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StarShipSofa No 354 James Morrow Sep 17, 2014

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Interview: James Morrow

Main Fiction: Iron Shroud by James Morrow

“Jonathan Hobbwright cannot discourse upon the formic thoughts that flicker through the minds of ants, and he is similarly ignorant concerning the psyches of locusts, toads, moles, apes, and bishops, but he can tell you what it’s like to be in hell. The abyss has become his fixed abode. Perdition is now his permanent address. Although Jonathan’s eyes deliver only muddy and monochromatic images, his ears have acquired an uncommon acuity. Encapsulated head-to-toe in damnation’s carapace, he can hear the throbbing heart of a nearby rat, the caw of a proximate raven, the hiss of an immediate snake”.

James Morrow’s loopy historical novel, Galápagos Regained will see the publication in January of 2015. In the spirit of The Last Witchfinder (which chronicled the coming of the Enlightenment), this epic dramatizes the birth of the...

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StarShipSofa No 353 Kathryn Cramer Sep 10, 2014

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StarShipSofa No 352 Jeffrey Ford Sep 03, 2014

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Cover Art: Stephan Martiniere

Main Fiction: “The Prelate’s Commission” by Jeffrey Ford 03:30

“The new fresco that graced the inner dome of the Cathedral of St. Elovisus was a masterpiece of perspective and illusion—the fall of the rebel angels into hell. They hurtled downward through an aquamarine sky swirled with pale pink clouds, their feathers disintegrating in the descent, their features growing ever more monstrous. Some, just ejected from paradise, appeared small and vastly distant, while the progressively larger ones took on weight and velocity. The largest seemed just above the viewer, desperately clawing the sky, eyes wide with the discovery of gravity, about to slam into the marble floor, which was inlaid with a deep and spiraling scene of Hell. At the center of the inner dome above was an illuminated circle where...

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StarShipSofa No 351 Lisa Tuttle Aug 28, 2014

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Fact: Science News by J J Campanella 01:20

Main Fiction: “The Dream Detective” by Lisa Tuttle 33:00

Lisa Tuttle is an American-born science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. She has published more than a dozen novels, seven short story collections, and several non-fiction titles. She has also edited several anthologies and reviewed books for various publications. She has been living in the United Kingdom since 1981.

Tuttle won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1974, the 1989 BSFA Award for Short Fiction for “In Translation” and the 2007 International Horror Guild Award for
“Closet Dreams”.

In the beginning, I was not attracted to her at all. Quite the opposite.

I don’t know if it was intentional on her part, and honestly, I’m not the sort of dick who always judges women on how hot they are, but if there’s any situation in which a...

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StarShipSofa No 350 Greg Kurzawa Aug 20, 2014

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Main Fiction: “Predvestniki” by Greg Kurzawa 03:20

Greg Kurzawa studied theology at a small university in Big Sandy, Texas before entering a career in Information Technology. He has lived in Texas, Colorado, and North Carolina, but currently resides in Omaha, Nebraska. His work can be found in Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Interzone, and Gray’s Sporting Journal.

Narrator: Nick Camm

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StarShipSofa No 349 Alex Jablokov Aug 13, 2014

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Cover Art by Yohann Schepacz

Yohann Schepacz is a french concept artist in such sectors as video games, film, and traditional print media. A consummate consumer of the unknown and unknowable, his detailed paintings leave the viewer with a longing for the worlds that exist just, tantalizingly, beyond the confines of the screen. You can view more of his work at yohannschepacz dot tumblr dot com, or email him at oxan studio at gmail dot com to request a commission.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis. 04:20

Main Fiction: “Feral Moon” by Alex Jablokov 20:48

The corpses fell from the interior of the moon like drops of water from an icicle. The body repatriation team that hung in the open space just outside the blast...

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StarShipSofa No 348 Samuel Peralta and Veronica Belmont Aug 05, 2014

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Two selections from “HELP ME FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! And Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects” edited by John Joseph Adams

Main Fiction 1: “Liberty: Seeking Support for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for a Non-Human Being” by Samuel Peralta

Acknowledgement
I would like to acknowledge the law firm of Campbell Gatewood Adams for providing the use of a Weyman magnetic resonance facility to record, and a PeerSource account to upload, this message.
Project Goals
We are trying to fund an application, to be filed on my behalf, for an Order to Show Cause under Article 70 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules of the New York Sector Code, seeking a writ of habeas corpus for a...

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We’ve lost a Sofanaut – RIP Larry Santoro Jul 26, 2014

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I’ve woke up this morning and my world has just fell away.
My friend Lawrence Santoro has died. I thought of Larry as my brother. I will miss him so very very much. Tycelia my thoughts and prayers surround you and give you comfort at this time.
Will miss you Larry – your friend Tony

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StarShipSofa No 347 Tony Ballantyne Jul 23, 2014

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StarShipSofa No 346 Suzanne Palmer and Rachel Swirsky Jul 16, 2014

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Fact: Fiction Crawler No 15 by Matthew Sanborn Smith 01:35

Short Fiction: 2014 Hugo Nominee – “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love,” by Rachel Swirsky 10:20

If you were a dinosaur, my love, then you would be a T-Rex. You’d be a small one, only five feet, ten inches, the same height as human-you. You’d be fragile-boned and you’d walk with as delicate and polite a gait as you could manage on massive talons. Your eyes would gaze gently from beneath your bony brow-ridge.

This narration originally appeared on Apex Magazine and is used with permission.

Rachel Swirsky holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers Workshop and attended Clarion West in 2005. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies...

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