Main fiction: "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" by John Kessel Born in Buffalo, NY, novelist and story writer John Kessel is emeritus professor of literature and creative writing at North Carolina State University, where he taught courses on literature and creative writing and helped found the MFA program in creative writing. His fiction has received the Theodore Sturgeon, Locus, James Tiptree Jr./Otherwise, Ignotus, and Shirley Jackson awards, and twice received the Nebula award. The Dark...

Main fiction: "Spintered/Splintering" by Rhiannon Rasmussen Rhiannon Rasmussen is an author and illustrator of dark speculative works, not all of which involve exoskeletons. Rhiannon’s fiction has appeared in venues including Lightspeed Magazine, Diabolical Plots, and as Magic: the Gathering official web shorts. Visit rhiannonrs.com or @charibdys on Bluesky. This story first appeared, in a slightly different form, as a download via Gumroad and itch.io, 2022. Narrated by: Diane Severson Diane...

Main fiction: "Quirks" by Marie Vibbert Hugo and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared in top magazines such as Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld, and been translated into Czech, Chinese and Vietnamese. Her debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was long listed by the British Science Fiction Award and her work has been called “everything science fiction should be” by the Oxford Culture Review. She also writes poetry, comics, and computer games. By day she is a computer...

Jay Caselberg is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared in multiple venues worldwide and been translated into several languages. From time to time, it gets shortlisted for awards or appears in Year’s Best volumes. He currently resides in Germany. This story originally appeared in Interzone, June 2003. Narrated by: Nobilis Reed Nobilis Reed is the host and narrator of the podcast, “This Kaiju Life” which is entirely safe for work, and the editor and creator of the podcast,...

Main fiction: "Movie Night" by Matthew Kressel Matthew Kressel's many works of short fiction have or will soon appear in Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Tor.com/Reactor, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in many other publications and Year's Best anthologies. His far-future novel Space Trucker Jess (Fairwood Press) is scheduled for late 2025. And his Mars-based science fiction novella The Rainseekers (Tordotcom) will appear in early 2026. Alongside Ellen Datlow, he runs the Fantastic...

Brian Trent is the award-winning author of the sci-fi thrillers Redspace Rising and Ten Thousand Thunders, and more than a hundred short stories appearing in the world's top fiction markets, including in the New York Times' bestselling Black Tide Rising series, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, Galaxy’s Edge, and numerous year’s best anthologies. Trent lives in Connecticut. His website and blog...

Edward M. Lerner is the author of eighteen SF novels and many shorter works. The final novel in his InterstellarNet trilogy won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing,” while other stories have been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. 2023 was a banner year for him, with two new novels published. Those are On the Shoals of Space-Time and Life and Death on Mars. This story originally appeared in Deco Punk, 2015. Narrated by: Diane Severson Diane...

Angela “A.G.” Slatter is the author of the gothic fantasy novels All the Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns, and The Briar Book of the Dead (Titan Books); the supernatural crime novels Vigil, Corpselight and Restoration (Jo Fletcher Books); twelve short story collections, including The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings; the novellas Of Sorrow and Such, Ripper and The Bone Lantern; and a Hellboy Universe collaboration with Mike Mignola, Castle Full of Blackbirds. She’s won a World...

Main fiction: "Strata" by Benjamin Blattberg Benjamin Blattberg is a software developer, improviser, and writer currently living in Austin, TX, as long as there are no follow­up questions on any of those facts. His stories have appeared in PodCastle, Diabolical Plots, Apex Magazine, and other venues.. This story originally appeared in Apex Magazine, March 2022. Narrated by: Will Stagl Will Stagl is StarShipSofa's audio engineer but still enjoys lending his voice to the cause when duty calls....

Main fiction: "Blood Relations" by Adam Troy-Castro Sofanauts: Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sofanauts/id1740911381 Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcjcJ0BSat Patreon for AD Free and Extra Content: https://www.patreon.com/Sofanauts Adam-Troy Castro made his first non-fiction sale to Spy magazine in 1987. His books to date include four Spider-Man novels, three novels about his profoundly...

Main fiction: "The Bravest of Us Touched the Sky" by Carrie Vaughn Carrie Vaughn's work includes the Philip K. Dick Award winning novel Bannerless, the New York Times best-selling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, over twenty novels and upwards of 100 short stories, two of which have been finalists for the Hugo Award. Her next novel, The Naturalist Society, is about 19th century ornithologists, awkward love triangles, and the magic of binomial nomenclature. An Air Force brat, she survived...

