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Main Fiction: "None So Blind" by Joe HaldemanOriginally published in Asimov's Science FictionBorn in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Joe Haldeman has garnered both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award for his famous novel The Forever War, one of the landmark books of the '70s. He has since won four more Hugo Awards, another four Nebula Awards, the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for his novel Camouflage, the SFW...

Main Fiction: "A Packhorse for your Silly Memes" by Rebecca DeVendra Originally published in Outliers of Speculative FictionRebecca DeVendra is a figure artist and speculative fiction writer living in Boston. She serves as a first reader for the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She's also a mom to three cacophonous, early-rising children. She's probably in her pajamas, but she has an emerg...

Patreon Support if greatly appreciated Main Fiction: "The Ship Whisperer" by Julie Novakova Originally published in Asimov'sJulie Novakova is a Czech author and translator of science fiction, fantasy and detective stories. She has published short fiction in Clarkesworld, Asimov's, Fantasy Scroll, Persistent Visions and other magazines and anthologies. Her work in Czech includes seven novels, one a...

Please Support this fine show on PatreonMain Fiction: "How You Ruined Everything" by Konstantine ParadiasOriginally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 5Konstantine Paradias is a writer by choice and a member of the SFWA. His short stories have been published in the Dystopia-Utopia Anthology by Flame Tree Press, The Cackle of Cthulhu Anthology and the AE Canadian Science Fiction Review, among...

Main Fiction: "The Woman I Used To Be" by Gerri LeenOriginally published in Grimdark Magazine: Issue #1Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle.  She has work appearing in: Nature, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, Daily Science Fiction, Grievous Angel, Grimdark, and others.  She recently caught the editing bug and is preparing to edit her fourth anthol...

Main Fiction: "We Were Once of the Sky" by Yosef LindellOriginally published in Beneath Ceaseless SkiesYosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and occasional historian. His short fiction has previously appeared in Clarkesworld and Beneath Ceaseless Skies and has been translated into Chinese and Vietnamese. Yosef resides in an unincorporated part of Maryland just outside of Washington, DC with his wife...

Main Fiction: "StarShip Down" by Tracy CanfieldSUPPORT US ON PATREON!Originally published in AnalogTracy Canfield is a computational linguist whose short science fiction and fantasy has appeared in Analog, Strange Horizons, and many other magazines and anthologies. CNN called her a "Klingon scholar" when she recorded the Klingon version of the Jenolan Caves' audio tour. Narrated by: Samantha Wahle...

Main Fiction: "Ghost Girl" by Rich LarsonOriginally published in War StoriesRich Larson was born in West Africa, has studied in Rhode Island and worked in Spain, and now writes from Ottawa, Canada. His short work has been featured on io9, translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, Polish, French and Italian, and appears in numerous Year's Best anthologies along with most pro-paying SF markets. He was th...

Main Fiction "Apache Charley and the Pyramids of Hex" by Allen SteeleOriginally published in Bridging InfinityAllen Steele has published eighteen novels and nearly one hundred short stories. His work has received numerous accolades, including three Hugo Awards, and has been translated worldwide, mainly into languages he can’t read. He lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, Linda, and a cont...

Main Fiction: "Enyo-enyo" by Kameron HurleyOriginally published in Lightspeed MagazineKameron Hurley is the author of The Stars are Legion and the essay collection The Geek Feminist Revolution, as well as the award-winning God’s War Trilogy and The Worldbreaker Saga. Hurley has won the Hugo Award, Kitschy Award, and Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer. She was also a finalist for the Arthur C...

Main Fiction: "Indigo Blue" by Rachael K. JonesOriginally published in ShimmerrRachael K. Jones grew up in various cities across Europe and North America, picked up (and mostly forgot) six languages, and acquired several degrees in the arts and sciences. Now she writes speculative fiction in Athens, Georgia. Contrary to the rumors, she is probably not a secret android. Rachael's fiction has appear...

Main Fiction: "End of the Silk Road" by David LevineOriginally published in Old VenusDavid D. Levine (www.daviddlevine.com) is the author of novels Arabella of Mars and Arabella and the Battle of Venus, as well as over fifty SF and fantasy short stories, His story “Tk’Tk’Tk’” won the Hugo, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. Stories have appea...

Main Fiction: "Pale Blue Memories" by Tobias S. BuckellOriginally published in Old Venus, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner DoziosTobias S. Buckell is a New York Times Bestselling author born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influence much of his work. His novels and over 50 stories have been translated into 18 different lan...

Main Fiction: "Hell's Half Acre" by Jack CampbellOriginally published in Armored, edited by John Joseph Adams. Jack Campbell (John G. Hemry) writes the New York Times best-selling Lost Fleet series, the Lost Stars series, and the "steampunk meets high fantasy" Pillars of Reality series. His most recent books are Vanguard (which comes out in May), the first book in The Genesis Fleet, and Daughter o...

Main Fiction: "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonaldOriginally published in AsimovsIan McDonald is a science-fiction writer living just outside Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His first novel was Desolation Road, his most recent is Luna: Wolf Moon, from Tor in the US and Gollancz in the UK. He's been nominated for every major SFF award, and even won a few. Narrated by: Kaushik NarasimhanKaushik Narasimh...

Main Fiction: "Cupid's Compass"Originally published in The Magazine Fantasy & Science FictionLeah 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 live...

Main Fiction: "The Race for Arcadia" by Alex ShvartsmanOriginally published in Mission TomorrowAlex Shvartsman is a writer, translator and game designer from Brooklyn, NY. Over 80 of his short stories have appeared in Nature, Galaxy's Edge, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and many other magazines and anthologies. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the 2015...

Main Fiction: "Dyad" by David BurnsOriginally published in The Cyborg ChroniclesDavid Bruns is a former officer on a nuclear-powered submarine turned corporate executiveturned science fiction writer. He is the creator of the sci-fi/fantasy series, The Dream Guild Chronicles, as well as numerous pieces of short fiction. In his spare time, he co-writesc ontemporary thrillers with a retired naval int...

Main Fiction: "Butterfly Dreams" by Donald Jacob UitvlugtOriginally appeared in Science Fiction StoriesDonald Jacob Uitvlugt lives on neither coast of the United States, but mostly in a haunted memory palace of his own design. His short fiction has appeared numerous print and online venues, including Timeless Tales and Cirsova Magazine. He strives to write what he calls "Haiku Fiction," stories th...

Main Fiction: "All Your Futures Are Belong To Us" by David GullenOriginally appeared in ARC 1.3David is a white African writer whose short fiction has appeared in various magazines and anthologies. His work has won the British Fantasy Society short story competition, placed third in the Aeon Award, and been shortlisted for the James White Award. He has also been a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Aw...

Week 3 of Translations SpecialThis story was originally written in Hebrew and has been translated into English. Main Fiction: "Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys" by Nir Yaniv, translated by Lavie TidharNir Yaniv is an Israeli science fiction writer, musician and, on special occasions, film director. He's notorious for his past as the chief editor of two of Israel's leading science fiction magazine...

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 talent...

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,...

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...

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 Wes...