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, Pseudopod, Galaxy’s Edge, and numerous year’s best anthologies. Trent lives in Connecticut. His website and blog are at www.briantrent.com.

This story originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2020.

Narrated by: Mary Murphy

Mary is a New York based actor/voice-over artist. She loves the world of audio drama and is delighted to be back on board the StarShipSofa. She has performed in theatre, film, TV, animation, radio, and video games. A few of her recent credits include the one-woman play An Evening With Lola Montez, It’s A Wonderful Life, a streamed performance of the piece Near Nellie Bly, Divination of The Three for Asheville Fringe, and the audio dramas Frontier Gentleman, Chinook, and Newfield. She can be heard voicing various characters for Disney, GoKidGo, LeapFrog, the Center For New American Media, Audible, and Audimance. She has also been a regular performer on the audio drama series Fireside Mystery Theatre, The NoSleep Podcast, The Wicked Library, To the Manor Borne By Robots, and Campfire Radio Theater. marymurphyonline.com

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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-Time and Life and Death on Mars.

This story originally appeared in Deco Punk, 2015.

Narrated by: Diane Severson

Diane Severson is a lyric soprano specializing in Early Music, especially Baroque and medieval music. Diane has been involved in the SF Poetry Scene (yes, it’s a thing) since 2010. She has narrated for StarShipSofa, and PodCastle. She produces the sporadic podcast, Poetry Planet and is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She is a staff blogger for Amazing Stories Magazine focusing on Science Fiction Poetry. The best place to find her is on the web because she tends to pick up and move to another country at the drop of a hat. She and her family currently reside in Paris.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main fiction: "Nothing to Lose" by Edward M. Lerner

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. His latest book (2023) is the novel Life and Death on Mars.

This story first appeared in Galaxy's Edge, May 2017

Narrated by: Will Stagl

Will Stagl is proud to be a member of the StarShipSofa team, recruiting narrators for the podcast’s stellar stories. Will works as a creative professional and occasional musician from his adopted home of Tucson, Arizona.

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Main Fiction: "Fingers" by Frederick Gero Heimbach

This story originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (January 2019).

Frederick Gero Heimbach lives a pulp fiction life and takes notes. His family lives with him, warily, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the author of two novels of satirical alternate history. Find his science fiction and horror stories at Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, at Mysterion Online, and other places. Fred is also the newly appointed editor of StarShipSofa.

Narrated by Drew Mallory.

Drew Mallory is a PhD research psychologist, on weekdays, who studies how societal institutions can protect their most vulnerable members. On weekends, however, all bets are off. His voice acting and speculative fiction embrace the uncomfortable, weird, and uncanny. Drew spends his time mostly in Thailand, but can be contacted directly by stating his name thrice into a darkened mirror anywhere.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Child of the Universe" by Christian Riley

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Chris Riley lives near Sacramento, California, vowing one day to move back to the Pacific Northwest. In the meantime, he teaches special education, writes cool stories, and hides from the blasting heat for six months of the year. He has had more than 100 short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and across various genres. His debut novel, one of literary suspense titled The Sinking of the Angie Piper, was published in 2017; and his debut short story collection is forthcoming, with Mount Abraxas Press. For more information, go to www.chrisrileyauthor.com.

Narrated by Tatiana Grey.

Tatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com.

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Main Fiction: "A.I. Family Values" by Ben Spillers

This story is original to Starship Sofa

Narrated by Rish Outfield.

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and audiobook narrator. He can be heard co-hosting the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and That Gets My Goat podcasts, where he and Bigg Anklevich entertainingly waste much of their time. He also features his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation… but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Battle Borne Dreams Never Die" by Paul Alex Gray

This story previously appeared in Broadswords and Blasters (July 2019).

Paul Alex Gray writes linear and interactive fiction starring sentient black holes, wayward sea monsters, curious AIs and more. His work has been published in Nature Futures, Andromeda Spaceways, PodCastle, and others. Paul grew up by the beaches of Australia, then traveled the world and now lives in Canada with his family. On his adventures, Paul has been a startup founder, game designer, and mentor to technology entrepreneurs. Chat with him on Twitter @paulalexgray or visit paulalexgray.com.



Narrated by: Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables, Tales to Terrify, and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

Vital: The Future of Healthcare (2020)

The Science Fiction anthology to cure our unhealthy dystopia.

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Main Fiction: "Transference" by Jay Caselberg

This story first appeared in Transtories (2011).

Jay Caselberg is a writer based somewhere in the wilds of Europe. His work, poetry, short fiction and novels, has appeared in many places around the world and been translated into several languages. Sometimes, he even gets shortlisted for awards.



Narrated by Mark Kilfoil.

Mark “the Encaffeinated ONE” Kilfoil is a reader, writer, gamer, podcaster, narrator and radio program director. He produces a show on gaming (Head In The Game), helps run and produce shows on  alternative radio (chsrfm.ca), plays and runs roleplaying games online (Legends of the Drowned Isles and So Many Levels) and elsewhere, and podcasts daily (“Wandering Out Loud”) on life, philosophy, gaming, and random distractions in sound form. He’s currently working hard on finishing his first audio drama, first novel, and second podcasted novella, all in the span of one year. Find out more and join along at encaffeinated.ca.

