StarShipSofa

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StarShipSofa 745 John Kessel

Nov 11 2024 87 mins

Main fiction: "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" by John KesselBorn in Buffalo, NY, novelist and story writer John Kessel is emeritus professor of literature and creative writing at North Carolina State University, where he taught courses on literature and creative writing and helped found the MFA program in creative writing.His fiction has received the Theodore Sturgeon, Locus,

StarShipSofa No 744 Rhiannon Rasmussen

Oct 30 2024 37 mins

Main fiction: "Spintered/Splintering" by Rhiannon RasmussenRhiannon Rasmussen is an author and illustrator of dark speculative works, not all of which involve exoskeletons. Rhiannon’s fiction has appeared in venues including Lightspeed Magazine, Diabolical Plots, and as Magic: the Gathering official web shorts. Visit rhiannonrs.com or @charibdys on Bluesky.This story first appear

StarShipSofa No 743 Marie Vibbert

Oct 15 2024 45 mins

Main fiction: "Quirks" by Marie VibbertHugo and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared in top magazines such as Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld, and been translated into Czech, Chinese and Vietnamese. Her debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was long listed by the British Science Fiction Award and her work has been called “everything science fiction shou

StarShipSofa No 742 Jay Caselberg

Oct 01 2024 32 mins

Jay Caselberg is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared in multiple venues worldwide and been translated into several languages. From time to time, it gets shortlisted for awards or appears in Year’s Best volumes. He currently resides in Germany.This story originally appeared in Interzone, June 2003.Narrated by: Nobilis ReedNobilis Reed is the host and narrator of

StarShipSofa No 741 Matthew Kressel

Sep 17 2024 42 mins

Main fiction: "Movie Night" by Matthew KresselMatthew Kressel's many works of short fiction have or will soon appear in Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Tor.com/Reactor, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in many other publications and Year's Best anthologies. His far-future novel Space Trucker Jess (Fairwood Press) is scheduled for late 2025. And his Mars-based science fictio

StarShipSofa No 740 Brian Trent

Aug 27 2024 58 mins

Brian Trent is the award-winning author of the sci-fi thrillers Redspace Rising and Ten Thousand Thunders, and more than a hundred short stories appearing in the world's top fiction markets, including in the New York Times' bestselling Black Tide Rising series, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Escape Pod,

StarShipSofa No 739 Edward M. Lerner

Aug 13 2024 60 mins

Edward M. Lerner is the author of eighteen SF novels and many shorter works. The final novel in his InterstellarNet trilogy won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing,” while other stories have been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. 2023 was a banner year for him, with two new novels published. Those are On the Shoals of Space-T

StarShipSofa No 378 Angela Slatter

Jul 30 2024 48 mins

Angela “A.G.” Slatter is the author of the gothic fantasy novels All the Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns, and The Briar Book of the Dead (Titan Books); the supernatural crime novels Vigil, Corpselight and Restoration (Jo Fletcher Books); twelve short story collections, including The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings; th

StarShipSofa No 737 Benjamin Blattberg

Jul 17 2024 31 mins

Main fiction: "Strata" by Benjamin BlattbergBenjamin Blattberg is a software developer, improviser, and writer currently living in Austin, TX, as long as there are no followup questions on any of those facts. His stories have appeared in PodCastle, Diabolical Plots, Apex Magazine, and other venues..This story originally appeared in Apex Magazine, March 2022.Narrated by: Will Stag

StarShipSofa No 736 Adam Troy-Castro

Jul 02 2024 92 mins

Main fiction: "Blood Relations" by Adam Troy-CastroSofanauts: Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sofanauts/id1740911381 Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcjcJ0BSatPatreon for AD Free and Extra Content: https://www.patreon.com/SofanautsAdam-Troy Castro made his first non-fiction sale to S