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Main Fiction: "The Girl of the Golden City" by Forrest BrazealThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Forrest Brazeal is a software engineer, writer, and cartoonist based in rural Virginia. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction, Diabolical Plots, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere. Find him at forrestbrazeal.com or on twitter @forrestbrazeal.This story is narrated by the author.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AD Free StarShipSofa No 586 David GrayStarShipSofa_No_586_David_Gray.mp3Main Fiction: "Wreckers' Moon" by David GrayGray is a Scots-born writer and creative director living in Brooklyn, NYC.His journalistic and design credits include Blackbook, Gear magazine, Out, Time Inc, Lollipop mag and others. His fiction has found its way to Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, Metaphorosis, the forthcoming Children of the Sky anthology, Chrome Baby and others. Gray’s first sci-fi novel – Moonflowers – is in contract to print early 2019, with a sequel and a Scotland-set modern fairy tale following and publishing soon after. He did so much unseen world-building for Wreckers’ Moon that he’d love to make it into a novel some day soon.Narrated by: Andrea RichardsonAndrea 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.AD Free StarShipSofaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon Support Click HereMain Fiction: "What the Rain Brings" by Gerri LeenThis story was originally published in A Rustle of Dark Leaves: Tales from the Shadows of the Forest (Misanthrope Press, 2012).Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, she’s passionate about horse racing, tea, and whisky, and her latest obsession is ASMR vids. She has work appearing in Nature, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, and others. She’s edited several anthologies for independent presses, is finishing some longer projects, and is a member of SFWA and HWA. See more at gerrileen.com.Narrated by: Andrea RichardsonAndrea 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: Science News by J J CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 447 – LAST WEEK 438 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "The Peacock Clock" by Chris BeckettOriginally published in the short fiction collection of the same name.Chris Beckett’s short stories began to appear in print in 1990. He has published 6 novels to date, the most recent being America City, and 3 short story collections, of which the latest is Spring Tide. His next novel, Beneath the World, a Sea, will appear in April 2019. He won the Clarke award for his novel Dark Eden, and the Edge Hill Prize for his story collection, The Turing Test. A former social worker, social work manager and social work lecturer, but now concentrating on his writing, he lives in Cambridge, England.Narrated by: George HrabMulti-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, composer, and heliocentrist George Hrab has written and produced six independent CDs and a concert DVD; published two books; recorded hundreds of episodes of an award-winning podcast; emceed countless science conferences; been a TEDx speaker; and has even performed for President Clinton. He’s traveled to four continents promoting critical thinking, science, and skepticism through story and song. George is considered one of the preeminent skeptic/science/atheist/geek-culture music icons currently living in his apartment.Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Heavies" by Rich LarsonPATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 438 – LAST WEEK 420 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Originally published in Infinity WarsRich Larson was born in Galmi, Niger, has studied in Rhode Island and worked in the south of Spain, and now lives in Ottawa, Canada. His work has appeared in numerous Year's Best anthologies and been translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, Polish, Czech, French and Italian. His debut novel, Annex, came out from Orbit Books in July 2018, and his debut collection, Tomorrow Factory, followed in October 2018 from Talos Press. He enjoys travelling, learning languages, playing soccer, watching basketball, shooting pool, and dancing kizomba.Narrated by: Robert A. K. GonyoRobert A. K. Gonyo is a theatre director, actor, podcaster, sound designer, voiceover artist, musician, and tour-guide residing in Queens, NY, USA. He is the producer of Go See a Show!, New York City's independent theatre podcast (goseeashowpodcast.com), as well as the producer of Apparitions, a podcast of new radio horror plays. robertgonyo.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 424 – LAST WEEK 430 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "All That is Solid" by Chris BarnhamOriginally published in Compelling Science Fiction.Chris Barnham spent a long time working for the British government, but now just makes stuff up for himself. Chris has a novel out, with US publisher, Filles Vertes Publishing. It’s called Fifty-One, and features a time-traveling cop marooned in 1940s London, forced to choose between saving the future or the woman he loves. Interzone magazine described it as "better plotted than Connie Willis".Narrated by: Ibba ArmancasIbba Armancas is an award winning writer/director based in Los Angeles available for audio or cinematic projects across the board. She’s read for Starship Sofa, Escape Pod, the Drabblecast, and Psuedopod, but still hasn’t found time to build a website and encourages listeners to shame her about it on instagram or twitter.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My Go FundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/new-polytunnelPATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 430 – LAST WEEK 430 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "Heart of Vesta" by Dimitra NikolaidouThis story is original to StarShip Sofa.Dimitra Nikolaidou is a PhD candidate researching the relationship betweenspeculative fiction and role-playing games. Her fiction has been published in Galleryof Curiosities, See the Elephant, Metaphorosis, the anthology After the Happily EverAfter, and various Greek-language venues. She is an in-house writer and editor forArchetypo Publications, teaches creative writing focused on the fantastic, and isalways planning a vacation somewhere in Europe.Narrated by: Nikolle DoolinNikolle is a voice actor and a writer of fiction, scripts, and poetry. She has performed narrations for a number of popular and award-winning podcasts, such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and Far Fetched Fables. She also narrates classic literature in her own podcast Audio Literature Odyssey. To learn more about Nikolle, visit her website at nikolledoolin.com.