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StarShip Sofa No 597 Eleanor R Wood Jul 16, 2019

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Main Fiction: "The Convincer" by Eleanor R. Wood

This story was first published in Galaxy's Edge (November 1, 2018)

Eleanor R. Wood’s stories have appeared in Pseudopod, Flash Fiction Online, Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, and various anthologies, among other places. She writes and eats licorice from the south coast of England, where she lives with her husband, two marvelous dogs, and enough tropical fish tanks to charge an entry fee. She blogs at creativepanoply.wordpress.com.

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 596 K.G. Anderson Jul 10, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Rowboat"

Originally published in Metamorphosis

K.G. Anderson is a Seattle-based writer, gardener, dancer, and cat-herder. Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in magazines and anthologies ranging from Galaxy's Edge and Weirdbook to the B Cubed Press Alternative Truths series, and are online at Factor Four Magazine, Ares Magazine and Far-Fetched Fables. She narrated StarShipSofa No 530, "The Stone Age Gap." K.G. is a graduate of the Viable Paradise and Taos Toolbox workshops. Find her online at writerway.com/fiction or on twitter @writerway.

Narrated by: Farah Naz Rishi

Farah Naz Rishi is a Pakistani-American Muslim writer and voice actor, but in another life, she’s worked stints as a lawyer, a video game journalist, and an editorial assistant. She received her B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College, her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, and her love of weaving stories from the Odyssey Writing Workshop. When she’s not writing, she’s probably hanging out with video game characters. You can find her at home in Philadelphia, or on Twitter at @far_ah_way.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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StarShipSofa No 595 Lauren C. Teffeau Jul 03, 2019

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Main Fiction: "No Regrets on Forth Street" by Lauren C. Teffaeu

Originally published in Perihelion

Lauren C. Teffeau was born and raised on the East Coast, educated in the South, employed in the Midwest, and now lives and dreams in the Southwest USA. When she was younger, she poked around in the back of wardrobes, tried to walk through mirrors, and always kept an eye out for secret passages, fairy rings, and messages from aliens. Now, she writes to cope with her ordinary existence. Her short fiction can be found a variety of professional and semi-pro speculative fiction magazines and anthologies. If you enjoyed this story, be sure to check out her cyberpunk novel Implanted which was shortlisted for the 2019 Compton Crook award for best first SF/F/H novel.

Narrated by: Larissa Thompson

Larissa is a Vancouver-based voice actor and producer, most recognized for her work on The Centropic Oracle, a science fiction and fantasy short story audio magazine available on YouTube, The Sojourn, an original science fiction audio drama & motion comic, Cast of Wonders and PseudoPod, and is the co-founder of the popular YouTube channel The Templin Institute. When not narrating or editing, she likes to play video games and mull over their storytelling strength as a new medium.

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StarShipSofa No 594 Yaroslav Barsoukov Jun 26, 2019

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Main Fiction: "There's Sometimes Light Down the Street" by Yaroslav Barsoukov

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Yaroslav Barsukov is a software engineer and a connoisseur of strong alcoholic beverages--but also, surprisingly, a member of SFWA and Codex (how did that happen?). His stories have appeared in Galaxy's Edge and Nature: Futures, among others. At some point in his life, he's left one former empire only to settle in another.

Narrated by: Heath Miller

Heath started his acting career as a child in television. His stage work has taken him all over his native Australia, from classrooms, to botanical gardens, to historic museums and local theatres. He can be found in recording studios, comedy clubs, television sets, convention centres and youtube videos. Since moving to the USA heath has become an Earphones Award winning narrator recording audiobooks for Highbridge, Dreamscape, ACX as well as short stories on fiction podcasts including Uncanny , Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Podcastle.