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Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Apple Podcasts: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2 Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcjcJ0BSat Main fiction: "Oasis on the Edge of Trappist" by Chris Balliet Chris Balliet is a speculative fiction writer who lives in Philadelphia with his wife and daughter, traversing the city in search of playgrounds and good coffee. He is a graduate of Taos Toolbox in 2023 and has degrees in history and...

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Listen to the new Sofanauts: Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts Main fiction: "Nothing to Lose" by Edward M. Lerner Edward M. Lerner is the author of eighteen SF novels and many shorter works. The final novel in his InterstellarNet trilogy won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing,” while other stories have been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards. His latest book (2023) is the novel Life and Death...

Main fiction: "The Glorious Tunnels of our Gravitydragons" by Paul Jessup Paul Jessup is a best selling video game designer, and award winning writer. He has several books out in the small press, with the latest ones being Glass House, Skinless Man Counts to Five, and Cancer Eats the Heart. With over 25 years of professional short story publications, he's had stories in Apex Magazine, Clarkesworld, Interzone, Nightmare, and countless others. This story is original to StarShipSofa. Narrated...

Main fiction: "Stone by Stone" by Eric Del Carlo Eric Del Carlo's fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Strange Horizons, and other venues. "Stone by Stone" is set in his recurring Redmarch universe. Other stories transpiring in this continuum have appeared in Analog and Clarkesworld. He lives in his native California. This story is original to StarShipSofa. Narrated by: Mark Nelson Mark Nelson began audiobook narration in 2006, and now has over 180 titles at LibriVox, and recording as “Harry...

Main fiction: "Conscript Sally" by Neil Willcox Neil Willcox lives in south east England where he has (briefly) studied space science, picked fruit, tutored, and analysed data for insurance. He has most recently been published in voidspace, Hexagon, and Swords And Sorcery Magazine, and has a poem forthcoming from Corvid Queen. He can be found on Bluesky @neilwillcox.bsky.social and on his blog, nightofthehats.blogspot.com This story is original to StarShipSofa. Narrated by: Will StaglWill...

Main fiction: "Trembling Blue Stars" by Richard Kadrey Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime.” Some of Kadrey’s other books include The Dead Take the A Train (with Cassandra Khaw), The Pale House Devil, and Butcher Bird. His work has been nominated for both the BSFA and Locus awards, and appeared in Best Horror of the Year. Aside...

Main fiction: "Dwindling" by Rudy Vener Rudy Vener is a retired software engineer and the author of several stories that have appeared in Sci-Fi Shorts online magazine. He has been shortlisted for the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award, and been selected multiple times as a finalist and as a winner in the Tassy Walden Awards for New Voices in Children's Literature, a statewide literary competition in Connecticut. A cheese lover and a former online pizza marketing entrepreneur, he is hard at...

Main fiction: "Side Effects May Vary" by Avra Margariti Avra Margariti is a queer author, Greek sea monster, and Rhysling-nominated poet with a fondness for the dark and the darling. Avra’s work haunts publications such as Vastarien, Asimov's, Strange Horizons, and F&SF. You can find Avra on twitter (@avramargariti). This story originally appeared in Fusion Fragment #8, 2021. Narrated by: Jen Albert Jen Albert is an editor, writer, narrator, and former entomologist. She is an acquiring...

Main fiction: "Rubber Monkeys" by Mark Kenneth Hoover Kenneth Mark Hoover's fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, and many others. He is a member of SFWA and WWA, and divides his time between Texas and New Mexico. This is his first sale to StarShipSofa. This story originally appeared in Destination: Future, 2010. Narrated by: Rikki LaCoste Rikki LaCoste is a veteran Canadian narrator from Toronto, of various short story audio...

Main Fiction: "Landing Day" by Michael Canfield Michael Canfield has published more than thirty short stories, appearing in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, The Mammoth Book of Kaiju, Strange Horizons, and other places. This story originally appeared in Talebones #35, Summer 2007 Narrated by: Mark Nelson Mark Nelson began audiobook narration in 2006, and now has over 180 titles at LibriVox, and recording as “Harry Shaw,” more than 100 for Audible. While Mark mainly records sci-fi,...