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Main Fiction: "The Lizard and the Rat" by Andrew Dana Hudson

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Andrew Dana Hudson is a speculative fiction writer and sustainability researcher. His stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Slate Future Tense, Terraform, MIT Technology Review, Little Blue Marble, and more, as well as numerous books and anthologies. He is a member of the 2020/21 class of the Clarion Workshop. He lives in Tempe, Arizona. Find him at andrewdhudson.com and on Twitter at @andrewdhudson.



Narrated by Andrea Richardson

Andrea is a British singer and actress. With extensive stage and film performances to her name, she began narration and voiceover work in 2014 but enjoys using her existing skills in a different way. You can find her at andrea-richardson.co.uk and on Facebook.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Love in the Time of Disconnect" by Hayley Stone

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Hayley Stone is an award-winning writer, editor, and poet from California. She has published short fiction in Apex Magazine and Fireside Fiction, and is the author of the weird western cult hit Make Me No Grave, most recently a finalist for the Laramie Book Awards. Find a complete list of her work at hayleystone.com or connect with her on Twitter @hayley_stone.

Narrated by Will Stagl.

Will Stagl lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Susan and daughter, Violet. His is a creative professional by day, the leader singer and guitarist for a post-punk band called the Liquid Centers by night, and is always up for a pint at the corner pub.

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Main Fiction: "The Message" by Michael D. Burnside

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Michael D. Burnside is a graduate of Ohio University. By day, he earns a living as a systems analyst, helping customers figure out what they need from their software. His interests include gaming, science, computer technology, history, politics, and, of course, writing. His fiction writing includes steampunk, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His stories have been featured in multiple anthologies, including Fossil Lake: An Anthology of the Aberrant, Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling, Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths Vol. II, and Ink Stains Vol. 8. His short stories have also been featured in magazines such as Devolution Z, Outposts of Beyond, and Gathering Storm Magazine. Michael lives in Dayton, Ohio with his wife and lots of cats. Read more nice things about him, as well as some free stories, at michaelburnside.com.

Narrated by Tatiana Grey.

Tatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com.

Fact: Fact: Looking Back at Genre History with Amy H Sturgis 

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Main Fiction: "The dataSultan of Streets and Stars" by Jeremy Szal

This story first appeared in Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction (October 2018).

Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He spent his childhood exploring beaches, bookstores, and the limits of people’s patience. He’s the author of over forty science-fiction short stories. His debut novel, Stormblood, a dark space opera, was published by Gollancz in June 2020, and is the first of a trilogy. He was the editor for the Hugo-winning StarShipSofa until 2020, and has a BA in Film Studies and Creative Writing from UNSW. He carves out a living in Sydney, Australia with his family. He loves watching weird movies, collecting boutique gins, exploring cities, cold weather, and dark humour. Find him at jeremyszal.com or @JeremySzal.

Stormblood novel be Jeremy Szal  

Narrated by Eric Luke.

Eric Luke is the screenwriter of the Joe Dante film Explorers, which is currently in development as a remake, the comic books Ghost and Wonder Woman, and wrote and directed the Not Quite Human films for Disney TV. His current project Interference, a meta horror audiobook about an audiobook… that kills, is available free on iTunes and at Quillhammer.com.

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Main Fiction: "Seven Letters" by Aimee Ogden

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes stories about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her short fiction has also appeared in Analog, Fireside, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novella Local Star is forthcoming from Interstellar Flight Press.

Narrated by Summer Brooks.

Summer Brooks is a story addict who watches too much television, and she enjoys putting her encyclopedic sci-fi geek knowledge to the test in discussions about sci-fi, horror, and comics. She has been doing just that on Slice of Sci-Fi since 2005, as co-host, producer, host and EIC, and as The Babylon Podcast co-host from 2006-2012.

Summer is also an avid reader and writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of published credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing an urban fantasy action-adventure, and a monster movie extravaganza. She also does narrations for Tales to Terrify and Escape Pod among others, and has doing audiobooks in her sights.

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Main fiction: "The Glorious Tunnels of our Gravitydragons" by Paul Jessup

Paul Jessup is a best selling video game designer, and award winning writer. He has several books out in the small press, with the latest ones being Glass House, Skinless Man Counts to Five, and Cancer Eats the Heart. With over 25 years of professional short story publications, he's had stories in Apex Magazine, Clarkesworld, Interzone, Nightmare, and countless others.

