A ship with an experimental faster-than-light drive, the first ever to voyage outside of our solar system, arrives some distance from their destination of Alpha Centauri A. Upon arriving, the crew witnesses an unexpected event which has an astronomically low probability of occurrence.    For this episode, the short story is titled "Time Fuze" by Randall Garrett, which was first published in the March 1954 publication of If Worlds of Science Fiction. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodcast@gmail.com Support the show ..read more

Saknarth, the Master Astrologer, yearned for the day when mankind would no longer be enslaved; when they would conquer their fears and miseries through learning and enlightenment.     The short story for this episode is titled "Saknarth" by Millard Verne Gordon (AKA Donald A. Wolheim), which was first published in the Spring 1942 edition of Science Fiction Quarterly. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodcast@gmail.com Support the show ..read more

Mr. Thomas, a surveyor's clerk from Croydon, travels to the Sussex Weald to meet with a client about having a copse removed. Upon arriving near his destination, he spots the line of Downs with Chanctonbury Ring at its crest. As he comes upon the crest, he realises that this must be the wood his client wants cut down, and decides to walk through to have a look. The short story for this episode is titled "Ancient Lights" by Algernon Blackwood, which was first published in The Eye-Witness, Vol. 3 No. 4 on July 11, 1912.   Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Polloc ..read more

Bromley Cranston, a scientist, devotes himself to achieving a scientific discovery after his beloved has been swept away by another man. Cranston finds himself involved with the other man and his beloved as he makes progress on his invention which is capable of transmitting live beings.    The short story for this episode is "Radio Mates", by Benjamin Witwer, first published in the July 1927 issue of Amazing Stories. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodcast@gmail.com Support the show ..read more

Mark, a space faring prospector, decides to settle himself on a slab of rock in the asteroid belt after making a decent enough strike. He and his companion, Charles, become close friends, taking care of one another whilst enjoying each other's company and conversation.  A touching story, with an inevitable conclusion.  The short story for this episode is by Robert Sheckley, and is entitled "Beside Still Waters". This story was first published in the Oct.-Nov. 1953 issue of Amazing Stories. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodca ..read more

Kiley, a thief who now finds himself locked up in a jail cell for the fourth time, is visited telepathically by a powerful alien being from another world. Kiley agrees to a deal with the alien being, who offers to bestow upon Kiley an ability which will make him the perfect thief.  This episode's short story is "Never Trust A Thief!" by Robert Silverberg, and was first published in the February 1958 issue of Imagination Science Fiction. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodcast@gmail.com Support the show ..read more

An Archeologist and Space Explorer in the far distant future discuss a discovery which has shed some light on the past history of intelligent life on Earth. Is this archeological find of past Earthlings what the scholars expected to discover?   The short story for this episode will be "Later Than You Think" by Fritz Leiber, first published in the October 1950 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Sam Lima and Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodcast@gmail.com Support the show ..read more

Thom Ra is assigned the task of traveling back in time to the War of Annihilation, where he is supposed to make a "real and complete contribution to human knowledge". Under no circumstances is he allowed to interfere in the course of events. The short story for this episode will be "A Hitch In Time" by Frederik Pohl, first published in the June 1947 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories, under the pseudonym of James MacCreigh. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Sam Lima and Jim Pollock Email: beyondthecenterpodcast@gmail.com Support the show ..read more

Join six men in the club car of a train as they discuss an idea for a television program based on altering aspects of known historic events; a conversation which leads the men to discussing the possibility of alternate realities.  The short story presented in this episode will be "Crossroads of Destiny" by H. Beam Piper, first published in the July 1959 issue of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction.  Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Sam Lima and Jim Pollock Support the show ..read more

Set in a futuristic world, there exists an agency called the Federal Bureau of Termination. An agency with the purpose of balancing the scales of a society which has conquered most societal issues, including old age.      The short story for this episode will be "2 B R 0 2 B", by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the January 1962 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.  Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Sam Lima and Jim Pollock Support the show ..read more