, 2005 which presents stories in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. It has been called "the world's leading science fiction podcast"[1] and has "the fourth-largest circulation for science fiction periodicals in the English language"[2]. The podcast is edited by Steve Eley, who also provides short introduction and closing comments for each story. Escape Pod is produced by Escape Artists Inc., a company started by Steve Eley for the purpose of supporting and continuing the podcast. Escape Pod features several different types of content. The magazine offers a weekly story, usually between 2000 and 6000 words in length. It also releases flash fiction pieces less than 2000 words in length on an irregular schedule. Occasionally, the podcast airs reviews of mainstream science fiction and fantasy media, most of which are presented by Jonathon Sullivan, Escape Pod's reviews editor. In both 2006 and 2007 Escape Pod published audio presentations that year's Hugo Award nominees in the short story category. On rare occasions, other types of content have been made available on Escape Pod, such as metacasts (episodes discussing the achievements and future plans of the show itself), an interview, and a poem. Escape Pod has a policy against allowing authors to read their own works. Many stories are read by people associated with Escape Pod (Steve Eley, Mur Lafferty, Jonathon Sullivan, and Anna Eley) as well as other members of the podcasting community. Escape Pod's music is provided by surf rock band Daikaiju with the band's permission. The opening theme is the instrumental song "The Final Phase," and the closing theme is "Choujikuu Mitsukai" ("Super-Dimensional Angels"). Both are from the album The Phasing Spider Menace, which will be brought back into print as a joint venture between Daikaiju and Escape Pod in late 2006. Short fiction audio podcast magazines like Escape Pod and its sister publications, Pseudopod and Pod Castle, have caught the interest and imagination of fiction enthusiasts, and doing a wonderful job at reviving awareness in both new short fiction and classic works Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.