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Narrated by: Rikki, Isis, and River LaCoste

Rikki LaCoste is a long time narrator and voice actor who has read for short audio fiction publications under District of Wonders, and Escape Artists, Inc., including otherrs, often working alongside his daughter, Isis. This story features powerful, telepathic twin sisters as the protagonists. So, naturally, Rikki asked his daughter Isis to help him out, again, and also recruited his OTHER daughter RIVER, who happens to be a young, aspiring stage and film actor. Special note: as far as we know, so far, these real-life sisters are neither telepathic, nor are they able to destroy a gigantic grizzly-bear bio-droid using tech-magick—since the opportunity has not yet presented itself.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "The Callisto Stakes" by Doug C. Souza.

This story first appeared in Asimov's (September 2018).

You can find Doug C. Souza at dougcsouza.com and dougscifi@gmail.com. He loves hearing from readers of his work, so don't ever hesitate to send him a question or comment. Just watch out; he's been known to write a few paragraphs when responding--especially if it's a question about writing and how to get into the business. Doug C. Souza was super-stoked to have "The Callisto Stakes" featured in Asimov's, and is excited to have it read with StarShipSofa. Many of his stories have appeared in the publication and podcast, which is an honor since both are done so well. Doug says, "When I got the news 'The Callisto Stakes' would be performed on StarShipSofa, I walked around the house shouting cheers, in some words that can't be broadcast. Luckily, my four-year-old was at preschool at the time."

Story origin: "I started several versions of the story, and then found that the nanos were the most interesting protagonists since they had the toughest struggle. Then the thought struck me of how much tougher their job would be if their host didn’t care much for his own life.

"I hadn’t read a story from the nanos’ POV, so I was stoked to write one. I’m sure I’ll get some emails listing titles of stories with this same idea, but honestly, it was original to me at the time. There are some great stories out there where the AI — whether in a fighter jet or interwebs — ends up making the moral choice in contrast to their human counterpart. As an optimist, this gives me hope that maybe the AI being developed will aid and guide humankind rather than travel back in time to terminate us."

Narrated by Will Stagl.

This is Will Stagl’s second contribution to StarShipSofa. He remains sequestered in Tucson, Arizona, somewhere between his house and the post-apocalyptic bunker he calls The Liquid Center. He’d like to give a shout out to his drummer Stacey, who would never let a little thing like a pandemic stand between her and her throne. 

Fact: Fiction Crawler No 18 by Matthew Sanborn Smith

inks to the stories:

Thirty-Three Percent Joe by Suzanne Palmer

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/palmer_10_18/

Day Million by Fred Pohl

https://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781451637892/9781451637892___9.htm

Maybe Look Up by Jess Barber

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maybe-look-up/

The Seventh Voyage by Stanislaw Lem

https://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-star-diaries/154-the-seventh-voyage

Joyride by Amman Sabet

http://www.kaleidotrope.net/spring-2020/joyride-by-amman-sabet/

The Space Traders by Derrick Bell

https://whgbetc.com/the-space-traders.pdf

Cyberpunk by Bruce Bethke

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/cpunk.htm

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Main Fiction: "No Body Enough" by Dantzel Cherry

This story first appeared in Future Science Fiction #2 (April 2019).

When Dantzel Cherry is not raising her daughter or teaching Pilates and dance, she is writing. Dantzel's short fiction has appeared in Fireside, Future SF, Cast of Wonders, Galaxy's Edge, and other magazines and anthologies. She lives in Lehi, Utah with her husband, daughter, and two obligatory cats.

Narrated by Anthony Babington.

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis.

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Main Fiction: "Bringing Down the Mast"

This story first appeared in The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Vol. III.

Floris M. Kleijne is the author of more than two dozen short stories in Daily Science Fiction, Galaxy’s Edge, Factor Four, and numerous other publications. He lives in a 200-year-old house in the Dutch river district, but does most of his writing on trains. Floris was the first Dutchman to win the prestigious Writers of the Future contest, as well as the first Dutchman to qualify for active membership of the SFWA. He blogs about writing, Real Life™, and atrocious customer service on floriskleijne.com, where you can also read more of his stories.

Narrated by Roberto Suarez.

By day, Roberto Suarez works as a community college student advocate and recruiter. By night he geeks out on all things fantasy and science fiction, comic books and board games. He is the co-host and producer of Radio Westworld, a podcast dedicated to HBO’s science fiction series. You can find Roberto on the web at robertosuarez.me, or on Twitter as @PuertoGeekan. 

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Jeremy Szal’s debut STORMBLOOD, a dark space opera about alien DNA that makes users permanently addicted to adrenaline and aggression, comes out on June 4 from Gollancz in all formats, including audiobook, and he would love it if you pre-ordered a copy.

Stormblood Amazon UK

Stormblood Audiobook

Stormblood

Main Fiction: "Crystal Ash"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Atalanti Evripidou is a speculative fiction writer from Greece, and the winner of the 2018 FantastiWords Award in the science fiction category. Her short stories have been published in various Greek anthologies and, more recently, been featured in Onyx Path's Gods & Monsters. She is also a writer and reviewer at Nyctophilia.gr, Greece's prime e-zine for horror and fantasy.

Narrated by Summer Brooks.

