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StarShipSofa 745 John Kessel

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2024/11/11

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, James Tiptree Jr./Otherwise, Ignotus, and Shirley Jackson awards, and twice received the Nebula award.The Dark Ride: The

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StarShipSofa No 744 Rhiannon Rasmussen

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2024/10/30

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 appeared, in a slightly different form, as a download via Gumroad and itch.io, 2022.Narrated by: Diane SeversonDiane Severson is

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StarShipSofa No 743 Marie Vibbert

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2024/10/16

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 should be” by the Oxford Culture Review. She also writes poetry, comics, and computer games. By day she is a computer programmer

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StarShipSofa No 742 Jay Caselberg

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2024/10/02

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 the podcast, “This Kaiju Life” which is entirely safe for work, and the editor and creator of the podcast, “Nobilis

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StarShipSofa No 741 Matthew Kressel

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2024/09/18

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 fiction novella The Rainseekers (Tordotcom) will appear in early 2026. Alongside Ellen Datlow, he runs the Fantastic Fiction

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StarShipSofa No 740 Brian Trent

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2024/08/28

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

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StarShipSofa No 739 Edward M. Lerner

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2024/08/14

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 SeversonDiane Severson

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StarShipSofa No 378 Angela Slatter

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2024/07/31

Angela “A.G.” Slatter is the author of the gothic fantasy novelsAll the Murmuring Bones,The Path of Thorns, andThe Briar Book of the Dead(Titan Books); the supernatural crime novelsVigil,CorpselightandRestoration(Jo Fletcher Books); twelve short story collections, includingThe Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings; the novellasOf Sorrow and Such,RipperandThe Bone Lantern; and a Hellboy Universe collaboration with Mike Mignola,Castle Full of Blackbirds. She’s won a World Fantasy Award, a British

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StarShipSofa No 737 Benjamin Blattberg

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2024/07/17

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 StaglWill Stagl is StarShipSofa's audio engineer but still enjoys lending his voice to the cause when duty calls. He'd like

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StarShipSofa No 736 Adam Troy-Castro

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2024/07/03

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 Spy magazine in 1987. His books to date include four Spider-Man novels, three novels about his profoundly damaged

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StarShipSofa No 735 Carrie Vaughn

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2024/06/19

Main fiction: "The Bravest of Us Touched the Sky" by Carrie VaughnCarrie Vaughn's work includes the Philip K. Dick Award winning novel Bannerless, the New York Times best-selling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, over twenty novels and upwards of 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. Her next novel, The Naturalist Society, is about 19th century ornithologists, awkward love triangles, and the magic of binomial nomenclature. An Air Force brat, she survived her

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StarShipSofa No 734 Molly Tanzer

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2024/06/05

Sofanauts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sofanauts/id1740911381Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcjcJ0BSat Patreon for AD Free and Extra Content: https://www.patreon.com/SofanautsMain fiction:Le Cigne Baiseur by Molly Tanzer Molly Tanzeris the award-winning author of five novels, two novellas, and many works of short fiction. Her official Jirel of Joiry revival, “Jirel and the Mirror of Truth,” will appear inNew Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine in

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StarShipSofa 733 Gregory Feeley

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2024/05/22

Listen to Sofanauts:Apple:https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcjcJ0BSatPaste our RSS into the search of your favourite podcast app:https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2Main fiction: "Hanging Gardens" by Gregory FeeleyGregory Feeley’s forthcoming novel isHamlet the Magician. His SF novelNeptune’s Reachrecently completed its piecemeal appearance in various magazines and anthologies. He is now working on

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StarShipSofa 732 Chris Balliet

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2024/05/08

Just search in your favourite podcast app for us!Apple Podcasts: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcjcJ0BSatMain fiction: "Oasis on the Edge of Trappist" by Chris BallietChris Balliet is a speculative fiction writer who lives in Philadelphia with his wife and daughter, traversing the city in search of playgrounds and good coffee. He is a graduate of Taos Toolbox in 2023 and has degrees in history and finance that

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The Sofanauts Special

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2024/05/01

Join The Sofanuts each week;Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Or click links below.Apple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsCut and paste this to your podcast player of choice. RSS https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2.https://www.patreon.com/SofanautsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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StarShipSofa 731 Edward M. Lerner

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2024/04/23

Listen to the new Sofanauts:Just search in your favourite podcast app for us!Apple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsMain fiction: "Nothing to Lose" by Edward M. LernerEdward 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 novelLife and Death on Mars.This

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StarShipSofa 730 Paul Jessup

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2024/04/10

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

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StarShipSofa 729 Eric Del Carlo

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2024/03/27

Main fiction: "Stone by Stone" by Eric Del CarloEric 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 NelsonMark Nelson began audiobook narration in 2006, and now has over 180 titles at LibriVox, and recording as “Harry Shaw,” more

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StarShipSofa 728 Neil Willcox

StarShipSofa ·

2024/03/13

Main fiction: "Conscript Sally" by Neil WillcoxNeil 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.comThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Narrated by: Will StaglWill Stagl is

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StarshipSofa 727 Richard Kadrey

StarShipSofa ·

2024/02/28

Main fiction: "Trembling Blue Stars" by Richard KadreyRichard 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

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