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StarShipSofa No 689 Zandra ...

06.29.2022

Main fiction: "Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town" by Zandra Renwick This story originally appeared in PULP Literature #32, 2021. Zandra Renwick's award-nominated fiction has been translated, performed on stage, and optioned for TV. Stories under ...

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06.29.2022 StarShipSofa No 689 Zandra Renwick Main fiction: "Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town" by Zandra Renwick This story originally appeared in PULP Literature #32, 2021. Zandra Renwick's award-nominated fiction has been translated, performed on stage, and optioned for TV. Stories under ...
06.15.2022 StarShipSofa No 688 Chris R. Young Main Fiction: "Hellscraper" by Chris R. Young This story is original to StarShipSofa. Join Chris on a haphazard journey through his own head as he encounters idiot villains, talking animal detectives, quirky multi-dimensional office staff, time traveling thugs bent on ...
06.01.2022 StarShipSofa No 687 Dominica Phetteplace Main Fiction: "Digital Witness" by Dominica Phetteplace This story originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, May/June 2020. Dominica Phetteplace is a writer and math tutor. Her work has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF;, Lightspeed, Uncanny, Tor.com, and Clarkesworld, among other ...
05.18.2022 StarShipSofa No 686 Misha Burnett Main Fiction: "The Irregular" by Misha Burnett. This story first appeared in Pulp Modern, Vol 2, Issue 8, January 2022. Misha Burnett has little formal education, but has been writing poetry and fiction for around forty years. During this time ...
05.04.2022 StarShipSofa No 685 Karl El-Koura StarShipSofa new editor: Nick Mamatas Main Fiction: "The Undertow Jackpot" by Karl El-Koura. This story first appeared in Issue 3 (August 2016) of Compelling Science Fiction. Karl El-koura is a writer from Canada. Narrated by: Will Stagl. Will Stagl lives ...
04.20.2022 StarShipSofa No 684 Nathan McCann Main Fiction: "Cobalt Blue" by Nathan McCann. This Story is original to StarShipSofa. Nathan McCann lives in California. His wife makes pottery in the garage and his dog sleeps on the floor a lot. This is his first published story. ...
04.06.2022 StarShipSofa No 683 Paul Alex Gray Main Fiction: "Full Metal Grandma" by Paul Alex Gray. This story first appeared in Mythaxis in September, 2021. Paul Alex Gray writes linear and interactive fiction starring sentient black holes, wayward sea monsters, curious AIs and more. His work has ...
03.23.2022 StarShipSofa No 682 Aubrey Cloutier Main Fiction: "The Ambient Coast" by Aubrey Cloutier. This story is original to StarShipSofa. Aubrey Cloutier is a writer from the Greater Boston area whose work has appeared in At Land, The Pirate Eye, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and who ...
03.02.2022 StarShipSofa No 681 Doug C Souza Main Fiction: "The Kaleidoscope City" by Doug C. Souza. This story first appeared in Asimov's in December, 2019. Doug C. Souza has been published three times in Asimov’s with my Novelette “Mountain Screamers” and short stories “The Callisto Stakes” and ...
02.16.2022 StarShipSofa No 680 Maria Haskins Main Fiction: "And You Shall Sing to Me a Deeper Song" by Maria Haskins. This story first appeared in Interzone #280 in February 2019. Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and reviewer of speculative fiction. She currently lives just outside ...
02.02.2022 StarShipSofa No 679 Paula Hammond Main Fiction: "Where Ever The Fancy Takes You" by Paula Hammond. This story first appeared in A Tribute to H.G. Wells, Stories Inspired by the Master of Science Fiction Volume 2: A Dark and Beautiful Future, published by Belanger Books, ...
01.26.2022 StarShipSofa Round Up Peter Clines, Boba Fett, Money Heist etc Join me... Tony C Smith for a StarShipSofa Round Up on Peter Clines, Boba Fett, Money Heist etc Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
01.19.2022 StarShipSofa No 678 Glenn B Dungan Main Fiction: "Win-a-burger" by Glenn B. Dungan. This story is original to StarShipSofa. Glenn Dungan is currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. He exists within a Venn-diagram of urban design, sociology, and good stories. When not obsessing about one of those ...
01.05.2022 StarShipSofa No 677 Matthew Sanborn Smith Main fiction: "Stars So Sharp They Break The Skin" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. This story was first published in Apex Magazine in April 2018. Matthew Sanborn Smith is a writer of surreal science fiction and fantasy who grew up in ...
12.22.2021 StarShipSofa No 676 Jeremy Szal Main fiction: "A Love Like Bruises" by Jeremy Szal. This story was first published in Kaleidotrope in May, 2020. Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He spent his childhood ...
