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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...

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...

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 a...

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...

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 bun...

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 brandish...

Grab Your Had Written Science Fiction Postcard!https://www.patreon.com/districtofwondersMain Fiction: "Song for the Asking"Originally published in Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. DelanyCarmelo Rafala’s work has been published in various venues, including the following anthologies: Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, Submitted For Your Approval, the Anthology of European SF Th...

Welcome to the first show from StarShipSofa in 2017! Let's take you back to where it all began! Main Fiction: London Bone by Michael MoorcockMoorcock was born in London in 1939, and now lives in Texas. He is a prolific and award-winning writer with more than eighty works of fiction and non-fiction to his name, he is the creator of Elric, Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat, amongst many other memorab...

Main Fiction: "Taking the High Road" by Richard JohnsonOriginally published at Baen.comRichard 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 t...

Main Fiction: "Spider the Artist" by Nnedi OkoraforOriginally published in Robot Uprisings, edited by John Joseph AdamsNnedi Okorafor’s books include Lagoon, Who Fears Death, Kabu Kabu, Akata Witch, Zahrah the Windseeker, and The Shadow Speaker. Her adult novel The Book of Phoenix was released in May 2015; the New York Times called it a "triumph". Her novella Binti was released in late September 2...

Main Fiction: "Overlap" by Beth Cato http://www.bethcato.com/Originally published in Science Fiction Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)Beth Cato is the author of THE CLOCKWORK DAGGER steampunk fantasy series from Harper Voyager. Her short fiction is in InterGalactic Medicine Show, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Daily Science Fiction. She’s a Hanford, California native transplanted to the Arizona desert,...

Main Fiction: "Strood" by Neal AsherOriginally appeared in Asimov'sNeal Asher was born in Billericay, Essex, and divides his time between here and Crete. His previous full-length novels are Gridlinked, The Skinner, The Line of Polity, Cowl, Brass Man, The Voyage of the Sable Keech, Polity Agent, Hilldiggers, Prador Moon, Line War, Shadow of the Scorpion, Orbus and The Technician. His Owner series...

Support all the shows in the District of Wonders PATREONMain Fiction: "Scream Angel" by Douglas SmithOriginally published in Low PortDouglas Smith is an award-winning Canadian author described by Library Journal as "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." His work has appeared in twenty-five languages and over thirty countries. His fiction includes the urban fantasy novel, T...

Main Fiction: "The Green" by Lauren BeukesOriginally published in Armored, edited by John Joseph Adams. The story will also appear in Lauren's upcoming short fiction and essay collection, Slipping, published in late November. Lauren Beukes is an award-winning, internationally best-selling novelist who also writes comics, screenplays, TV shows and journalism. Her novels, including The Shining Girls...

Main Fiction: "400 Boys" by Marc LaidlawOriginally published in Omni, reprinted in Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology. Marc Laidlaw is the author of six novels, including the International Horror Guild Award winner, The 37th Mandala. His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies since the 1970s. In 1997, he joined Valve Software, and over the next nearly two decades, wor...

Main Fiction: "Unrefined" by Martin L. ShoemakerOriginally appeared in Writers of the Future #31Martin L. Shoemaker is a programmer who writes on the side… or maybe it’s the other way around. Programming pays the bills, but a second place story in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest earned him lunch with Buzz Aldrin. Programming never did that! His work has appeared in Analog, Clarkesworld, Gala...

Main Fiction: "An Advanced Guide to Successful Price-Fixing in Extraterrestrial Betting Markets" by T. R. NapperOriginally appeared in Interzone #256T R Napper’s short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Interzone (several issues), Grimdark Magazine, and several others. He is a Writers of the Future winner and been nominated for the Ditmar Awards. T R Napper has spent the last decade living and work...

"Main Fiction: The Story of Daro and the Arbolita" by Shane HalbachOriginally appeared in AnalogShane Halbach lives in Chicago with his wife and three kids, where he writes software by day and avoids writing stories by night. His fiction has appeared in Analog, Escape Pod, The Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction, and elsewhere. He blogs regularly at shanehalbach.com, or can be found on Twitter @sha...

Tony's YouTube ChannelunnamedArt done by Brian Matyas"Main Fiction: Two Things About Thrand Zandy's TechnoThèque" by Gregory Norman BossertOriginally appeared in Unlikely StoryWith the turning of the 21rst century I decided that twenty years of writing computer software was enough. By 2003 I had landed a job as a motion picture researcher for the film Beowulf, my qualification being that I had act...

Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. SturgisMain Fiction: "Oh Give Me A Home" by Adam RakunasOriginally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2013Adam Rakunas is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated WINDSWEPT and the forthcoming LIKE A BOSS. His short fiction has appeared in Futurismic.com and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He has had...

Coming Up...Main Fiction: "Falling Dominoes" by Alex ShvartsmanAlex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. Over 80 of his short stories have appeared in Nature, InterGalactic Medicine Show, Galaxy’s Edge, Daily SF, and other venues. He’s the winner of the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for short fiction. His collection, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories,...

Main Fiction: "The Non-Event" by Mike CareyOriginally published in Masked. M. R. Carey is a writer who is equally at home in a wide range of media. His latest novel, Fellside, is a ghost story set in a women’s prison. Its predecessor The Girl with all the Gifts was a word-of-mouth bestseller and is soon to be a major motion picture based on his own screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has writ...

Main Fiction: "Must Supply Own Workboots" by Malcolm DelvinOriginally appeared in InterzoneMalcolm Devlin’s stories have appeared in Black Static, Interzone and the anthology Aickman’s Heirs. He aspires to have the world’s shortest author bio. Narrated by: Jonathan SharpJonathan lives and works in a sleepy southern New Mexico town along side his exceedingly talented wife Paige. When he is free fro...

Main Fiction: "Cosmobotica" by Tony Pi and Costi GurguOriginally published in The Mammoth Book of DieselpunkTony Pi is a Chinese-Canadian writer in Toronto with a Ph. D. in Linguistics. He is the winner of the 2015 Aurora Award for Best English Poem/Song, a multiple past finalist in the category of Best English Short Fiction, and the 2009 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His work appear...

Main Fiction: "Rocket Surgery" by Effie SiebergOriginally appeared in AnalogEffie Seiberg is a fantasy and science fiction writer. Her stories can be found in the "Women Destroy Science Fiction!" special edition of Lightspeed Magazine, Galaxy's Edge, Analog, and PodCastle, amongst others. She is a graduate of Taos Toolbox 2013, a member of Codex, and a reader at Tor.com. Effie lives in San Francis...