HeyJaredStories from A Drifting Leaf
Fictional stories written by A Drifting Leaf, read by The Sentimental Mechanic. Many will have a fantasy element. Most stories will be entirely self-contained in one episode, with the occasional serial. Come along for the ride.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
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- Aug 9, 2026
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Perfect Answer, by L. J. Stecher, Jr. (opens the original)
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On a scouting mission in deep space, two explorers find a race of humanoids who have access to an enormously powerful tool. But who wields it? Read from The Fifth Galaxy Reader, published in 1961 by Galaxy Publishing, edited by HL Gold. The book is collection of stories from Galaxy, a science fiction magazine published from 1950 to 1980. This story originally appeared in the June 1958 issue. Find the back catalog of Galaxy Magazine on The Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/details/galaxyma
The Last Letter, by Fritz Lieber (opens the original)
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In the future, sending mail could be dangerous. Read from The Fifth Galaxy Reader, published in 1961 by Galaxy Publishing, edited by HL Gold. The book is collection of stories from Galaxy, a science fiction magazine published from 1950 to 1980. This story originally appeared in the June 1958 issue. You can read the back catalog of Galaxy Magazine on The Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine
Inside John Barth, by William W. Stewart (opens the original)
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A man gets infected with a colony. Read from The Fifth Galaxy Reader, published in 1961 by Galaxy Publishing, edited by HL Gold. The book is collection of stories from Galaxy, a science fiction magazine published from 1950 to 1980. This story originally appeared in the June 1960 issue. You can read the back catalog of Galaxy Magazine on The Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine
The Horn of Time the Hunter, by Poul Anderson (opens the original)
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A story of spacefarers, removed from planetary time by interstellar travel, encountering a civilization on a watery planet. This story comes from Poul Anderson's short story collection, The Horn of Time , first printing by Signet in January 1968, copyright Poul Anderson. The story was originally published in Amazing Stories (Ziff-Davis Publishing, September 1963) under the title, "Homo Aquaticus."
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