12.08.2021 StarShipSofa No 675 David Hill Main Fiction: "Saturn Slingshot" by David Hill. This story was first published in Far Orbit in March 2014. David Wesley Hill is an award-winning fiction writer with more than forty stories published internationally. In 1997 he received the Golden Bridge ...
11.24.2021 StarShipSofa No 674 Matt Thompson Main Fiction: "Smoke Bomb" by Matt Thompson. This story was first published in Interzone in October 2020. Matt Thompson is a London-based experimental musician and writer of strange fictions. His work has been published at Interzone, Asimov's, PseudoPod, Best of ...
11.17.2021 StarShipSofa The Metaverse Pt 2 Join me once agin as I tell you just how long it will be before we enter the Metaverse for real. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
11.10.2021 StarShipSofa No 673 Mikel J. Wisler Main Fiction: "Falling Sunward" by Mikel J. Wisler. This story is original to StarShipSofa. Mikel J. Wisler is a commercial and documentary filmmaker by day and science fiction author by night. He's a sincere believer that good science fiction can ...
11.03.2021 StarShipSofa The Metaverse Welcome to a ramble about the hottest topic of the day - The Metaverse. Join me as I ramble on about Ready Player One, Rainbow's End, Her, Minority Report and a whole lot more Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy ...
10.27.2021 A Message From The Captain So... here is my plea to try and boost funds for StarShipSofa. Over the years monthly donatins have been dwindling away and now is the time where if you like StarShipSofa and want to se her keep travelling further into ...
10.23.2021 StarShipSofa No 672 Dune Review + Em Liu Review Dune movie Main Fiction: "Michael" by Em Liu. This story was first published in Mysterion on September 28, 2020. Em Liu grew up in Palm Beach, Florida and has lived in the American Southwest, the Midwest, New England, and ...
10.13.2021 StarShipSofa No 671 Grant Carrington Main Fiction: "Half Past the Dragon" by Grant Carrington. This story was first published in Fantastic Magazine in January 2021. Grant Carrington is the author of three sf books from Brief Candle Press of Beaverton, Ore., 2 CDs of original ...
09.29.2021 StarShipSofa No 670 Raluca Balasa Main Fiction: "Forty-Flesh Barrier" by Raluca Balasa. This story was first published in Mad Scientist Journal, January 2019. Raluca Balasa holds an MFA in Creative Writing: Fiction from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her approach to writing is character oriented, ...
09.15.2021 StarShipSofa No 669 J Weintraub Main Fiction: "Afloat" by Joe Weintraub. This story was first published in Altered States: Sci-fi and Fantasy Stories about Change (Mint Hill Books, 2011). A member of the Dramatists Guild, J. Weintraub has had short plays and radio dramas produced ...
09.01.2021 StarShipSofa No 668 Jeremy Szal Main Fiction: "Dead Men Walking" by Jeremy Szal. This story was first published in Abyss and Apex in December, 2017. Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He spent ...
08.18.2021 StarShipSofa No 667 C H Pearce Main Fiction: "Worms, their Carer, and his Friend" by C. H. Pearce. This story is original to StarShipSofa. C. H. Pearce is an Australian writer of weird dystopian stories. She lives in Canberra with her partner and two small children, ...
08.03.2021 StarShipSofa No 666 T Lucas Earle Main Fiction: "Monkey Talk" by T. Lucas Earle. This story was first published in Electric Spec in July 2011. T. Lucas Earle is a writer, filmmaker, and musician. His fiction has appeared in Electric Spec, Colored Lens, Razor Literary Magazine, ...
07.21.2021 StarShipSofa No 665 Sophie York Main Fiction: "Sleepers" by Sophie York. "Sleepers" first appeared in Deep Magic in August, 2018. Sophie York is a biomedical scientist and writer from Melbourne, Australia. When not working or translating the implications of research into fiction, she explores the ...
07.07.2021 StarShipSofa No 664 Robert D. Beech Main Fiction: "In the Glow-Worm's Cave" by Robert D. Beech. This story is original to StarShipSofa. Robert Beech is a practicing psychiatrist and a faculty member at the Yale School of Medicine. He has published professional papers in a variety ...
06.23.2021 StarShipSofa No 663 Lucy Stone Main Fiction: "Camp Cupid" by Lucy Stone. This story first appeared in House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature, vol. 1. Lucy Stone is a freelance writer, lexicographer, and mother of one. Her stories have appeared in many speculative journals, ...
06.09.2021 StarShipSofa No 662 Zero HP Lovecraft Main Fiction: "Eventual Consistency" by Zero HP Lovecraft. This story was previously published at the author's website. Zero HP Lovecraft is in the room with us right now. He is a known antichrist-hater and woman-respect-maximalist. He believes that love and ...
05.26.2021 StarShipSofa No 661 Joachim Heijndermans Main Fiction: "The Udon at Tashihara's" by Joachim Heijndermans. This story first appeared in Storyteller Magazine in July 2017. Joachim Heijndermans writes, draws, and paints nearly every waking hour. Originally from the Netherlands, he’s been all over the world, boring ...
