StarShipSofa

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StarShipSofa No 617 Matt Hornsby Dec 18, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Retrieval Attempt" by Matt Hornsby

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

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

Narrated by: Mark Kilfoil

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

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StarShipSofa No 616 James Edward O'Briend Episode Dec 11, 2019

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

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

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

Narrated by: Anthony Babington

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

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History with Amy H Sturgis

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StarShipSofa No 615 Steven Fischer Dec 04, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Deep Water" by Steven Fischer

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

Narrated by Rish Outfield

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

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StarShipSofa No 614 Deborah L. Davitt Nov 27, 2019

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

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

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

Narrated by David D. Levine

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

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

Fact: Science News by J J Campanella

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StarShipSofa No 613 Imogen Cassidy Nov 20, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Beta Child"

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

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

Narrated by Tatiana Grey

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

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StarShipSofa No 612 P.G. Streeter Nov 13, 2019

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Main Fiction: "In Bocca"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

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

Narrated by Anthony Babington

Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

Vital: The Future of Health Care Kickstarter

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StarShipSofa No 611 Evan Marcroft Nov 06, 2019

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

The story originally appeared in Metaphorosis on

March 29, 2019

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

Narrated by Summer Brooks

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

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

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StarShipSofa No 610 G. Scott Huggins Oct 30, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Wheels-Up Time"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

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

Narrated by: Andrea Richardson

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

Science News by J J Campanella

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StarShipSofa No 609 Edward M. Lerner Oct 23, 2019

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"A Time for Heroes" by Edward M. Lerner

Probably published in Analog

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

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

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

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

Narrated by: Curtis C. Chen

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

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StarShipSofa No 608 Henry McFarland Oct 16, 2019

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Main fiction: "Different Paths"

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

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

Narrated by: Matt Dovey

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

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

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