"A Greater Power" by Benjamin Crowell

Addiction comes in many forms, including strange monstrous beings. In this episode, AE and girlfriend Mona read the "A Greater Power" by Benjamin Crowell (lightandmatter.com). Originally published in the Spring 2008 issue of Electric Spec, this story is about a guy who becomes addicted to a tentacle monster. After reading the story, Mona and AE also weigh in some of the issues brought up in the story, particularly addiction and the 1980s setting. Sit back and get ready for a Halloween Eve Month episode. You can read along to the story here: Notes: The science fiction works mentioned in the post-reading discussion include: "The Game" (1991) from Star Trek: The Next Generation (season five, episode six), where everyone gets addicted to a VR game. Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert, which features Melange, an addictive narcotic that makes people smarter and long-lived. Blood Music (1985) by Greg Bear, where a bacterial infection makes a scientist smarter and stronger. "Parasites Lost" (2001) from Futurama (season three, episode 2), where a colony of parasitic worms make Fry smarter and stronger. Phenomenon (1996), where John Travolta has a brain tumor that makes him smarter and telekinetic. Some of the music comes from Looperman (looperman.com), specifically user ajayluded7, so mad props to them for providing that royalty free. Also featured briefly is "Hot Stuff" (1979) by Donna Summer. Follow the show on Facebook (@SkiffilyPodcast) and Twitter (@SkiffilyPodcast). If you have Instagram, feel free to follow Mona (@sewagainsthegrain) and myself (@SkiffilyPodcast). "A Greater Power" Copyright © 2008 Benjamin Crowell, reproduced with permission from the author. This work is created under the terms of a self-service license given at lightandmatter.com. Benjamin Crowell, the original creator from whom this work is derived, has not reviewed or approved it, though he is compensated for its sale.

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"A Greater Power" by Benjamin Crowell is an episode from AE Reads Skiffily by AE uSoes1.

This episode is 45:27 long.

This episode was published on Sep 12, 2017.

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