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StarShipSofa No 673 Mikel J. Wisler

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2021/11/10

Main Fiction: "Falling Sunward" by Mikel J. Wisler.This story is original to StarShipSofa.Mikel J. Wisler is a commercial and documentary filmmaker by day and science fiction author by night. He's a sincere believer that good science fiction can help us save the world. Through his writing and podcast (Exploring Tomorrow: Meaningful Science Fiction and Life's Big Questions), Wisler explores how we as people encounter and wrestle with meaning-of-life questions in the stories we love. He's the author

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StarShipSofa The Metaverse

StarShipSofa ·

2021/11/03

Welcome to a ramble about the hottest topic of the day - The Metaverse. Join me as I ramble on about Ready Player One, Rainbow's End, Her, Minority Report and a whole lot moreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Message From The Captain

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2021/10/27

So... here is my plea to try and boost funds for StarShipSofa. Over the years monthly donatins have been dwindling away and now is the time where if you like StarShipSofa and want to se her keep travelling further into deep space with her thrilling science fiction stories now is the time to join Patreon or Paypal and help us keep going.Paypal: Link from our websitePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/districtofwondersSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See

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StarShipSofa No 672 Dune Review + Em Liu

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2021/10/23

Review Dune movieMain Fiction: "Michael" by Em Liu.This story was first published in Mysterion on September 28, 2020.Em Liu grew up in Palm Beach, Florida and has lived in the American Southwest, the Midwest, New England, and Japan. She now resides with her husband and toddler in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, where she researches financial systems by day and devises magic systems by night. You can find her on Twitter as @EmLiuWriting.Narrated by Will Stagl.Will Stagl lives in Tucson,

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StarShipSofa No 671 Grant Carrington

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2021/10/13

Main Fiction: "Half Past the Dragon" by Grant Carrington.This story was first published in Fantastic Magazine in January 2021.Grant Carrington is the author of three sf books from Brief Candle Press of Beaverton, Ore., 2 CDs of original songs available from Amazon and other internet sites, 5 plays given full productions, and 40-50 stories, mostly sf. One was a Nebula finalist in 1976 and one won the short story award at the Sandhills Writers Conference in 1977. He attended Clarion 68-69 and Tulane

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StarShipSofa No 670 Raluca Balasa

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2021/09/29

Main Fiction: "Forty-Flesh Barrier" by Raluca Balasa.This story was first published in Mad Scientist Journal, January 2019.Raluca Balasa holds an MFA in Creative Writing: Fiction from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her approach to writing is character oriented, often dealing with love/hate relationships, antiheroes, and antagonists who make you agree with them. Her short work has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Aurealis, The Mithila Review, and Grimdark Magazine, among others.Currently,

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StarShipSofa No 669 J Weintraub

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2021/09/15

Main Fiction: "Afloat" by Joe Weintraub.This story was first published in Altered States: Sci-fi and Fantasy Stories about Change (Mint Hill Books, 2011).A member of the Dramatists Guild, J. Weintraub has had short plays and radio dramas produced throughout the United States and in Australia, New Zealand, India, and Germany. His fiction, poetry, and essays have been published in all sorts of literary reviews, general magazines, and scholarly journals, and his translations from the French and Italian

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StarShipSofa No 668 Jeremy Szal

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2021/09/01

Main Fiction: "Dead Men Walking" by Jeremy Szal. This story was first published in Abyss and Apex in December, 2017.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 about a drug made from the DNA of extinct aliens that makes users permanently addicted to

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StarShipSofa No 667 C H Pearce

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2021/08/18

Main Fiction: "Worms, their Carer, and his Friend" by C. H. Pearce.This story is original to StarShipSofa.C. H. Pearce is an Australian writer of weird dystopian stories. She lives in Canberra with her partner and two small children, wrangles data at her day job, and also does art. Her short fiction has appeared in Aurealis, Award Winning Australian Writing 2016, and the CSFG Publishing anthology Unnatural Order. She's currently revising her first novel, an expanded version of the short story

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StarShipSofa No 666 T Lucas Earle

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2021/08/03

Main Fiction: "Monkey Talk" by T. Lucas Earle.This story was first published in Electric Spec in July 2011.T. Lucas Earle is a writer, filmmaker, and musician. His fiction has appeared in Electric Spec, Colored Lens, Razor Literary Magazine, Baltimore Review, and New Myths. His dark comedy, Abduction, premiered in LA Shorts fest in 2013. His most recent film, in which he also plays the lead, is "Up Next." (You can view both films on his website and on YouTube.) T. Lucas lives in Los Angeles. Visit

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StarShipSofa No 665 Sophie York