Summer Brooks is a story addict who watches too much television, and she enjoys putting her encyclopedic sci-fi geek knowledge to the test in discussions about sci-fi, horror, and comics. She has been doing just that on Slice of Sci-Fi since 2005, as co-host, producer, host and EIC, and as The Babylon Podcast co-host from 2006-2012.

Summer is also an avid reader and writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of published credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing an urban fantasy action-adventure, and a monster movie extravaganza. She also does narrations for Tales to Terrify and Escape Pod among others, and has doing audiobooks in her sights.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: “Like a Bird from the Sky" by Alexis Ames

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Alexis Ames is a writer living in Colorado who first picked up a pen when she was eleven years old and hasn’t put it down since. Science fiction is her preferred genre –- more specifically, exploring the changing relationship between humans and technology. Her work has previously appeared in publications such as Pseudopod, Kyanite Press, and The New Accelerator. She can be found on Twitter at @alexis_writes1, and a list of her current and upcoming stories can be found on her blog at alexisames.home.blog.

Narrated by Rish Outfield

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and audiobook narrator. He can be heard co-hosting the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and That Gets My Goat podcasts, where he and Bigg Anklevich entertainingly waste much of their time. He also features his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation… but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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Main Fiction:   “You and Me and Mars"

This story first appeared in Luna Station Quarterly #31 (September 2017).

Sandy’s recent stories can be found in Zooscape, Alternative Apocalypse, and an upcoming edition of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. When not writing Sandy works as an anesthetist in Georgia and is an associate editor at Escape Pod. More information and links to stories can be found at www.sandyparsons.com

Narrated by Andrea Richardson.

Andrea is a British singer and actress. With extensive stage and film performances to her name, she began narration and voiceover work in 2014 but enjoys using her existing skills in a different way. You can find her at andrea-richardson.co.uk and on Facebook.

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Main Fiction:   “Soovien Hungered in the City of Spiders" by Sean Robinson 

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Sean Robinson lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. In other lives he's been a spelunker, fire breather, and cow herd. You can find him online at SeanRyanRobinson.com and on Twitter (infrequently) @Kesterian.

Narrated by Tatiana Grey

Tatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com. 

Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Douglas Smith is a multi-award-winning Canadian author described by Library Journal as "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." His fiction has been published in twenty-six languages and thirty-four countries, including Amazing Stories, InterZone, Weird Tales, Baen's Universe, On Spec, and Cicada. His books include the novel The Wolf at the End of the World, the collections Chimerascope and Impossibilia, and the writer's guide Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction.

Doug is a three-time winner of Canada's Aurora Award and has been a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award, CBC's Bookies Award, Canada's juried Sunburst Award, and France's juried Prix Masterton and Prix Bob Morane. His website is smithwriter.com and he tweets as @smithwritr.

Narrated by Drew Mallory.

Drew Mallory is a PhD research psychologist, on weekdays, who studies how societal institutions can protect their most vulnerable members. On weekends, however, all bets are off. His voice acting and speculative fiction embrace the uncomfortable, weird, and uncanny. Drew spends his time mostly between Belgium and Bangkok, but can be contacted directly by stating his name thrice into a darkened mirror anywhere.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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Main Fiction: "I'm Not Robert" by A.T. Sayre

This story first appeared in Bewildering Stories (July 2017)

A.T. 's work has previously appeared in Phantaxis Magazine, Andromeda Spaceways, and Analog Science Fiction and Fact. A more detailed list of his publications can be found at atsayre.com/fiction

Narrated by: Will Stagl

Will Stagl lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Susan and daughter, Violet. His is a creative professional by day, the leader singer and guitarist for a post-punk band called the Liquid Centers by night, and is always up for a pint at the corner pub.

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Main Fiction:  "The Midwives" by Jude Reid

This story first appeared in the SFF World anthology Dying Worlds (December 2019).

Jude Reid lives in Glasgow, Scotland, and writes in the narrow gaps between work, wrangling her kids, and trying to wear out a border collie. When she's not writing she's studying for her black belt in Tae Kwon Do, running from zombies, climbing inadvisibly large mountains, or acting in the audiodrama Tales from the Aletheian Society.She takes her coffee with oat milk.

Narrated by Matt Dovey

Matt Dovey is very tall and very English and most likely drinking a cup of tea right now. He has a scar on his arm that he can’t remember getting, but a terrible darkness floods his mind when he considers it. He now lives in a quiet market town in rural England with his wife and three children, and despite being a writer, he still hasn’t found the right words to properly express the delight and joy he finds in this wonderful arrangement.

His surname rhymes with “Dopey”, but any other similarities to the dwarf are purely coincidental. He is the Golden Pen winner for Writers of the Future Volume 32 (2016), was shortlisted for the James White Award in 2016, and has fiction out and forthcoming all over the place; you can keep up with it at mattdovey.com, or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main fiction: "Stone by Stone" by Eric Del Carlo

Eric Del Carlo's fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Strange Horizons, and other venues. "Stone by Stone" is set in his recurring Redmarch universe. Other stories transpiring in this continuum have appeared in Analog and Clarkesworld. He lives in his native California.

