Week 2 of Translations Month SpecialThis story was first written in Czech and has been translated into English.Main Fiction: "Between Us Girls" by Eva Hauserova, translated by Cyril SimsaEva Hauserová was born and brought up in Prague in what then still Communist Czechoslovakia. She studied Biology at Charles University and for a while worked in Genetic research, but soon realised her real talents lay elsewhere. She has been a full-time writer/editor/translator since 1990, working for a variety of magazines and publishers, including the pioneering Czech sf magazine Ikarie.Cyril Simsa was born and brought up in London, and for a while pretended to study zoology, though in actual fact he rarely left the obscurer regions of the university library and has rarely come closer to doing any real science than various holiday jobs at the Natural History Museum. He has been hovering on the fringes of the SF world for much longer than is really sensible, and has contributed reviews and articles to a wide...

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Week 1 of Translations Special Month! 
This story was originally written in Swedish and has been translated into English.
Main Fiction: "Lost and Found" by Maria Haskins
Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator. She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and debuted as a writer in Sweden in the far-off era known as the 1980s. Since 1992 she lives in Canada, and is currently located just outside Vancouver with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog. Her English-language fiction has appeared in, or will be appearing in, Flash Fiction Online, Gamut...

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Kickstarter: Everyone Worlds Without Walls https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895930248/everyone-worlds-without-wallsMain Fiction: "The World of Dew" by Julian Mortimer SmithOriginally published in PULP LiteratureJulian Mortimer Smith has published more than a dozen stories in some of the world’s top speculative fiction magazines, including Asimov’s, Terraform, and Daily Science Fiction. One of his stories, “Headshot,” appeared in the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016 anthology. He has also written non-fiction articles about subjects such as the Shag Harbour UFO incident and the North American Conkers Championship. Julian lives in a small lobstering town in southwest Nova Scotia. You can find out more at: http://julianmortimersmith.com/Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H. SturgisNarrated by: Brian RollinsBrian Rollins was born in California and grew up in and around the Western US. He currently resides in Highlands Ranch, CO where he works as a voice artist primarily...

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Kickstarter: Everyone Worlds Without Walls https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895930248/everyone-worlds-without-wallsMain Fiction: "The Wings The Lungs, The Engine The Heart" by Laurie TomOriginally published in Galaxy's Edge.Laurie Tom has been entranced by science fiction and fantasy since childhood and has been writing nearly as long. As a teenager she fell in love with All Quiet on the Western Front and other stories about the soldiers who lived through World War I. Her work has appeared in venues such as Strange Horizons, Galaxy's Edge, and the Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk.Narrated by: Cian Mac Mahon Cian Mac Mahon is an Irish Software Engineer who in a past life was the world’s youngest professional podcaster, ran a radio station and very nearly ended up being a journalist. While he hopes to some day revive his show which podfaded many years ago, he now spends most of his free time playing about with cameras and cooking, as old microphones and sound-desks lurk in the shadows, right...

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KickStarter: Everyone Worlds Without Walls https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895930248/everyone-worlds-without-wallsInterview: Colin Gibson, Oscar-winning Production Designer on Mad Max: Fury Road with Jeremy SzalMain Fiction: "Nanoamerica" by David John BakerOriginally published in PS Publishing's Catastrophia.David John Baker is a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan, where he studies the conceptual foundations of modern physics. He has defended the view that space and time are as real as material objects, and that there is no fundamental difference between your left hand and your right hand. He also teaches a popular course on science fiction and philosophy. His stories have appeared in Escape Pod, Writers of the Future, and the PS Publishing anthology Catastrophia. Visit him online at www-personal.umich.edu/~djbaker.Narrated by: George HrabMulti-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, composer, and heliocentrist George Hrab has written and produced six...

