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Main Fiction: "M ozart on the Kalahari" by Steven Barnes Steven Barnes is a  New York Times  bestselling, award-winning novelist and screenwriter who is the creator of the Lifewriting writing course, which he has taught nationwide. He has written over 20 novels, and worked on shows such as  The Outer Limits ,  Stargate SG-1 , and  Baywatch . Steve’s true love is teaching b...

Main Fiction: "White Dust" by Nathan Hillstrom This story was first published in  Asimov’s Science Fiction  (January 2016) Nathan Hillstrom had a first career as a technologist on Wall Street, and now lives and writes in beautiful Southern California. His stories have appeared in  Asimov’s ,  Interzone ,  Outlook Springs , and elsewhere. Nathan is a graduate of the 2015 Cl...

Main Fiction: "Quest Nine" by Tabitha Lord Originally published at Electric Athenaeum. Tabitha’s HORIZON  series has won seven independent book awards including the prestigious Writer’s Digest Grand Prize in 2016. She has short fiction published by World Weaver Press, Electric Athenaeum Magazine, Grimbold Books, and more. Tabitha is also a partner and senior writer for Book Club Babble, and t...

Main Fiction: "The Engineers of Abundance" by Aaron Emmel This story was first published in  Empyreome  (October 1, 2018). Aaron Emmel ’s stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Thanks to the patience of his wonderful wife, and despite the impatience of his wonderful children, Aaron also writes essays, graphic novels, and interactive fiction. Find him online at ...

Main Fiction: "The Girl of the Golden City" by Forrest Brazeal This story is original to StarShipSofa. Forrest Brazeal is a software engineer, writer, and cartoonist based in rural Virginia. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction, Diabolical Plots, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere. Find him at forrestbrazeal.com  or on twitter @forrestbrazeal. This story is...

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Patreon Support Click Here Main Fiction: "What the Rain Brings" by Gerri Leen This story was originally published in A Rustle of Dark Leaves: Tales from the Shadows of the Forest (Misanthrope Press, 2012). Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, she’s passionate about horse racing, tea, and whisky, and her latest obsession is AS...

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 447 – LAST WEEK 438 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON  SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "The Peacock Clock" by Chris Beckett Originally published in the short fiction collection of the same name. Chris Beckett’s short stories began to appear in print in 1990. He has published 6 novels to date, the most recent being America City , and 3 short story collections, of which...

Main Fiction: "Heavies" by Rich Larson PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 438 –  LAST WEEK 420 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON   SUPPORTERS.   Originally published in Infinity Wars Rich Larson was born in Galmi, Niger, has studied in Rhode Island and worked in the south of Spain, and now lives in Ottawa, Canada. His work has appeared in numerous Year's Best anthologies and been translated i...

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 424 –  LAST WEEK 430 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON   SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "All That is Solid" by Chris Barnham Originally published in Compelling Science Fiction . Chris Barnham spent a long time working for the British government, but now just makes stuff up for himself. Chris has a novel out, with US publisher, Filles Vertes Publishing. It’s called Fif...

My Go FundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/new-polytunnel PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 430 – LAST WEEK 430 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "Heart of Vesta" by Dimitra Nikolaidou This story is original to StarShip Sofa. Dimitra Nikolaidou is a PhD candidate researching the relationship between speculative fiction and role-playing games. Her fiction has been published in Gallery...

My Go FundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/new-polytunnel   Flash Fiction: "Frog Soup" by Floris M. Kleijne This story originally appeared at Daily Science Fiction (August 2, 2016).   Floris M. Kleijne is the author of over two dozen short stories in  Daily Science Fiction ,  Galaxy's Edge ,  Factor Four , and numerous other publications, He lives in a 200 year old house...

PATREON SUPPORT  NOW STANDING AT 429 – LAST WEEK 433 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "Pangloss" by Alan Fisher This story is original to StarShip Sofa.   Alan Fisher is an attorney living in Washington, D.C. He's published two novellas,  Servant of the Muses  and  A Pearl for Her Eyes , under the name Brad White. Both are available wherever ebooks are...