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My Go FundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/new-polytunnel Flash Fiction: "Frog Soup" by Floris M. KleijneThis story originally appeared at Daily Science Fiction (August 2, 2016). Floris M. Kleijne is the author of over 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 www.floriskleijne.com, where you can also read more of his stories. Narrated by: Anthony BabingtonAnthony 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. Main Fiction: "Generation Gap" by Holly SchofieldThis story first appeared in the anthology Lazarus Risen (2016).Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Analog, Lightspeed, and Tesseracts, are used in university curricula, and have been translated into several languages. She hopes to save the world through science fiction and homegrown heritage tomatoes. Find her at hollyschofield.wordpress.com. Narrated by: Geoffrey WelchmanGeoffrey works in digital media. A former podcaster, he also narrated several stories for Far Fetched Fables. He lives in Baltimore with his wife Betty. You can find him online at geoffreywelchman.com.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 429 – LAST WEEK 433 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "Pangloss" by Alan FisherThis story is original to StarShip Sofa. Alan Fisher is an attorney living in Washington, D.C. He's published two novellas, Servant of the Muses and A Pearl for Her Eyes, under the name Brad White. Both are available wherever ebooks are sold. His short story, "The Confession of Diego Stoessel," was included in Alban Lake Publishing's recent Lovecraftian anthology, City in the Ice. His favorite authors include John le Carré, William Gibson, Raymond Chandler, and Neal Stephenson. When not writing, he enjoys playing board games with his wife and sons and running role-playing games for his friends. Narrated by: Eric LukeEric 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: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Whom He May Devour" by Alex ShvartsmanThis story was first published in Nautilus (2016). Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. Over 100 of his short stories have appeared in Nature, Analog, Strange Horizons, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and many other magazines and anthologies. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a two-time finalist for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction (2015 and 2017). He is the editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F, and of Future Science Fiction Digest. His latest collection, The Golem of Deneb Seven and Other Stories, was published in 2018. His website is www.alexshvartsman.com. Narrated by: Margaret EssexMargaret 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 433 – LAST WEEK 433 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "The Good Food" by Michael EzellThis story was first published by Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge (2016). Michael Ezell is a former US Marine who now works as a Project Coordinator for an Emmy-winning makeup effects shop in Southern California. His writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, as well as On Spec Magazine and Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. Narrated by: Graeme Dunlop Graeme is a software solution architect and voice actor living in Melbourne, Australia. He is the former co-editor of the fantasy podcast Podcastle, and former host of the YA podcast Cast of Wonders. You can find him on Google+, and he occasionally tweets as @kibitzer on Twitter.Science News: J J CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "In Everlasting Wisdom" by Aliette de BodardAliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy of Aztec noir fantasies, as well as numerous short stories which have garnered her two Nebula Awards, a Locus Award and two British Science Fiction Association Awards. Her space opera books include The Tea Master and the Detective, a murder mystery set on a space station in a Vietnamese Galactic empire, inspired by the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Recent works include the Dominion of the Fallen series, set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war, which comprises The House of Shattered Wings and its standalone sequel The House of Binding Thorns.Narrated by: Amy H. SturgisAmy H. Sturgis holds a Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Vanderbilt University and specializes in both Science Fiction and Indigenous American Studies. Since 2008, she has been contributing monthly “Looking Back at Genre History” segments to StarShipSofa. Editor in Chief of Hocus Pocus Comics and faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Sturgis lives with her husband in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Learn more about her award-winning work at amyhsturgis.com.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Someone to Watch Over Me" by Nancy KressOriginally published in Asimov'sNancy Kress is the author of thirty-three books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her most recent work is TERRAN TOMORROW , the third book in the YESTERDAY’S KIN trilogy. In addition to writing, Kress often teaches at various venues around the country and abroad, and the annual intensive workshop Tao Toolbox. Kress lives in Seattle with her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead, and Cosette, the world’s most spoiled toy poodle.Narrated by: Deborah HarrisDeborah is an Actor, Producer, and founder of Alette Entertainment. As an actor she has garnered attention and awards for her lead performance in two feature films and her starring role in the award winning shorts "The Force and the Fury" and "I Can't Do This." As a producer, she has been a part of the producing team for four features including "Parker's Anchor" which won the Audience Award at Bentonville Film Fest in 2017. Most recently, she finished producing the film "Here Awhile" starring Anna Camp, Steven Strait, and Joe Lo Truglio about the topical subject, the Death With Dignity Act. She currently has two more features in development and in her spare time she writes a monthly article for Ms in the Biz and bakes chocolate chip cookies for her deserving friends and family.Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 433 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "Belladona Nights" by Alastair Reynolds Originally published in The Weight of WordsAlastair Reynolds is science fiction writer who has been published since 1990. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. Reynolds read physics and astronomy at Newcastle before earning a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland. In 1991, he moved to Noordwijk in the Netherlands where worked for the European Space Research and Technology Centre, part of the European Space Agency, until 2004 when he left to pursue writing full-time. His latest novel, Shadow Captain, was published in January 2019.Narrated by: Cian Mac MahonCian Mac Mahon is an Irish Software Engineer who in a past life was the world’s youngest professional podcaster, ran a radio station and very nearly ended up being a journalist. While he hopes to some day revive his show which podfaded many years ago, he now spends most of his free time playing about with cameras and cooking, as old microphones and sound-desks lurk in the shadows, right at the edge of eyesightSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "Montpellier" by Ian WhatesIan Whates lives in a sleepy Cambridgeshire village with his partner, Helen, and a manic cocker spaniel called Bundle. A writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy, he is the author of seven novels, the co-author of two more, has seen some seventy of his short stories published, and has edited more than thirty anthologies. Ian served a term as a director of SFWA and is a director of the BSFA, an organisation he chaired for five years. In 2006, Ian founded multiple award-winning independent publisher NewCon Press by accident, and he continues to be baffled by the number of titles the imprint has produced.Narrated by: Mark KilfoilMark “the Encaffeinated ONE” Kilfoil loves fiction, so much so that he’s written some (such as the Parsec-nominated Tainted Roses), read quite a lot (a library of over a thousand half-read books and growing) and now narrates them (sometimes actually recorded for others). He can be heard frequently on CHSRfm.ca, and two of his shows regularly appear as podcasts, and can be found at encaffeinated.ca and theweirdshow.com. He likes cats enough to pet them but not enough to own one, and computers enough to own several but pet none of them. He will someday write a million words, but at this rate, that will require life extension, so he eagerly awaits the ability to upload into a computer, if that hasn’t already happened and this is all only a simulation.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Saving Tiamaat" by Gwyneth JonesOriginally published in The New Space Opera.Gwyneth Jones is a writer and critic of genre fiction. She's won the Tiptree award, two World Fantasy awards, the Arthur C. Clarke award, the British Science Fiction Association short story award, the Dracula Society's Children of the Night award, the P.K.Dick award, and the SFRA Pilgrim award for lifetime achievement in sf criticism. She also writes for teenagers, usually as Ann Halam. She lives in Brighton, UK, with her husband and two cats called Ginger and Milo; curating assorted pondlife in season.Narrated by: Abra Staffin-WiebeAbra Staffin-Wiebe loves dark science fiction, cheerful horror, and futuristic fairy tales. Dozens of her short stories have appeared at publications including Tor.com, Escape Pod, and Odyssey Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis, where she wrangles her children, pets, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling, she collects folk tales and photographs whatever stands still long enough to allow itSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "Domestic Violence"Originally published in Slate.comMadeline Ashby is a futurist and science fiction writer living in Toronto. Her work has been published in Slate, MIT Technology Review, BoingBoing, McSweeney’s, Clarkesworld, and elsewhere. Her novel COMPANY TOWN was a finalist in the CBC Books Canada Reads competition, and won the Copper Cylinder Award. She has worked with organizations like Intel Labs, the Institute for the Future, SciFutures, Data & Society, Nesta, Changeist, and others. You can find her at madelineashby.com.Narrated by: Tatiana GreyTatiana 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "The Astronaut Tier" by Jonathan LaidlowJonathan Laidlow grew up in the North West of England, near the Sellafield Nuclear Power plant, which regularly leaked. He has one good leg, one good eye, and one good ear…His publications include "Darner" at Strange Horizons, "Obtrusion Rate" at Liminal Stories, "Inundated" at Far Fetched Fables, and "Hyrmnal" at Daily Science Fiction. He lives in Birmingham, UK. He tweets @burtkenobi and blogs occasionally at jonlaidlow.com. Narrated by: Nicola Seaton-ClarkNicola 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.Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Paying Old Debts" by Gerri LeenGerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, she's passionate about horse racing, tea, and whisky, and her latest obsession is ASMR vids. She has work appearing in Nature, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, and others. She's edited several anthologies for independent presses, is finishing some longer projects, and is a member of SFWA and HWA. See more at gerrileen.com.Narrated by: Anthony BabingtonAnthony 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 CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 434 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "The Chameleon's Gloves" by Yoon Ha LeeYoon Ha Lee's debut novel, Ninefox Gambit, won the Locus Award for best first novel and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards. Its sequel, Raven Stratagem, was also a Hugo finalist. His middle-grade space opera, Dragon Pearl, is forthcoming from Disney-Hyperion in January 2019. He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators.Narrated by: Mary MurphyMary Murphy is an actor/voice-over artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She loves the world of audio fiction and is excited to be part of StarShipSofa. She can be heard voicing the role of Dashi on Disney Junior’s Octonauts, and voicing multiple characters for PBS Kid’s Past/Present, Leap Frog, & Muzzy. She can also be heard on Fireside Mystery Theatre’s audio drama podcast, Midnight Shorts Program, and narrating the audiobook Love and Smoke. Other credits include Boardwalk Empire, Man With A Gun, DNA, I Hope You Live Forever, Clutter, and Room 333. Recently she appeared in the play Near Nellie Bly for the Workshop Theater Series, and will be performing a series of Norwin Corwin & O Henry adaptations with QuickSilver. You can often find her roaming the streets of Brooklyn with her 13-pound Dachshund Penny, Gotham’s real Dark Knight.