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LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you"ll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there"s fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, from the

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61:34

Dominique Dickey | Look at the Moon

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2024/08/13

We drove out to Joshua Tree for the star party—a gathering of amateur astronomers under a clear, dark sky. It was Holly’s idea, an impromptu adventure on a Friday after work: “Hey, Lou, do you want to go look at the moon tonight?” | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Richard Thomas | The Darkness Between the Stars

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2024/08/08

Buddy and I abandoned our hydrogen nomad at the edge of the wastelands before trudging around the rusted chain-link perimeter of the abandoned fairgrounds, waiting for the blast of steam and guttural earthly moan to escape from the fractured soil, signifying that it was clear to enter the area. | © 2024 by Richard Thomas. Narrated by Stefan RudnickiLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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"Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins + "What's in a...

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2024/08/06

This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins (© 2024 by K.A. Wiggins), narrated by Nan McNamara and "What's in a Name" by Matthew Hughes (© 2024 by Matthew Hughes), narrated by Arthur Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Carrie Vaughn | Between Above and Below

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2024/07/29

Next war, the angel decided, he was going to sit out. Before the dust settled, before hosts rose and fell depending on their actions and inclinations, he fled. Cowardice, maybe. More like pragmatism, he rationalized. | © 2024 by Carrie Vaughn. Narrated by Paul Boehmer.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko | The Heist for the Soul...

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2024/07/18

The simulation blossomed around Nadja Gavrić like a hypercube unpacking itself into three dimensions. | © 2024 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko. Narrated by Susan Hanfield, with Stefan Rudnicki.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Vanessa Fogg | The Red Queen’s Heart

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2024/07/15

Anything can be bought or sold at the Night Market. A dozen hummingbird tongues curled like tiny snails, basted in honey and chili oil and served on a silver tray. A mermaid’s song, caught in an antique bottle of smoked glass. | © 2024 by Vanessa Fogg. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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"The Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need to Survive...

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2024/07/11

This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "The Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need to Survive Eldritch Horrors" by Aimee Picchi (© 2024 by Aimee Picchi), narrated by Susan Hanfield and "The Aliens Said They Want to Party" by Joel William David Buxton (© 2024 by Joel William David Buxton), narrated by Paul Boehmer.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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"Songs of the Sorrow of Thorns" by Amayah Perveen +...

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2024/07/08

This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Songs of the Sorrow of Thorns" by Amayah Perveen (© 2024 by Amayah Perveen), narrated by Susan Hanfield and "A Guide on How to meet the Deity of Many Faces" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (© 2024 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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29:04

Dominique Dickey | The Last Lucid Day

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2024/07/04

You’re asleep in dreams of your father holding your head underwater, so the call from Magnolia Assisted Living goes to voicemail. | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Paul Boehmer.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Oyedotun Damilola Muees | Warning Notes from an...

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2024/06/27

Today makes it a decade and a day I have been keeping tabs on you. I started by watching your mother, monitoring all her movements while she housed you. There’s no better time to relay this message but now. | © 2024 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees. Narrated by Janina Edwards.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Shanna Germain | The Weight of Salt

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2024/06/24

We’ve never been so busy. The cave where we work used to be calm and, if not entirely devoid of sound, then split only by the crash of waves at high tide and the occasional cry of a woman who didn’t listen when we said listen this will hurt this will hurt this will hurt. Or maybe she did listen, but she thought we meant physical pain, when what we meant was your heart your heart your heart. | © 2024 by Shanna Germain. Read by Stefan Rudnicki.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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Dominica Phetteplace | The Help Hotline

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2024/06/20

The trouble started after my husband reported a strange Zoom call at work. | © 2024 by Dominica Phetteplace. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Deborah L. Davitt | In the Hands of the Mountain God

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2024/06/17

The towering granite shoulders of the mountain god braced against the blue heavens above. Eero’s eyes remained closed beneath his glacial mask, his body swathed in a cloak of green trees. | © 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt. Narrated by Janina Edwards.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Andrea Kriz | Udo Gehler and the Virgin Bitch of the...

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2024/06/13

Udo Gehler saw his next opponent was the Virgin Bitch of the Resistance and didn’t even blink. | © 2024 by Andrea Kriz. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Megan Chee | An Otherworldly Cat Tells You the...

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2024/06/10

There are a near-infinite number of strange and marvelous worlds in this Universe, and in all of them there are Cats. | © 2024 by Megan Chee. Read by Scott Peterson.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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dave ring | The Waking Sleep of a Seething Wound

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2024/06/06

Dawn shot a quiver of cirrus that smeared like sunscreen across the sky. Bini had been awake for hours, back aching. She was too old for this shit. | © 2024 by dave ring. Narrated by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Varsha Dinesh | Sparrow and the Parasol

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2024/06/03

Deep in the abyss of the Unholy Bazaar, in a shop that reeked of death and god-blood, Sparrow lay screaming in a web of rope and unbreakable silk. | © 2024 by Varsha Dinesh. Narrated by Justine Eyre.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ash Howell | Chaos Theory

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2024/05/30

I want to tell you everything. I should tell you that you’re the greatest accomplishment our people have ever produced. I should tell you that you’re loved. | © 2024 by Ash Howell. Narrated by Alison Belle BewsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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P H Lee | Richard Nixon and the Princess of the Crows

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2024/05/27

The night before the comet hit, Richard Milhous Nixon awoke restless and well before dawn. | © 2024 by P H Lee. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nisi Shawl | Over a Long Time Ago

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2024/05/23

She should go back inside the watchpod. Maree and Blaise didn’t have to be dead. | © 2024 by Nisi Shawl. Narrated by Alison Belle Bews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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