After some trials and tribulations with our audio, L. D. Lewis (@Ellethevillain) joins us on this episode with her amazing climatepunk story, "The Last Stand of the E 12th St Pirates." Following the reading, we talk about how that story came about before taking some time to talk about Fiyah Literary Magazine and Fiyahcon (September 16-19, 2021).

Things we mention in this episode:

Cyberpunk 

And What Can We Offer You Tonight, by Premee Mohamed

"For Every Jack," by R. K. Duncan

Geneva Bowers, nee Benton 

Fiyah on Twitter 

Fireside Magazine 

Fire!! 

Langston Hughes 

Zora Neale Hurston 

Fiyahcon 

Breonna Taylor 

George Floyd 

Vida Cruz 

Iori Kusano 

Ignyte Awards 

Airmeet 

Norwescon 

Monterey Bay Aquarium 

L's Website 

Slack 

TikTok 

LeVar Burton Reads Writing Contest 

Tor.com 

Diana M. Pho 

Realm 

Reading Rainbow 

Geordi La Forge 

Join us again next month, when Premee Mohamed and Leigh Harlen will be my guests!