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 434 – LAST WEEK 431 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "A Bird in the Hand" by Doug SmithThis story originally appeared in Warrior Wise Woman 3 (Norilana Press, 2010.Douglas Smith is a multi-award-winning 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 includes the urban fantasy novel The Wolf at the End of the World, the collections Chimerascope and Impossibilia, and the translated collection La Danse des Esprits. His writing guide, Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction, is a must-read for any short story writer.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 at @smithwritr. Narrated by: Nikolle DoolinNikolle is a voice actor and a writer of fiction, scripts, and poetry. She has performed narrations for a number of popular and award-winning podcasts, such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and Far Fetched Fables. She also narrates classic literature in her own podcast Audio Literature Odyssey. To learn more about Nikolle, visit her website at nikolledoolin.com.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 431 – LAST WEEK 428 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "A Fear of Falling" by Dennis MombauerThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Dennis Mombauer currently lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as a writer of speculative fiction, textual experiments, and poetry. He also works as a freelance researcher on climate change adaptation, sustainable urban development, and autism spectrum disorder. He is co-publisher of a German magazine for experimental fiction, Die Novelle – Magazine for Experimentalism, and has published fiction and non-fiction in various magazines and anthologies. His German novel Das Maskenhandwerk (The Mask Trade) came out in 2017 (AAVAA Press). He can be found online at dennismombauer.com, and on Twitter via @DMombauer. Narrated by: Tatiana GreyTatiana 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 SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 432 – LAST WEEK 428 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "Veil of Ignorance" by David Barr KirtleyOriginally published in Lightspeed."David Barr Kirtley is the host of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast on Wired.com, for which he’s interviewed well over 300 guests, including Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Richard Dawkins, Paul Krugman, Simon Pegg, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. His short fiction appears in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy, Weird Tales, Lightspeed, and Intergalactic Medicine Show, on podcasts such as Escape Pod and Pseudopod, and in books such as The Living Dead, New Cthulhu, The Way of the Wizard, and New Voices in Science Fiction. His story “Save Me Plz” was picked by editor Rich Horton for the 2008 edition of the anthology series Fantasy: The Best of the Year."Narrated by: Paul CramPaul Cram is an American actor who performs in indie films and narrates short stories & the occasional audio book as time allows. His latest film role is in "Tuscaloosa” which had him as the lovable mental patient, Earl, which brought him alongside one of the women from the hit show "Stanger Things”. Keep an eye out for that film. Paul credits the library as the starting point for his acting career, so it's no surprise that he spends a lot of time there still researching roles; but even more important to Paul is that since 2013 he has been volunteering at his local library reading with people who speak english-as-a-second-language.When not on a movie set, recording booth, or at the library- Paul can be found deep-frying chicken wings & cream cheese wontons with his older sister, or arguing about pop culture with his brother around one of the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota. You can find Paul online at www.PaulCramActor.com. Fact: Science News by J J CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 429 – LAST WEEK 428 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: "Weather Girl" by E. J. SwiftOriginally published in Infinity WarsE. J. Swift is the author of the Osiris Project trilogy (Osiris, Cataveiro and Tamaruq), a speculative fiction series set in a world radically altered by climate change. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Sunday Times EFG short story award and the BSFA award for short fiction, and has appeared in a variety of publications from Solaris, Salt Publishing, NewCon Press and Jurassic London. Swift also contributed to Strata – an interactive digital project by Penguin Random House. Her latest novel is Paris Adrift, a tale of bartenders and time travel in the City of Light. Narrated by: Chloe YatesAs well as narrating, Chloë Yates writes odd tales. She has written many short stories and some poetry for the British Fantasy Award winning independent press Fox Spirit Books, and is currently working on bigger things for them. English born, she currently lives in the middle of Switzerland with her bearded paramour, Mr Y, and their disapproving dog, Miss Maudie. You can find her online and on Twitter.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 428 – LAST WEEK 424 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.Main Fiction: Switch, by Steve Pantazis (Part 2)Originally published in Writers of the FutureSteve Pantazis is an award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. He won the prestigious Writers of the Future award in 2015 and has gone on to publish a number of short stories in leading SF&F anthologies and magazines, including Nature and Galaxy’s Edge. When not writing (a rare occasion!), Steve creates extraordinary cuisine, exercises with vigor, and shares marvelous adventures with the love of his life. Originally from the Big Apple, he now calls Southern California home.Narrated by: Brian RollinsBrian Rollins was born in California and grew up in and around the Western US. He currently resides in Highlands Ranch, CO where he works as a voice artist primarily focused on audiobooks. He is probably best known for being the voice of the Glen and Tyler series of audiobooks, written by JB Sanders. You can hire Brian to narrate your next audiobook at TheVoicesInMyHead.