05.12.2021 StarShipSofa No 660 N R M Roshak Main Fiction: "Zest for Life" by N R M Roshak. This story was first published in Future Science Fiction Digest, March 2019. N. R. M. Roshak is an award-winning Canadian writer whose work includes short fiction, kidlit, nonfiction and translation. ...
04.28.2021 StarShipSofa No 659 Shannon Phillips and Christian Chadwell Main Fiction: "Strangers When We Meet" by Shannon Phillips and Christian Chadwell This story is original to StarShipSofa. Shannon Phillips lives in Oakland, where she keeps two cats, three boys, and a husband. She likes old things, wild places, tall ...
04.14.2021 StarShipSofa No 658 John Wolf Main Fiction: "The Prey" by John Wolf This story was first published in Electric Spec, January 2020. John Wolf is a librarian lurking in the Pacific Northwest. When he’s not shelving books or processing holds, he likes making things up ...
03.31.2021 StarShipSofa No 657 Tara Campbell Main Fiction: "The Female of the Species" by Tara Campbell This story was first published in Luna Station Quarterly, November 2013. Tara Campbell (www.taracampbell.com) is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction editor at Barrelhouse. She received her MFA from ...
03.17.2021 StarShipSofa No 656 Darrell Schweitzer Main Fiction: "The Fire Eggs" by Darrell Schweitzer. This story was first published in Interzone #153, March 2000. Darrell Schweitzer is not a famous British author although this and several other of his stories appeared in the British magazine Interzone ...
03.03.2021 StarShipSofa No 655 Brian Rappatta Main Fiction: The Prufrock Whisperer by Brian Rappatta This story was first published in Amazing Stories, Issue 4, April 2020. Brian Rappatta (pronounced RAP puh tuh) once swore he would never set a story in his home town. Famous last ...
02.17.2021 StarShipSofa No 654 Aaron Moskalik Main Fiction: Elysium Fields by Aaron Moskalik This story is original to StarShipSofa. Aaron Moskalik starts his day writing speculative fiction in Southfield, Michigan before swiveling his chair to his Work From Home station. He has published stories in Nature ...
02.03.2021 StarShipSofa No 653 Adam Fout Main Fiction: "Gravity Pulls Down" by Adam Fout This story is original to StarShipSofa. Adam Fout is an addiction / recovery / mental health blogger and a speculative fiction / nonfiction writer in North Texas. He blogs at adamfout.com. He ...
01.20.2021 StarShipSofa No 652 Eve Tushnet Main Fiction: "Love" by Eve Tushnet This story first appeared in Third Order Magazine (08 December 2008). Eve Tushnet is the author of one nonfiction book and two novels: Amends (2015) and Punishment: A Love Story (2019). Narrated by Tatiana ...
01.06.2021 StarShipSofa No 651 Mia Moss Main Fiction: "The Radiant Web" by Mia Moss This story is original to StarShipSofa. Mia Moss is a speculative fiction author, runner, and baker. She currently lives in the Bay Area in a warehouse guarded by feral cats, where she ...
12.30.2020 StarShipSofa No 650 Edward Ashton Main Fiction: "Wolves" by Edward Ashton This story first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (October 2019). Edward Ashton lives in a cabin in the woods (not that Cabin in the Woods) with his wife, a variable number of ...
12.16.2020 StarShipSofa No 649 Melanie Rees Main Fiction: "Where Parallel Lines Meet" by Melanie Rees This story is original to StarShipSofa. Melanie Rees is an Australian speculative fiction author. She has published over 100 stories and poems in markets such as Apex, Natures, Daily Science ...
12.02.2020 StarShipSofa No 648 J. Weintraub Main Fiction: "The Colonizers" by J. Weintraub This story first appeared in Chasm Magazine (Autumn, 1995). A member of the Dramatists Guild, J. Weintraub has had short plays and radio dramas produced throughout the United States and in Australia, New ...
11.18.2020 StarShipSofa No 647 Frederick Gero Heimbach Main Fiction: "Fingers" by Frederick Gero Heimbach This story originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (January 2019). Frederick Gero Heimbach lives a pulp fiction life and takes notes. His family lives with him, warily, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...
11.04.2020 StarShipSofa No 646 Chris Riley Main Fiction: "Child of the Universe" by Christian Riley This story is original to StarShipSofa. Chris Riley lives near Sacramento, California, vowing one day to move back to the Pacific Northwest. In the meantime, he teaches special education, writes cool ...
10.21.2020 StarShipSofa No 645 Ben Spillers Main Fiction: "A.I. Family Values" by Ben Spillers This story is original to Starship Sofa 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 ...
10.07.2020 StarShipSofa No 644 Paul Alex Gray Main Fiction: "Battle Borne Dreams Never Die" by Paul Alex Gray This story previously appeared in Broadswords and Blasters (July 2019). Paul Alex Gray writes linear and interactive fiction starring sentient black holes, wayward sea monsters, curious AIs and more. ...