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Narrated by: Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson began audiobook narration in 2006, and now has over 180 titles at LibriVox, and recording as “Harry Shaw,” more than 100 for Audible. While Mark mainly records sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles, he has also ventured into the classics, including Hugo and Dostoyevsky.

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Main Fiction: "Burnover" by K.D. Julicher

This story first appeared in  Intergalactic Medicine Show (June 2018).

K.D. Julicher lives in Nevada, where she collaborates with her husband on stories and children. She has a passion for bears, hats, and bug fixes. Her work has appeared in Writers of the Future, Deep Magic, and Intergalactic Medicine Show.

Narrated by R.M. Ambrose

R.M. Ambrose is Assistant Fiction Editor (and sometimes producer and narrator) at StarShipSofa. He attended Taos Toolbox in 2017 and is an Affiliate Member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Later in 2020 he will re-launch and edit Vital: The Future of Healthcare, an anthology in which science fiction writers tackle the challenges of healthcare issues worldwide (more info at VitalAnthology.com).

In regards to this episode's story, R.M. notes that new piece of firefighting technology, CalFire’s 747 Supertanker, saved his home from the Palmer Fire of 2017, and when he was growing up, his grandma was a volunteer firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician in Leicester, North Carolina.

He can be reached via @rmambrose on Twitter, and @rmAmbroseFiction on Facebook and Instagram.

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Main Fiction: "An Infinite Number of Idiots" by Robert Jeschonek

This story first appeared in Galaxy's Edge #39 (July 2019).

Robert Jeschonek is a USA Today bestselling, envelope-pushing author whose fiction and comics have been published around the world. His stories have appeared in past episodes of StarShipSofa, as well as Galaxy's Edge, Fiction River, Pulphouse, Escape Pod, and many other publications. He has written Doctor Who and Star Trek fiction and comics for DC, AHOY, and others. His young adult slipstream novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, won the Forward National Literature Award and was named one of Booklist's Top Ten First Novels for Youth. He also won an International Book Award, a Scribe Award for Best Original Novel, and the grand prize in Pocket Books' Strange New Worlds contest. Visit him online at www.robertjeschonek.com.

Narrated by Rish Outfield.

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and audiobook narrator. He can be heard co-hosting the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and That Gets My Goat podcasts, where he and Bigg Anklevich entertainingly waste much of their time. He also features his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation… but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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Main Fiction: "A Taste of Eden" by Colleen Anderson 

This story originally appeared in Worlds of SF, F & H (January 2018).

Colleen Anderson edits and writes fiction and poetry. Her work has appeared in over 250 publications with some recent and new works in Polu Texni, On Spec, Thrilling Words Really System and Nameless. Her collection, A Body of Work is published by Black Shuck Books. She has edited three anthologies and will be the 2020 Creative Ink Festival guest of honor in Vancouver, where she watches for mold monsters. colleenanderson.wordpress.com

Narrated by Tatiana Grey.

Tatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com.

Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Top Tier" by Harold R. Thompson

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Harold R. Thompson has written non-fiction and short science fiction and fantasy for a variety of print and online magazines. He is also the author of the “Empire and Honor” series of historical adventure novels, which include Dudley’s Fusiliers, Guns of Sevastopol, and Sword of the Mogul. He lives in Nova Scotia and, when not writing or spending time with his family, works for Parks Canada.

Narrated by Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

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Main Fiction: "The Face of Heaven" by David Kavanaugh

Dave Kavanaugh’s short fiction has appeared in Nature, Andromeda Spaceways, and StoryShop. His fantasy novel Age of Omicron was released by Fiction Vortex Press in 2018. You can find him on Twitter at @DaveFiction or read more at DaveKavanaugh.com.

Narrated by Eric Luke.

Eric Luke is the screenwriter of the Joe Dante film Explorers, which is currently in development as a remake, the comic books Ghost and Wonder Woman, and wrote and directed the Not Quite Human films for Disney TV. His current project Interference, a meta horror audiobook about an audiobook… that kills, is available free on iTunes and at Quillhammer.com.

Fact: Hugo Review by Andy Tomaswick

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Main Fiction: "Captured Carbon" by Geoffrey W. Cole

This story first appeared in Cli-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change (Exile, 2017).

Geoffrey W. Cole's award-winning short fiction has appeared in such publications as Reckoning, Clarkesworld, EscapePod, New Worlds, and Imaginarium 2012: The Year's Best Canadian Speculative Writing. His stories have been translated into Catalan, French, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish, and have been produced as podcasts. He is the 2016 winner of the Premis Ictineu for best story translated into Catalan. Geoff has degrees in biology, engineering, and an MFA in creative writing. He lives with his wonderful wife, three sons, and giant hound outside Toronto, Canada. Visit Geoff at geoffreywcole.com.

Narrated by the author.