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 423 – LAST WEEK 430 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: Switch, by Steve Pantazis (Part 1)Originally published in Writers of the FutureSteve Pantazis is an award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. He won the prestigious Writers of the Future award in 2015 and has gone on to publish a number of short stories in leading SF&F anthologies and magazines, including Nature and Galaxy’s Edge. When not writing (a rare occasion!), Steve creates extraordinary cuisine, exercises with vigor, and shares marvellous adventures with the love of his life. Originally from the Big Apple, he now calls Southern California home.Narrated by: Brian RollinsBrian Rollins was born in California and grew up in and around the Western US. He currently resides in Highlands Ranch, CO where he works as a voice artist primarily focused on audiobooks. He is probably best known for being the voice of the Glen and Tyler series of audiobooks, written by JB Sanders. You can hire Brian to narrate your next audiobook at TheVoicesInMyHead.comFact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 430 – last week 431 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters. Main Fiction: "To Plant a Tree" by Adam RakunasThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Adam Rakunas is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated WINDSWEPT and its sequel, LIKE A BOSS. His short fiction has appeared in Futurismic.com, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and StarShipSofa. A former Southern Californian, he and his family now live in the Pacific Northwest. Find him online at giro.org and on Twitter @rakdaddy.Narrated by: Kate LechlerWhen she’s not teaching or editing, Kate Lechler writes about genetically-engineered unicorns from a lawn chair in her carport in Oxford, MS. She is a graduate of the Taos Toolbox workshop and her work has appeared in Podcastle, Fireside Fiction, and Metaphorosis, among other places. Find her at katelechler.com, or @katelechler on Twitter.Fact: Science News by J J CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "New Teeth" by James SallisOriginally published in Analog.While mostly wandering around the house, Jim sits down from time to time to write books like Drive, from which the Nic Refn film derived; or to translate a novel by Raymond Queneau; to publish five poetry collections and three of musicology; to write the six-volume Lew Griffin cycle; or to work on his regular books column for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. New novel is Sarah Jane, out next year, along with a much expanded new edition of an early book of criticism, Difficult Lives. In the sixties, in London, he helped edit New Worlds. He still doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up.Narrated by: Ant BaconAnt Bacon has worked as an actor and voice over artist in TV, film, stage and commercials for almost 20 years. As of Sept 2018 he is a (very) mature student studying a media production course. When Ant isn't working he can either be found baking in the kitchen, getting overly competitive in a pub quiz or in the gym trying to undo the toll of the previous two activities. If you'd like to say hi he is on Twitter; @antbaconSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "The Sands of Rubal-Khali" by Donald Jacob UitvlugtThis story originally appeared in Cirsova #4 (November 2016).Donald Jacob Uitvlugt lives on neither coast of the United States, but mostly in a haunted memory palace of his own design. In addition to previous appearances in StarShipSofa #481 and Far Fetched Fables #176, his short fiction has appeared in numerous print and online venues, such as Cirsova magazine and the anthology Fearful Fathoms II. Donald strives to write what he calls "haiku fiction", stories that are small in scale but big in impact. If you enjoyed "In the Sands of Rubal-Khali" let him know at his blog: haikufiction.blogspot.com or via Twitter: @haikufictiondju. Narrated by: Deanna SanchezDeanna Sanchez is a voiceover artist and actress who has performed professionally for 14 years. She has voiced various commercials, industrials, and characters, and specializes in the “sexy voice” of powerful female roles. An avid fan of science fiction since her grandfather gave her a copy of Heinlein’s Tunnel in the Sky when she was 9, she feels greatly privileged to help bring this story to life. While pursuing a voice talent and acting career, Deanna also consults in Geographical Information Systems and develops custom mapping applications for real estate and other industries. Her background in IT management does not prevent her from owning multiple old computers, some with Windows 98 still running. Three-dimensional visualization of spatial data is a favorite pastime, and she has spent many hours translating real-Earth elevation data into unique 3-D worlds. Deanna’s voice over demo can be heard at the Lambert Studios website, an outstanding full service recording studio.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Suvu and Swashbuckling Love" by D.A. Xiaolin SpiresThis story originally appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (December 4, 2017).Annie Sheng, aka D.A. Xiaolin Spires, counts stars and sand, residing currently in Hawai'i. You can find her embarking on olfactorial odysseys as she inhales plumeria blossoms, lychee and poi. Her work appears or is forthcoming in publications such as Clarkesworld, Analog, Fireside, Terraform, Nature: Futures, Grievous Angel, Reckoning, Galaxy's Edge, LONTAR, Andromeda Spaceways, Mithila Review, Issues in Earth Science, Factor Four and elsewhere, including anthologies of the strange and delightful. You can find her on her website daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @spireswriter.Narrated by: Stephanie MorrisStephanie is a recipient of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Award and a graduate of the 2017 Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her short fiction has appeared in FIYAH, Apex Magazine, Nightmare, and Pseudopod. She is a regular podcast reader for Uncanny Magazine and has narrated short fiction for the Escape Artists podcasts, StarShipSofa, and Far Fetched Fables. You can find her on Twitter at @smaliamorris.Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H SturgisDabblecast KickstarterAnyone who pledges through that link or says "here from Starship Sofa!" gets a special Sofanaughts gift. :)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "Choose" by David WhitakerThis story is a StarShipSofa original.David Whitaker is originally from the UK, but having ambled around a bit somehow found himself living in New Zealand. He has a degree in Journalism, however ultimately decided that as he prefers making things up it should probably be a resource rather than a profession. His fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Sci Phi Journal, and AntipodeanSF, and you can find him and all his other works at wordsbydavid.com.Narrated by: Summer BrooksSummer 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, StarShip Sofa, and Escape Pod among others, and has doing audiobooks in her sights.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 433 – last week 434 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "Join" by Liz ColemanThis story originally appeared at Lightspeed.Liz Coleman has been published in Lightspeed Magazine and Beneath Ceaseless Skies and is a graduate of Viable Paradise. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and too many philosophy books.Narrated by: Jason Satterlund Jason Satterlund has been writing and working on films for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in all areas of production, including directing, writing, cinematography, and editing. He is the only person ever to conduct a night shoot in the ancient city of Petra, and the first person in America to use film lenses on an HD camera. He wrote and directed the award-winning feature film The Record Keeper, which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London and is currently on the world wide festival circuit. He is also the director of the Star Wars fan film The Force and the Fury. When he isn’t busy directing his own projects, he enjoys teaching film making workshops, shaping the film makers of the future.Fact: Science News by J J CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 433 – last week 434 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters. Main Fiction: "Dogface on Ice" by Timothy MudieThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Timothy Mudie has had stories published in Lightspeed, Aliterate, Metaphorosis, and several other magazines and anthologies. He lives outside of Boston, where he works as an editor for a trade publishing house.Narrated by: Andrew Leman Andrew Leman is a producer, designer, actor, writer and director, not necessarily in that order. He has appeared on professional stages in Chicago and Los Angeles, and is a member of Theatre Banshee in Burbank, California. He has designed graphics and props for numerous films and TV shows. With his friend & collaborator of many years, Sean Branney, Andrew has been running The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society since 1984, and has developed numerous film, audio, and gaming projects, including the award-winning motion pictures The Call of Cthulhu and The Whisperer in Darkness. He is the author of Lovecraftian Times and is the designer of highly authentic prop documents for Call of Cthulhu gamers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 434 – last week 434 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters. Main Fiction: "e to the h" by Alvaro Zinos-AmaroAlvaro's book of interviews with Robert Silverberg, Traveler of Worlds, was a Hugo and Locus award finalist. Alvaro's more than thirty stories and one hundred reviews, essays and interviews have appeared in magazines such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's, Apex, Analog, Lightspeed, Nature, Strange Horizons, Galaxy's Edge, Lackington's, and anthologies such as The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016, Cyber World, Humanity 2.0, and This Way to the End Times. Alvaro has a book review column at Intergalactic Medicine Show, a film review column at Words, and he edits the roundtable blog for Locus.Narrated by: Anthony BabingtonAnthony 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 434 – last week 434 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "The Foot Race" by John A. KarrJohn Andrew Karr writes of the strange and spectacular. He is the author of the Mars Wars series, with the first novel, DETONATION EVENT, coming in February 2019. He has also written novels and novellas as John A. Karr. Short stories have appeared in Flame Tree Publishing's Pirates & Ghosts and Crime & Mystery anthologies, Danse Macabre, Allegory and others. He’s a North Carolina resident, IT worker, and all-around family guy. He is also an ardent believer in the quote from Carl van Doren, U.S. man of letters: Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.Narrated by: Thomas PipkinTom works in IT at the University of Warwick where he tries to keep on top of Microsoft and all its creations. His life goes like this: Family, Cats, PC Gaming, Total War, Voice Narration, IT Trainer, Time Poverty. When Tom does get a spell from his grown up life he’s usually in his loft, lost in fantasy worlds of PC gaming, trying to record his voice without a cat shouting abuse at him.Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Patreon support now standing at 434 – last week 431 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "The Scars to Prove It" by Joachim Heijndermans This story is original to StarShipSofa.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 in a number of publications, such as Mad Scientist Journal, Asymmetry Fiction, Metaphorosis, Econoclash Review, and the Gallery of Curiosities and Gathering Storm Magazine, 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.Narrator: Mark KilfoilMark "the Encaffeinated ONE" Kilfoil loves fiction, so much so that he's written some (such as the Parsec-nominated Tainted Roses), read quite a lot (a library of over a thousand half-read books and growing) and now narrates them (sometimes actually recorded for others). He's found that volunteering for a dozen years in radio was a decent way to get a full-time job as a Program Director at a community radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, but not such a great way to finish his thesis, so he stopped at a Masters in Computer Science. He can be heard frequently on CHSRfm.ca, and two of his shows regularly appear as podcasts, and can be found at encaffeinated.ca and theweirdshow.com. He likes cats enough to pet them but not enough to own one, and computers