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StarShipSofa No 689 Zandra Renwick

StarShipSofa No 688 Chris R. Young

StarShipSofa No 687 Dominica Phetteplace

StarShipSofa No 686 Misha Burnett

StarShipSofa No 685 Karl El-Koura

StarShipSofa No 684 Nathan McCann

StarShipSofa No 683 Paul Alex Gray

StarShipSofa No 682 Aubrey Cloutier

StarShipSofa No 681 Doug C Souza

StarShipSofa No 680 Maria Haskins

StarShipSofa No 679 Paula Hammond

StarShipSofa Round Up Peter Clines, Boba Fett, Money Heist etc

StarShipSofa No 678 Glenn B Dungan

StarShipSofa No 677 Matthew Sanborn Smith

StarShipSofa No 676 Jeremy Szal

StarShipSofa No 675 David Hill

StarShipSofa No 674 Matt Thompson

StarShipSofa The Metaverse Pt 2

StarShipSofa No 673 Mikel J. Wisler

StarShipSofa The Metaverse

A Message From The Captain

StarShipSofa No 672 Dune Review + Em Liu

StarShipSofa No 671 Grant Carrington

StarShipSofa No 670 Raluca Balasa

StarShipSofa No 669 J Weintraub

StarShipSofa No 668 Jeremy Szal

StarShipSofa No 667 C H Pearce

StarShipSofa No 666 T Lucas Earle

StarShipSofa No 665 Sophie York

StarShipSofa No 664 Robert D. Beech

StarShipSofa No 663 Lucy Stone

StarShipSofa No 662 Zero HP Lovecraft

StarShipSofa No 661 Joachim Heijndermans

StarShipSofa No 660 N R M Roshak

StarShipSofa No 659 Shannon Phillips and Christian Chadwell

StarShipSofa No 658 John Wolf

StarShipSofa No 657 Tara Campbell

StarShipSofa No 656 Darrell Schweitzer

StarShipSofa No 655 Brian Rappatta

StarShipSofa No 654 Aaron Moskalik

StarShipSofa No 653 Adam Fout

StarShipSofa No 652 Eve Tushnet

StarShipSofa No 651 Mia Moss

StarShipSofa No 650 Edward Ashton

StarShipSofa No 649 Melanie Rees

StarShipSofa No 648 J. Weintraub

StarShipSofa No 647 Frederick Gero Heimbach

StarShipSofa No 646 Chris Riley

StarShipSofa No 645 Ben Spillers

StarShipSofa No 644 Paul Alex Gray