Fact: `Science News by J J Campanela 

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Main Fiction: "The Ice Queen of Europa" by Russell Hemmel

This story first appeared in The Martian Wave on  

April 30, 2019 

Russell Hemmell is a French-Italian transplant in Scotland after several years of East Asia, passionate about astrophysics, history, and Japanese manga. Winner of the Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing. Recent work in Aurealis, Flame Tree Press, Songs of Eretz, Star*Line, The Grievous Angel, and others. SFWA, HWA and Codexian. Find them online at their blog earthianhivemind.net and on Twitter@SPBianchini. 

Narrated by Nicola Seaton-Clark

Nicola is originally from South Africa, where she grew up in various small towns around the country. Working as a professional actress full time for 25 years, she has also spent her time being variously, a jazz singer, waitress, bartender and English trainer. Currently she runs her voice-over company Offstimme with her actor husband Peter, and spends her spare time attempting to raise her children into decent human beings and attending heavy metal concerts.

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Main Fiction: "Ice in the Dark" by Joachim Heijndermans

This story first appeared in Nebula Rift in 2016.

Joachim Heijndermans writes, draws, and paints nearly every waking hour. Originally from the Netherlands, he's been all over the world, boring people by spouting random trivia about toys, comics and film. A graduate of the Kubert School in New Jersey, he works as a graphic designer and cartoonist. His work has been featured with a number of publications, such as Mad Scientist Journal, Kraxon Magazine, Metaphorosis, Econoclash Review, the Gallery of Curiosities, and Ahoy Comics, and he's currently in the midst of completing his first children's book. You can find his work at joachimheijndermans.com, or follow him on Twitter: @jheijndermans. 

Narrated by Brian Rollins

Brian Rollins is a voice actor living in Denver, Colorado. He narrates a variety of podcasts and performs audiobooks. His latest adventure has been hosting the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia podcast, a show that gives listeners 30 geeky trivia questions on a different topic every week. You can find out more about him and his work at TheVoicesInMyHead.com.

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Main Fiction: "Permanent Residency" by Filip Wiltgren

By day, Filip Wiltgren is a mild-mannered communication officer and lecturer. By night, he turns into a frenzied ten-fingered typist, clawing out jagged stories of fantasy and science fiction, found in lairs such as Analog, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Grimdark, Daily SF, and Nature Futures. He can be found at wiltgren.com

Narrated by Cheyenne Wright.

Cheyenne Wright is a freelance illustrator and concept artist. He is the color artist on the three-time Hugo Award winning steampunk graphic novel series Girl Genius, and co-creator of many other fine works; Including 50 Fathoms and the Ennie award winning Deadlands Noir for the Savage Worlds RPG. He has also produced graphics for Star Trek Online, the Champions MMO, and t-shirt designs for T.V.’s Alton Brown. Cheyenne lives in Seattle with his wife, their daughter, and an ever growing stack of unpainted miniatures. In his spare time he is teaching himself animation, and narrates short stories for a variety of audio anthologies where he is known as Podcasting’s Mr. Buttery ManVoice™.

Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Color of the Flame" by Stephen Case

This story originally appeared in Mythic (March 1, 2017).

Stephen Case is a historian of astronomy and author living and lecturing in the prairies south of Chicago. His work has appeared most recently in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, and Intergalactic Medicine Show. His debut novel, First Fleet, is Lovecraftian horror meets military sci-fi. His first book-length work of non-fiction, Making Stars Physical, was published last year by University of Pittsburgh Press and short-listed for the History of Science Society's Pfizer Prize. Links to his fiction and research publications live on the web at stephenrcase.com and on Twitter @StephenRCase.

Narrated by: Kaushik Narasimhan

Kaushik Narasimhan is a management consultant by day and struggling writer and general dilettante by night. He tweets at @Kazarelth and his writing can be found at Kaushik’s Blog.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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Main fiction: "Conscript Sally" by Neil Willcox

Neil Willcox lives in south east England where he has (briefly) studied space science, picked fruit, tutored, and analysed data for insurance. He has most recently been published in voidspace, Hexagon, and Swords And Sorcery Magazine, and has a poem forthcoming from Corvid Queen. He can be found on Bluesky @neilwillcox.bsky.social and on his blog, nightofthehats.blogspot.com

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Narrated by: Will StaglWill Stagl is proud to be a member of the StarShipSofa team, recruiting narrators for the podcast’s stellar stories. Will works as a creative professional and occasional musician from his adopted home of Tucson, Arizona.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Retrieval Attempt" by Matt Hornsby

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Matt Hornsby lives in Ireland and works in public policy, after previous stints as a scrap metal dealer and as an English teacher in Japan. His other published work can be found in Metaphorosis and Electric Spec, and you can follow him on twitter at @Matth0rnsby.