enough to own several but pet none of them. He will someday write a million words, but at this rate, that will require life extension, so he eagerly awaits the ability to upload into a computer, if that hasn't already happened and this is all only a simulation. Fact: Science News by J J CampanellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 431 – last week 426 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "Out of the Blue, Into the Black" by Luke HindmarshLuke E.T. Hindmarsh was born in Oxford, UK before being dragged all over the world by his parents, courtesy of the Royal Air Force. Before starting to write full time, he worked as a Criminal Barrister in London for ten years, which doesn't qualify him to make good coffee but did mean he had to wear a wig and gown in court. He now lives in the Scandinavian wilds of Denmark with his wife and their half-viking children. His first novel, a SF crime thriller called Mercury’s Son, was published by Crossroad Press in 2017. When not writing, Luke teaches Shinseido Okinawan Karate, works on his motorcycle and pretends he can play the guitar.Narrated by: Pixie WilloPixie is a voice actor, cabaret performer & slam poet from the Blue Mountains in NSW Australia.She is currently finishing a BA in Theatre, Performance& Creative writing at the University of New England. She enjoys writing short fiction,her own brand of weird poetry, plays for radio and stage and is currently producing her first play for children.She hosts the ‘Off-Beet Poetry Slam’ held bi-monthly in the Blue Mountains, and is a theatre reviewer for 2ser FM in Sydney. Pixie is also a narrator for AntipodeanSF.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 426 – last week 413 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "ISOL-8" by David CourtThis story is original to StarShip Sofa.David Court is a short story author and novelist, whose works have appeared in over a dozen venuesincluding Tales to Terrify, Visions from The Void, Fear's Accomplice, and The Voices Within. Whilstprimarily a horror writer, he also writes science fiction, poetry and satire. His newest anthology –Scenes of Mild Peril – is due for release in Autumn 2018 from Stitched Smile Publications.As well as being a writer and a member of the Horror Writer’s Association, David works as aSoftware Developer and lives in Coventry with his wife, three cats, and an ever-growing beard.David's wife once asked him if he'd write about how great she was. David replied that he would, because he specialized in short fiction. Despite that, they are still married.He can frequently be found lurking online on twitter as @FoldsFive or at davidjcourt.co.uk.Narrator: Nick CammNick has done almost nothing else for the past 12 months other than narrate audio-books. He has not slept, eaten, felt the gentle touch of the sun, rode a bicycle, broken eggs to make an omelette, written his film script, or bought a Mark Rothko fridge magnet. He did, however, find time to get a couple of tattoos. There's always time for tattoos. The books he narrated were almost exclusively crime-fiction. Professionally, sci-fi still eludes him. He doesn't know why.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 413 – last week 418 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "The Third Man" by Michael ReidThis story is a StarShip Sofa original.Michael Reid lives near Toronto, Canada, where he divides his time between studying the stars and writing stories set among them. His work has appeared in Interzone, Escape Pod, and Cast of Wonders. Follow him on Twitter at @writereid or check out his full publication list at MichaelAReid.com.Narrated by: Anthony BabingtonAnthony 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 SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 418 – last week 417 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "The Breakdown of the Parasite Host Relationship" by Paul R. HardyOriginally published in UFO.Paul R. Hardy is a fungal infection in the shape of the letter 'R' that lives inside the brainstem of an oblivious human meatsack by the name of Paul Hardy. The fungal infection has had work published in Unidentified Funny Objects, Far Fetched Fables and Diabolical Plots, while the human meatsack works as a hospital receptionist in order to provide nutrients for the fungus. Any resemblance between this living arrangement and the content of the story that follows is entirely coincidental.Narrator: Rish OutfieldRish 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main Fiction: "A Small Price to Pay" by Aaron EmmelThis story originally appeared at Planet Scumm (February 2018)Aaron’s stories have appeared in numerous publications. He is also the author of dozens of essays, an historical fiction graphic novel, and the science fiction gamebook series Midnight Legion. Find him online at aaronemmel.com.Narrated by: Tatiana GreyTatiana 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 417 – last week 414 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "The Colonel" by Peter WattsOriginally published in Tor.comPeter Watts is a former marine biologist, flesh-eating-disease survivor and Undesirable Element (according to the US government) whose novels— despite an unhealthy focus on Space Vampires— have become required texts for university courses ranging from Philosophy to Neuropsychology. His work is available in 20 languages, has appeared in over two dozen best-of-year anthologies, and has been nominated for roughly 50 awards from a dozen countries. His (somewhat smaller) list of 17 actual wins includes the Hugo, the Shirley Jackson, and the Seiun. His latest efforts include The Freeze-Frame Revolution (June 2018 from Tachyon) and coauthorship of a black metal science opera about sending marbled lungfish to Mars, funded by the Norwegian government (the opera, not the lungfish).He lives in Toronto with his wife (fantasy author Caitlin Sweet), four-and-a-half cats, a pugilistic rabbit, a Plecostomus the size of a school bus, and a gang of tough raccoons who shake him down for kibble on the porch every summer. He likes all of them significantly more than most people he's met.Narrated by Mikael Naramore Mikael Naramore has narrated well over 100 audiobooks, ranging from best-sellers Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, Edward Klein and Clive Barker to sci-fi rising stars Wesley Chu, Ramez Naam and Mark E. Cooper.He was recently chosen to narrate prolific playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Robert Ardrey’s seminal Nature of Man series.Mikael is also an active musician, having scored the soundtrack to an independent short film and produced and engineered critically acclaimed rock records. He currently resides in the wild and scenic Columbia River Gorge outside of Portland, Oregon with his wife, two small boys and their beloved Golden Retriever. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 414 – last week 412 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "In the Moment" by Elana GomelThis story originally appeared at New Horizons (November 1, 2010)Elana Gomel is an Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-AvivUniversity. She is the author of six non-fiction books and numerous articles. As a fiction writer, she haspublished more than 40 fantasy and science fiction stories in The Singularity, New Realms, Mythic, andmany other magazines; and in several anthologies, including People of the Book and Apex Book of WorldScience Fiction. Her fantasy novel A Tale of Three Cities came out in 2013. Two more novels arescheduled to be published this year.Narrated by: Andrea RichardsonAndrea 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support us on Patreon.This week we glimpse an echo way from the past as we listen to two young fellas talk all about Harlan Ellison. So long ago... hope you enjoy!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 412 – last week 418 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "Sick Leave" by T. Fox DunhamThis story is original to StarShipSofa.T. Fox Dunham lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Allison. He’s a lymphoma survivor, cancer patient, modern bard and historian. His first book, The Street Martyr, was published by Gutter Books. A major motion picture based on the book is being produced by Throughline Films. Destroying the Tangible Illusion of Reality or Searching for Andy Kaufman, a book about what it’s like to be dying of cancer, was recently released from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing and Fox has a story in the Stargate Anthology Points of Origin from MGM and Fandemonium Books. Fox is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, and he’s had published hundreds of short stories and articles. He’s host and creator of What Are You Afraid Of? Horror & Paranormal Show, a popular horror program on PARA-X RADIO. His motto is wrecking civilization one story at a time.Narrated by: Brian RollinsBrian Rollins was born in California and grew up in and around the Western US. He currently resides in Highlands Ranch, CO where he works as a voice artist primarily focused on audiobooks. He is probably best known for being the voice of the Glen and Tyler series of audiobooks, written by JB Sanders. You can hire Brian to narrate your next audiobook at TheVoicesInMyHead.comFact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 418 – last week 417 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters. Main Fiction: "Sylvia and Larry" by Matthew SheanThis story originally appeared in the anthology Lazarus Risen (Bundoran Press, 2016)Matthew has a Ph.D. in developmental biology and spent twenty years chained to a lab bench trying to understand why newts can regenerate arms when humans can't. He is now a science writer and librarian at a private research institute. He lives in Long Island (against his will) with his loving family and disdainful cats. His work has been published in the anthology Lazarus Risen and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show. You can find him online at matthewshean.com or on twitter @MattSheanWrites.Narrated by: Margaret EssexMargaret 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: Science News by J J CampenellaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 417 – last week 416 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "The Language of Flowers" by Ian CreaseyThis story originally appeared in Analog (May 2016)Ian Creasey lives in Yorkshire, England. He has published seventy-odd short stories in magazines and anthologies."The Language ofFlowers" originally appeared in Analog (May 2016). "The Language of Flowers" is a sequel to "Ormonde and Chase", which was podcasted on StarShipSofa in episode 533, April 2018. But don't worry if you didn't catch the previous story, as this one does work as a standalone.Narrated by: Matt DoveyMatt 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.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 416 – last week 410 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters. Main Fiction: "The Singing Tree" by Christian RileyThis 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 over eighty short stories published in various magazines and anthologies, and across various genres. His debut novel, one of literary suspense, and titled The Sinking of the Angie Piper, has recently been published by Coffeetown Press and Blackstone Audio. For more information, go to www.chrisrileyauthor.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 and The Cursed Inn. He can be found on Twitter as @AlephBaker.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patreon support now standing at 410 – last week 411 Help us get to 500 Patreon Supporters.Main Fiction: "Queenpin of the Wastes" by Zach ChapmanOriginally appeared in Futuristica Vol. 2.Zach Chapman is a movie critic, podcaster, and author. His short fiction appears in Nature, Tales to Terrify, and Writers of the Future. He also edited the anthology Time Travel Tales, which includes stories by Catherine Wells, Sean Williams, and Robert Silverberg. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his librarian wife, a cat, a laze-eyed cattle dog, and a brood of hens. Follow his publications on Twitter: @chappyzach.Narrated by: Nikolle Doolin Nikolle Doolin is a voice actor and a writer of fiction, scripts, and poetry. She has performed narrations for a number of popular and award-winning podcasts, such as The NoSleep Podcast, Tales to Terrify, and Far Fetched Fables. She also narrates classic literature in her own podcast Audio Literature Odyssey. To learn more about Nikolle, visit her website at nikolledoolin.com.Looking Back at Genre History with Amy A H. SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support this show and it's archives - join PatreonJoin me this week as I play a great interview never before played in public of a talk I did with three legends of science fiction: Jerry Pournelle, Greg Benford and Larry Niven way back on the 21st April 2013.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.