Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: A Cup of Fiction Podcast - Short Stories for your Coffee Break
Episode: Experiment & Sentry by Fredric Brown | Science Fiction Short Story
Description: "Experiment" opens with a scientist eagerly demonstrating his newly invented time machine to his colleagues. The machine, although small, serves as proof that time travel is possible. The men are enthralled by the prospect of traveling through time but fail to consider the ethical and moral implications of their actions."Sentry" introduces readers to a soldier stationed on a distant planet light-years away from his home. Initially, we assume the soldier is human, just like us. However, the story takes a startling twist when we discover that the soldier is, in fact, an alien visiting Earth.<...