Main Fiction: "Whom He May Devour" by Alex Shvartsman This story was first published in Nautilus   (2016).   Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator, and anthologist from Brooklyn, NY. Over 100 of his short stories have appeared in  Nature, Analog, Strange Horizons, InterGalactic Medicine Show , and many other magazines and anthologies. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Sho...

PATREON SUPPORT  NOW STANDING AT 433 – LAST WEEK 433 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "The Good Food" by Michael Ezell This story was first published by Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge ( 2016 ).   Michael Ezell is a former US Marine who now works as a Project Coordinator for an Emmy-winning makeup effects shop in Southern California. His writing has appeared in num...

Main Fiction: "In Everlasting Wisdom" by Aliette de Bodard Aliette de Bodard lives and works in Paris. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy of Aztec noir fantasies, as well as numerous short stories which have garnered her two Nebula Awards, a Locus Award and two British Science Fiction Association Awards. Her space opera books include  The Tea Master and t...

Main Fiction: "Someone to Watch Over Me" by Nancy Kress Originally published in Asimov's Nancy Kress is the author of thirty-three books, including twenty-six novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won six Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her most recent work is TERRAN TOMORROW , the third book in the YESTERDAY’S...

PATREON SUPPORT  NOW STANDING AT 433 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "Belladona Nights" by Alastair Reynolds Originally published in The Weight of Words Alastair Reynolds is science fiction writer who has been published since 1990. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. Reynolds read physics and astronomy at Newcastle before earning a...

PATREON SUPPORT  NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.   Main Fiction: "Montpellier" by Ian Whates Ian Whates lives in a sleepy Cambridgeshire village with his partner, Helen, and a manic cocker spaniel called Bundle. A writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy, he is the author of seven novels, the co-author of two more, has seen some seventy...

Main Fiction: "Saving Tiamaat" by Gwyneth Jones Originally published in The New Space Opera. Gwyneth Jones is a writer and critic of genre fiction. She's won the Tiptree award, two World Fantasy awards, the Arthur C. Clarke award, the British Science Fiction Association short story award, the Dracula Society's Children of the Night award, the P.K.Dick award, and the SFRA Pilgrim award for lifetime...

PATREON SUPPORT  NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "Domestic Violence" Originally published in Slate.com Madeline Ashby is a futurist and science fiction writer living in Toronto. Her work has been published in Slate, MIT Technology Review, BoingBoing, McSweeney’s, Clarkesworld, and elsewhere. Her novel COMPANY TOWN was a finalist in the...

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 437 – LAST WEEK 437 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "The Astronaut Tier" by Jonathan Laidlow Jonathan Laidlow grew up in the North West of England, near the Sellafield Nuclear Power plant, which regularly leaked. He has one good leg, one good eye, and one good ear… His publications include " Darner " at Strange Horizons, " Obtrusion Rate " at Li...

Main Fiction: "Paying Old Debts" by Gerri Leen Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, she's passionate about horse racing, tea, and whisky, and her latest obsession is ASMR vids. She has work appearing in  Nature, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show ,  Daily Science Fiction ,  Cast of Wonders,  an...

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 437  – LAST WEEK 434 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.   Main Fiction: "The Chameleon's Gloves" by Yoon Ha Lee Yoon Ha Lee's debut novel, Ninefox Gambit, won the Locus Award for best first novel and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards. Its sequel, Raven Stratagem, was also a Hugo finalist. His middle-grade space opera, Dragon Pearl,...

PATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 434  – LAST WEEK 431 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS.   Main Fiction: "A Bird in the Hand" by Doug Smith This story originally appeared in Warrior Wise Woman 3 (Norilana Press, 2010. Douglas Smith is a multi-award-winning author described by Library Journal as "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction". His fiction has been publis...