Fact: Science News By J J Campanella

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StarShipSofa No 593 Richard Webb Jun 19, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Alienated" by Richard Webb

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Richard Webb writes long and short SFFH fiction; writes screenplays (with 6 short films produced to date, winning several film festival awards); co-wrote/co-hosted a weekly indie radio music show for 2 years and was shortlisted for the BBC Writer's Room 2016. He acted as Events Coordinator of the BFS for 2 years and was panel programmer for FantasyCon UK in 2015. He lives feral in the wild, carving out stories on trees with his bare claws. He tweets @RaW_writing

Narrated by: Elie Hirschman

Elie currently lives somewhere in the Middle East – in the safe part, we hope. As a voiceover professional since 2004, he almost gave up on it altogether, but got yanked back in by several fine podcasts and audio drama groups. For this, he is grateful. He has a keen interest in learning and imitating accents, and is currently working on his Tony C. Smith impression. In his free time, Elie enjoys cartooning, listening to old-time radio drama, and referring to himself in the third person.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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StarShipSofa No 592 Jennifer Donohue Jun 12, 2019

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Main Fiction: “Daddy’s Little Girl” by Jennifer Donohue

Originally published in Syntax and Salt

Jennifer R. Donohue grew up at the Jersey Shore and now lives in central New York with her husband and her Doberman, where she works at her local library and facilitates a writing workshop. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Escape Pod, Truancy, Luna Station Quarterly, and elsewhere. Her novella “Run With the Hunted” is available on most digital platforms. She tweets @AuthorizedMusin.

Narrated by: Heather Thomas

Heather slings jewelry by day but is an aspiring voice actor by night. In her high school years she was classically trained in opera, but now just mostly sings karaoke. Heather’s other narrations can be found on other fine podcasts such as The Simply Scary Podcast, the Creepy podcast, The Wicked Library, The Lift, Tales to Terrify, and PseudoPod. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and her 2 evil cats, Muffin and Banana.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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StarShipSofa No 591 Steven Barnes Jun 05, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Mozart on the Kalahari" by Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning novelist and screenwriter who is the creator of the Lifewriting writing course, which he has taught nationwide. He has written over 20 novels, and worked on shows such as The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1, and Baywatch. Steve’s true love is teaching balance and enhancing human performance in all forms: emotional, professional and physical. In addition to being an author and writing instructor, he is also a life coach, CST coach and certified hypnotist.

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.

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StarShipSofa No 590 Nathan Hillstrom May 29, 2019

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Main Fiction: "White Dust" by Nathan Hillstrom

This story was first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction (January 2016)

Nathan Hillstrom had a first career as a technologist on Wall Street, and now lives and writes in beautiful Southern California. His stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Interzone, Outlook Springs, and elsewhere. Nathan is a graduate of the 2015 Clarion Writers' Workshop, and tweets infrequently as @NathanHillstrom.

Narrated by: Nicola Seaton-Clark

Nicola 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: Science News By J J Campanella

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StarShipSofa No 589 Tabitha Lord May 22, 2019

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Main Fiction: "Quest Nine" by Tabitha Lord

Originally published at Electric Athenaeum.

Tabitha’s HORIZON series has won seven independent book awards including the prestigious Writer’s Digest Grand Prize in 2016. She has short fiction published by World Weaver Press, Electric Athenaeum Magazine, Grimbold Books, and more. Tabitha is also a partner and senior writer for Book Club Babble, and the managing editor for the Inkitt Writer’s Blog. She lives in Rhode Island and is married with four independent-minded and creative kids, two spoiled cats, and lovable black lab. She holds a degree in Classics from College of the Holy Cross and taught Latin for years at a Waldorf school where she now serves on the Board of Trustees.

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 on Facebook.

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StarShipSofa No 588 Aaron Emmel May 15, 2019

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Main Fiction: "The Engineers of Abundance" by Aaron Emmel

This story was first published in Empyreome (October 1, 2018).

Aaron Emmel ’s stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Thanks to the patience of his wonderful wife, and despite the impatience of his wonderful children, Aaron also writes essays, graphic novels, and interactive fiction. Find him online at aaronemmel.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.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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