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Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1895930248/everyone-worlds-without-wallsMain Fiction: "What We Ourselves are Not" by Leah CypessOriginally published in Asimov's..Leah Cypess wrote her first short story - in which the narrator was an ice cream cone - at the age of six, and sold her first piece of fiction while in high school. She has degrees in biology, journalism, and law, and has traveled to Iceland, Israel, Jordan, and Costa Rica, among other places. She now lives with her family in Silver Spring, Maryland. She is the author of four fantasy novels published by HarperCollins: Mistwood, Nightspell, Death Sworn, and Death Marked.Leah has also published short stories in Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Sword & Sorceress, among other places. Her story Nanny's Day was nominated for the Nebula in 2012. You can find out more about her at www.leahcypess.com.Narrated by: Elie HirschmanElie Hirschman was born in New York City and raised just outside of...

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Main Fiction: "In Apprehension How Like a God" by Richard JohnsonOriginally published in Writers of the FutureRichard Johnson is an award-winning writer of science fiction having won the Gold Award at the Writers of the Future Competition in 2011 and the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest in 2012. He has previously appeared on Starship Sofa with his flash fiction A Friend in Need (and you’ve also accepted my Writers of the Future winging story although that hasn’t appeared yet).His day job as a structural engineer has taken him all over the world from the UK and Dublin to Singapore and Hong Kong. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife and two young sons.He blogs at RPLJohnson.com and his previously published short stories can be found at all ebook retailers.Narrated by Mikael NaramoreMikael Naramore has worked in the audiobook industry since 2001 when, fresh out of college, he was hired as a recording engineer for publisher Brilliance Audio (now Brilliance Publishing...

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Main Fiction: "Intertwined" by Kate O'ConnorOriginally published in Intergalactic Medicine ShowAfter graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Kate O’Connor took up writing science fiction and fantasy. Her short fiction has appeared in venues including Intergalactic Medicine Show, Diabolical Plots, and Escape Pod. In between telling stories, she flies airplanes, digs up artifacts, and edits an aviation magazine. Her website can be found at kateoconnor3.wordpress.com. Narrated by: Jen R. Albert Jen R. Albert is an entomologist, writer, editor, narrator, wife, dog-mom, game-player, reader of all the things, and haver of too many hobbies from Toronto. She is a regular narrator at the Escape Artists podcasts and is co-editor of podcastle.org.Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis

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Interview with Rob Boffard, author of Tracer.Main Fiction: "Solomon's Little Sister" by Jay O'ConnellOriginally published in Asimov'sJay O'Connell is a writer, artist, activist, human living in Cambridge MA with his wife, two kids, two cats, and eight zillion books. A graduate of Clarion West in the nineties, Jay quit writing for no earthly reason for over a decade but returned in 2012 with a bunch of shorts and novellas in Asimov’s, F&SF, Interzone and Analog, fulfilling a life long dream. He blogs about his social media addiction and writing at www.jayoconnell.com, dreaming his life away, awaiting the singularity—or something equally entertaining. He thanks, profusely, his family and writing workshop, Griffins, for all their support.Narrated by: Ralph AmbroseRM Ambrose is a writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Director of Web Services at Loma LindaUniversity Health. He is also Assistant Fiction Editor and sometimes Narrator at StarShipSofa. Heoccasionally blogs at Liminal.IT.He spent...

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Patreon Postcards https://www.patreon.com/districtofwondersMain Fiction: "The Sun Falls Apart" by J. W. AldenOriginally published in Writers of the Future Volume 32J.W. Alden is fascinated with the fantastic. He lives near West Palm Beach, Florida with his wife Allison, who doesn't mind the odd assortment of musical instruments and medieval weaponry that decorate his office (as long as he brandishes the former more often than the latter). Alden is a 1st Place Writers of the Future winner, a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, and an active member of SFWA. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, and other places. Read more from him at www.AuthorAlden.com.Narrated by: Spencer DiSpartiSpencer DiSparti hails from the ashes of Phoenix, AZ. He is a musician, published poet and professional voice actor. You can find most of his voice work on Pseudopod and Escape artists. You can find his poetry and flash fiction at skeletopia.wordpress.com and...

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