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2021/07/21

Main Fiction: "Sleepers" by Sophie York."Sleepers" first appeared in Deep Magic in August, 2018.Sophie York is a biomedical scientist and writer from Melbourne, Australia. When not working or translating the implications of research into fiction, she explores the world, documenting it with photographs and words. She was former editor-in-chief of SQ Mag, Australian speculative fiction ezine, where she won an Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work. Her short fiction has been previously

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StarShipSofa No 664 Robert D. Beech

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2021/07/07

Main Fiction: "In the Glow-Worm's Cave" by Robert D. Beech.This story is original to StarShipSofa.Robert Beech is a practicing psychiatrist and a faculty member at the Yale School of Medicine. He has published professional papers in a variety of scientific journals.Narrated by: Anthony Babington.Anthony Babington is a 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

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StarShipSofa No 663 Lucy Stone

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2021/06/23

Main Fiction: "Camp Cupid" by Lucy Stone.This story first appeared in House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature, vol. 1.Lucy Stone is a freelance writer, lexicographer, and mother of one. Her stories have appeared in many speculative journals, including Dreamforge Magazine, Electric Spec, House of Zolo, and Bards and Sages Quarterly. Her major preoccupations are folklore, romance, and mental illness. Her stories contain many villains, but the ultimate one is usually despair, and she will

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StarShipSofa No 662 Zero HP Lovecraft

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2021/06/09

Main Fiction: "Eventual Consistency" by Zero HP Lovecraft.This story was previously published at the author's website.Zero HP Lovecraft is in the room with us right now. He is a known antichrist-hater and woman-respect-maximalist. He believes that love and emotions are chemicals but, hypocrite that he is, he relies on chemicals to tell him his emotions are chemicals. But he will not perish like a dog, oh no–he'll fight.Narrated by Randal L. Schwartz.Randal L. Schwartz is best well known for his

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StarShipSofa No 661 Joachim Heijndermans

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2021/05/26

Main Fiction: "The Udon at Tashihara's" by Joachim Heijndermans.This story first appeared in Storyteller Magazine in July 2017.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. His work has been featured in a number of anthologies and publications, such as Mad Scientist Journal, Ahoy Comics, Metaphorosis, The Gallery of Curiosities and Planet Scumm, and he’s currently in the

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StarShipSofa No 660 N R M Roshak

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2021/05/12

Main Fiction: "Zest for Life" by N R M Roshak.This story was first published in Future Science Fiction Digest, March 2019.N. R. M. Roshak is an award-winning Canadian writer whose work includes short fiction, kidlit, nonfiction and translation. Her short fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, On Spec, Daily Science Fiction, Future Science Fiction Digest, and elsewhere, and was awarded a quarterly Writers of the Future prize. She studied philosophy and mathematics; has written code and

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StarShipSofa No 659 Shannon Phillips and Christian...

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2021/04/28

Main Fiction: "Strangers When We Meet" by Shannon Phillips and Christian ChadwellThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Shannon Phillips lives in Oakland, where she keeps two cats, threeboys, and a husband. She likes old things, wild places, tall tales,and the people who tell them. Her website at joshannonphillips.comincludes links to her other work.Christian Chadwell lives in Northern Kentucky with his three sassycats. Loves the worst in people, the Renaissance, and has never met adeadline.Narrated

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StarShipSofa No 658 John Wolf

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2021/04/14

Main Fiction: "The Prey" by John WolfThis story was first published in Electric Spec, January 2020.John Wolf is a librarian lurking in the Pacific Northwest. When he’s not shelving books or processing holds, he likes making things up and putting them on paper. A graduate of Washington State University – Vancouver, John has been writing and publishing for 10 years. His work has appeared in Tough Crime, Silver Blade, the Coffin Blossoms anthology, and others. He subsists on a strict diet of coffee,

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StarShipSofa No 657 Tara Campbell

StarShipSofa ·

2021/03/31

Main Fiction: "The Female of the Species" by Tara CampbellThis story was first published in Luna Station Quarterly, November 2013.Tara Campbell (www.taracampbell.com) is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction editor at Barrelhouse. She received her MFA from American University. Previous publication credits include SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Wigleaf, Jellyfish Review, Booth, Strange Horizons, and CRAFT Literary. She's the author of a novel, TreeVolution, and three collections:

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StarShipSofa No 656 Darrell Schweitzer

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2021/03/17

Main Fiction: "The Fire Eggs" by Darrell Schweitzer.This story was first published in Interzone #153, March 2000.Darrell Schweitzer is not a famous British author although this and several other of his stories appeared in the British magazine Interzone when it was edited by David Pringle. He has also appeared regularly in Postscripts and the subsequent Postscripts anthologies (also UK) and the same firm (PS Publishing) has published three anthologies edited by him, a novella, Living with the Dead (a

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