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StarShipSofa 385 KJ Kabza May 06, 2015

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Main Fiction: “The Bomb Thing” by KJ Kabza

Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science-Fiction Nov/Dec 2014

In addition to F&SF (which is where “The Bomb-Thing” first appeared), KJ Kabza’s work has been featured in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Buzzy, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and others. His short fiction has made both the 2013 Locus and Tangent Recommended Reading Lists and has been reprinted in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2014 (from Prime Books) and The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Six (from Night Shade Books). His two self-published omnibus collections, “In Pieces” and “Under Stars,” are available now as ebooks through Smashwords.

For updates on forthcoming releases and links to free fiction, you can follow him on Twitter...

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StarShipSofa No 384 David McDonald Apr 29, 2015

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Main Fiction: “Our Land Abounds” by David McDonald

David McDonald is a mild mannered reporter and editor by day, and a wild eyed writer by night. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he is the editor of a fortnightly magazine for an international welfare organisation, and divides his spare time between helping run a local cricket club and writing.

In 2013 he won the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent, and in 2014 won the William J. Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review and was shortlisted for the WSFA Small Press Award. His short fiction has appeared in anthologies from publishers such as Moonstone Books, Satalyte Publishing, Crazy 8 Press and Fablecroft Publishing....

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StarShipSofa No 383 Neal Asher Apr 22, 2015

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Main Fiction: Memories of Earth by Neal Asher

Neal Asher lives sometimes in England, sometimes in Crete and mostly at a keyboard. Having over twenty books published he has been accused of overproduction (despite spending far too much time ranting on his blog, cycling off fat, and drinking too much wine) but doesn’t intend to slow down just yet.

Narrator: Anne-Marie Czajkowski.

Anne-Marie Czajkowski is a postgraduate of the Royal College of Music. She was a regular soloist at the Royal College with fellow student Alfie Boe and has sung on Channel 4 and Royal Gala performances on ITV. Her recently performed concert repertoire includes ‘Mild und Leise’ from Tristan and Isolde by Wagner on tour in Berlin...

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StarShipSofa No 382 Kim Stanley Robinson Apr 15, 2015

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Main Fiction: “Discovering Life” by Kim Stanley Robinson

Robinson began publishing novels in 1984. His work has been described as “humanist science fiction” and “literary science fiction”. Robinson himself has been a proud defender and advocate of science fiction as a genre, which he regards as one of the most powerful of all literary forms.

Narrator: Krista Sirota

Short Fiction: “Purple Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson

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StarShipSofa No 381 Sylvia Spruck Wrigley Apr 08, 2015

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Literary Copernicus’: The Cosmic Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft by Amy H Sturgis

Main Fiction: A Forgone Conclusion, by Connor and Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley writes hardcore aviation articles and soft science fiction stories (but never both at the same time). Born in Mannheim, she spent her formative years in Los Angeles and...

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StarShipSofa No 380 T.R. Napper Mar 24, 2015

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Main Fiction: “The Line” by T.R. Napper.

Originally published in Grimdark Magazine Issue #2.

‘This is going to hurt.’

George held the goateed man in an arm-bar, face down on the canvas. The man managed to turn his head to one side and gasp, ‘No.’

George bent down, easing the strain on the arm for a moment. Sweat rolled down his brow, from the tip of his nose onto the man’s back. He whispered, ‘Yes.’

‘BREAKER… BREAKER… BREAKER…’

T. R. Napper is a 2014 Writers of the Future winner. He has had fiction published in Interzone #254, Interzone #256, AMOK: an Anthology of Asia Pacific Speculative Fiction, Grimdark Magazine #2, and others.
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StarShipSofa 379 Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) Mar 18, 2015

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Interview with Editor/Publisher of Grimdark Magazine: Adrian Collins, by Jeremy Szal

Main Fiction: “Neighbours” by Megan Lindholm

Originally published in anthology Dangerous Women, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

Megan Lindholm was born in Oakland California in 1952, and spent the first ten years of her life in California. She grew up in a house full of books, rich with lovely illustrated fairy tale volumes, the works of Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dumas, Shakespeare and other classics in poetry as well as prose. When she was a preteen, her family moved from the California suburbs to a house on the rural...

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StarShipSofa 378 Caroline M. Yoachim Mar 13, 2015

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Main Fiction: Ninety-Five Percent Safe, by Caroline M. Yoachim

Originally published in Asimov’s.

Nicole went to visit her best friend, Grant, the day before his family left for Opilio. She was jealous that he’d be part of the second wave — the first wave had already done the hardest work of establishing the colonies, but the floating cities would be nearly empty, an abundance of unclaimed living space.

Caroline M. Yoachim lives in Seattle and loves cold cloudy weather. She is the author of dozens of short stories, appearing in markets such as Lightspeed, Asimov’s, and Clarkesworld. For more about Caroline, check out her website at http://carolineyoachim.com

Narrated by: Marc Levinthal

Marc Levinthal is a writer and musician who has lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for over thirty years. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, he moved to L.A. in the early eighties to...

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StarShipSofa 377 David D Levine Mar 04, 2015

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Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

Main Fiction: “Mammals” by David D. Levine

Originally published at Analog Magazine

David D. Levine is the author of over fifty published science fiction and fantasy stories. His work has appeared in markets including Asimov’s, Analog, F&SF, and Realms of Fantasy and has won or been nominated for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Campbell. His “Regency interplanetary airship adventure” novel Arabella of Mars will be published by Tor in 2016, with two sequels to follow. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Kate Yule.

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StarShipSofa 376 Timons Esaias/David G. Blake Feb 25, 2015

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Main Fiction: “The Fitter” by Timons Esaias

Timons Esaias is a satirist, writer and poet living in Pittsburgh. His works, ranging from literary to genre, have been published in eighteen languages. He has over a hundred poems in print, in markets ranging from Asimov’s Science Fiction and 5AM to Elysian Fields Quarterly: The Literary Journal of Baseball. He has also been a finalist for the British Science Fiction Award, and won the Asimov’s Readers Award. His story “Norbert and the System” has appeared in a textbook, and in college curricula. Recent science fiction appearances include Asimov’s, Analog and Future Games.His News Nots satire column appeared in seven newspapers, and convinced many readers that the Vatican was relocating to St. Louis; that the Pittsburgh Sewer & Water Authority had decided to add Prozac to the water supply (along...

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