Narrated by: Mark Kilfoil

Mark "the Encaffeinated ONE" Kilfoil is a reader, writer, gamer, podcaster, narrator and radio program director. He produces a show on gaming (Head In The Game), helps run and produce shows on  alternative radio (chsrfm.ca), plays and runs roleplaying games online (Legends of the Drowned Isles and So Many Levels) and elsewhere, and podcasts daily ("Wandering Out Loud") on life, philosophy, gaming, and random distractions in sound form. He's currently working hard on finishing his first audio drama, first novel, and second podcasted novella, all in the span of one year. Find out more and join along at encaffeinated.ca. 

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Main Fiction: "The Alien Agent" by James Edward O'Brien

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

James Edward O'Brien grew up in northern New Jersey where he graduated from Dungeons & Dragons to punk rock to modernist lit and weird fiction. His short stories and poetry have appeared in InterGalactic Medicine Show, The Literary Hatchet, and the Triangulation: Dark Skies anthology. He lives in Far Rockaway, NY with his wife and three rescue dogs. Follow Jim on Twitter: @UnagiYojimbo. 

Narrated by: Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History with Amy H Sturgis

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Main Fiction: "Deep Water" by Steven Fischer

Steve is a resident physician in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. When he's not too busy cracking open a textbook (or a patient's thorax) you can find him exploring the Cascades by bike, boat, or boot. His work has appeared in F&SF, Diabolical Plots, and Grimdark Magazine, among others. You can find more of his work at www.stevenbfischer.com or on twitter @stevenfischersf.

Narrated by Rish Outfield

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and audiobook narrator. He can be heard co-hosting the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and That Gets My Goat podcasts, where he and Bigg Anklevich entertainingly waste much of their time. He also features his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation… but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression. 

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Main Fiction: "Glass Eyes, Steel Hands, Metal Mind"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but currently lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. Her poetry has received Rhysling, Dwarf Star, and Pushcart nominations; her short fiction has appeared in InterGalactic Medicine Show, Compelling Science Fiction, and Pseudopod. For more about her work, including her Edda-Earth novels and her forthcoming poetry collection, The Gates of Never, please see edda-earth.com.

Narrated by David D. Levine

David D. Levine is the author of Andre Norton Award-winning novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016), sequels Arabella and the Battle of Venus (Tor 2017) and Arabella the Traitor of Mars (Tor 2018), and more than fifty SF and fantasy stories. His story “Tk’Tk’Tk” won the Hugo,

and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. His stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, Tor.com, numerous Year’s Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Space Magic.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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Main Fiction: "Beta Child"

The story originally appeared in The Colored Lens in Summer 2014.

Imogen Cassidy is a bisexual speculative fiction author based in Sydney, Australia. Her short fiction has appeared in Aurealis and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. She spends most of her time writing, painting miniatures, listening to podcasts, and walking her dog.

Narrated by Tatiana Grey

Tatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com.

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Main Fiction: "In Bocca"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

P.G. Streeter lives with his wife and son in Maryland, where he teaches high school English. He's been writing since he could hold a pen and telling stories even longer, but he has only recently begun making a serious effort at publishing. His first two published stories can be found in Bards and Sages Quarterly and Daily Science Fiction. He's thrilled to add StarShipSofa to that list and is especially excited for his work to be captured in audio format. Find him on Twitter at @p_g_sWrites.

Narrated by Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

Vital: The Future of Health Care Kickstarter 

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Main Fiction: "The Color of My Home is Red Like an Apple"

The story originally appeared in Metaphorosis on

March 29, 2019

Evan Marcroft is a half-blind yeti person and emerging writer of sci-fi and horror based out of Philadelphia. His works have appeared in a variety of publications, from Pseudopod to Strange Horizons, and multiple times in Metaphorosis. Follow him on twitter at @Evan_Marcroft. He will respond to anyone. 

Narrated by Summer Brooks

Summer Brooks is a story addict who watches too much television, and she enjoys putting her encyclopedic sci-fi geek knowledge to the test in discussions about sci-fi, horror, and comics. She has been doing just that on Slice of Sci,Fi since 2005, as co-host, producer, host and EIC, and as The Babylon Podcast co-host from 2006-2012.

Summer is also an avid reader and writer of sci,fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of published credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing an urban fantasy action-adventure, and a monster movie extravaganza. She also does narrations for Tales to Terrify and Escape Pod among others, and has doing audiobooks in her sights.

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Main Fiction: "Wheels-Up Time"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

G. Scott Huggins now lives in Wisconsin after sojourns in Kansas, Germany, and Russia. He teaches history to high school students, many of whom learn things. He is the author of A Doctor To Dragons and has also appeared on Escape Pod and Podcastle. You can read his ramblings and rants at The Logoccentric Orbit.

Narrated by: Andrea Richardson

Andrea is a British singer and actress. With extensive stage and film performances to her name, she began narration and voiceover work in 2014 but enjoys using her existing skills in a different way. You can find her at andrea-richardson.co.uk and on Facebook.

Science News by J J Campanella

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"A Time for Heroes" by Edward M. Lerner

Probably published in Analog

Author EDWARD M. LERNER worked in high tech and aerospace for thirty

years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president, for much of that time writing science fiction as his hobby. Since 2004 he has written full-time.

