Sep 21, 2026
A flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time. In this episode we pile sequels upon threequels as we near our Quantumania horizon.
The stories are:
'Beyond the Gelatine Layer,' by Amelia Armande,
a sequel to 'In the Bathyscaphe,' by Paul
Davies,
'One Must Imagine Endosymbiosis Happy,' by by
Joshua
Crisp,
a sequel to 'Cytochrome Sisyphus Oxidase,' by
Tom McNally.
'At Twenty, It Was
Time' by Paul
Davies,
a sequel to 'Zoo Kept,' by Joshua Crisp,
'My Lover's Labial Palps,' by Ella
Brasington,
a sequel to 'I Love
You with All of my Cephalothorax,' by Amelia
Armande,
itself a sequel to 'My Proventriculus Overflows With
Love,' by Tom
McNally.
'Amazon Cinematic Universe Episode III: Abounding Hedges
Ring,' by Tom
McNally,
a sequel to 'Amazon Cinematic Universe Episode II:
Echoes Rising' by Ella
Brasington,
itself a sequel to 'Amazon Cinematic Universe Episode I:
Alexa Origins,' by
Tom McNally.
Featuring listener
submission:
'Last Days of Nursey' by Matt
Dickinson.
'To Be A Rabbit,' an exhibition at Jubilee Library by Poets Corner Arts Lab, runs until the 3rd of October.
Write Here, Write Now is a creative writing workshop run by
Amelia Armande and Tom McNally, on the 30th of September at
Colonnade House in
Worthing.
Visit us on our website, on
Instagram,
and send us a story on
story@100wordsofastoundingbeauty.com.
Created by Tom McNally, featuring Amelia Armande, Joshua Crisp, Paul Davies and Ella Brasington.
Theme tune is Music For Jellyfish by Bell Lungs.
Story music is by John Bartmann, released under a CC-BY license, featuring:
- Depth of Flight
- Dorphed Up
- Hood Rat
- Let's Build a Robot
- Gimme That African Vibe
- Endless Seascape
- Weird Lights
Track art by Tom McNally.