A science fiction podcast called Escape Pod is putting up audiobook versions of this year’s Hugo-nominated short stories, starting with “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt. The story is about a film buff who stumbles onto a video store from a parallel dimension — where he can rent all the movies that weren’t or almost were, like Harlan Ellison’s I, Robot and Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Tom Selleck. It’s the kind of idea that’s right up my alley, in my nerdier moments.

Meanwhile, the SFWA apparently gave a Nebula Award to a podcast for the first time in its history, with James Patrick Kelly’s “Burn” taking Best Novella.

It’s sounding more and more like podcasting is the future of short fiction.