His novels range from near-future technothrillers, like Small Miracles and

Energized, to traditional SF, like Dark Secret and his InterstellarNet series, to (collaborating with Larry Niven) the space-opera epic Fleet of Worlds series of Ringworld companion novels. Lerner’s 2015 novel, InterstellarNet: Enigma, won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing.” His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. Lerner’s short fiction has appeared in anthologies, collections, and many of the usual SF magazines. He also writes about science and technology, notably including a long-running series of essays for Analog about science and SF tropes, updated and expanded into Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction. His website is www.edwardmlerner.com

Narrated by: Curtis C. Chen

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes speculative fiction and runs puzzle games near Portland, Oregon. His debut novel Waypoint Kangaroo (a 2017 Locus Awards Finalist) is a science fiction spy thriller about a superpowered secret agent facing his toughest mission yet: vacation. Curtis' short stories have appeared in Playboy Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and Oregon Reads Aloud. He is a graduate of the Clarion West and Viable Paradise writers' workshops. You can find Curtis at Puzzled Pint on the second Tuesday of most every month. Visit him online: https://curtiscchen.com

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Main fiction: "Different Paths"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Henry McFarland is an economist and part time short story writer who lives near Washington, D.C. He has published stories in Andromeda Spaceways and Every Day Fiction. You can find him on Facebook and his twitter handle is @hecon99

Narrated by: Matt Dovey

Matt Dovey is very tall and very English and most likely drinking a cup of tea right now. He has a scar on his arm that he can’t remember getting, but a terrible darkness floods his mind when he considers it. He now lives in a quiet market town in rural England with his wife and three children, and despite being a writer, he still hasn’t found the right words to properly express the delight and joy he finds in this wonderful arrangement.

His surname rhymes with “Dopey”, but any other similarities to the dwarf are purely coincidental. He is the Golden Pen winner for Writers of the Future Volume 32 (2016), was shortlisted for the James White Award in 2016, and has fiction out and forthcoming all over the place; you can keep up with it at mattdovey.com, or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.

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Main fiction: "Trembling Blue Stars" by Richard Kadrey

Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime.” Some of Kadrey’s other books include The Dead Take the A Train (with Cassandra Khaw), The Pale House Devil, and Butcher Bird. His work has been nominated for both the BSFA and Locus awards, and appeared in Best Horror of the Year. Aside from books, Kadrey has written for film, games, and comics. Kadrey also makes music with his band, A Demon in Fun City.

This story first appeared in Flurb #7, 2009.

Narrated by: Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz is perhaps best known for his seminal books on the Perl programming language that helped make the world wide web possible and popular. He produced a weekly audio and video podcast on open source software, but has given that up after 13 years to get those five hours per week back again. As a featured conference speaker for his new passion of Dart and Flutter, he’s no stranger to the limelight. He enjoys pulling out his gear to record yet another narration, and likens it to “getting to read bedtime stories to the kids I never had”, and looks forward to future assignments

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Main Fiction: "Alignment"

 This story is original to StarShipSofa.  



Steve Toase is from England, and now lives in Munich, Germany. He writes regularly for Fortean Times and Folklore Thursday. His story "Call Out" (first published in Innsmouth Magazine) was reprinted in The Best Horror Of The Year 6, and two of his stories have just been published in Best Horror of the Year 11. He also likes old motorbikes and vintage cocktails.

You can keep up to date with his work via his Patreon, www.stevetoase.wordpress.com and @stevetoase.

Narrated by Margaret Essex

Margaret lives “the good life”, on a small piece of rural N.S.W. Australia, with an amazing man a couple of pets, all the usual biting, stinging, critters that make great horror stories for our visitors and several rambunctious wombats.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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"The White Bear Problem: Everything You Need to Know About Raising a Telepath in the Modern Age” by Garrett Croker

This story is original to StarShipSofa

Garrett Croker lives and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area. His fiction has appeared on Pseudopod and The NoSleep Podcast, and in Aliterate Magazine, Factor Four Magazine, and various anthologies. Find him on Curious Fictions or follow him on Twitter at @GarrettCroker.

Narrated by Eric Luke

Eric Luke is the screenwriter of the Joe Dante film Explorers, which is currently in development as a remake, the comic books Ghost and Wonder Woman, and wrote and directed the Not Quite Human films for Disney TV. His current project Interference, a meta horror audiobook about an audiobook… that kills, is available free on iTunes and at Quillhammer.com.r

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Main Fiction: "A Substitute for Salvation" by Chad Gayle

Chad Gayle’s science fiction has appeared in 365 Tomorrows and Perihelion SF. In addition to toiling as an English adjunct at several small colleges, Chad also did a brief stint at Poetry Magazine before he moved to New York, where he ran a photography studio next to Times Square. His photographic work has been published in the New York Times and the Huffington Post, and his novel Let It Be, which is tied to the music of the Beatles, is available everywhere.

Narrated by: Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington is an aspiring voice actor, who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for Far Fetched Fables and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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