LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

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Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and…

John Joseph Adams and Stefan Rudnicki (Skyboat Media | Geek's Guide to the Galaxy | Nightmare Magazine)


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    The LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast is an absolute delight for sci-fi and fantasy fans. Each episode features a different short story that is expertly written and narrated, making it the perfect way to start your morning or unwind at the end of the day. The podcast transports listeners to imaginative worlds filled with adventure, intriguing characters, and thought-provoking themes.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the quality of the writing. The stories featured on LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE are intelligent, well-crafted, and often push the boundaries of what can be done in science fiction and fantasy genres. The writers have a knack for creating vivid worlds and compelling narratives that keep listeners hooked from beginning to end.

    Another standout feature of this podcast is the excellent voice acting. The narrators bring the stories to life with their captivating performances, adding depth and emotion to each tale. Whether it's Stefan Rudnicki's arresting yet soothing storytelling voice or Gabrielle de Cuir's lovely and soothing tone, the narrators always hit the mark in conveying the mood and atmosphere of the stories.

    While there aren't many negative aspects to this podcast, occasional stories may not suit everyone's taste. Some listeners might find certain stories too intense or graphic for their liking. However, this is more a testament to how vivid and immersive the writing is rather than a flaw in itself.

    In conclusion, The LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast is a must-listen for any sci-fi or fantasy enthusiast. With its top-notch writing, exceptional voice acting, and wide range of speculative stories, it offers an entertaining escape into imaginative worlds. Whether you're looking for adventure or thought-provoking themes, this podcast has something for everyone. Don't miss out on this immersive audio experience that will leave you longing for more.



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    "All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" by Marissa Lingen + "A Week at the Raven Feather Salon" by Carrie Vaughn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 74:08


    This episode features "All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" by Marissa Lingen (©2025 by Marissa Lingen) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and "A Week at the Raven Feather Salon" by Carrie Vaughn (©2025 by Carrie Vaughn) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "My Mother, the Supervillain" by Benjamin Blattberg + "See Now the Misfortune..." by Lowry Poletti + "When the Faerie King..." by Vanessa Fogg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 57:48


    "My Mother, the Supervillain" by Benjamin Blattberg (©2025 by by Benjamin Blattberg) read by Roxanne Hernandez, "See Now the Misfortune of the Thinking Tenax" by Lowry Poletti (©2025 by Lowry Poletti) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm" by Vanessa Fogg (©2025 by Vanessa Fogg) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Eyes Grown Thick on the World" by Will McMahon + "The Twenty-One Second God" by Peter Watts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 71:17


    This episode features "Eyes Grown Thick on the World" by Will McMahon (©2025 by Will McMahon) and "The Twenty-One Second God" by Peter Watts (©2025 by Peter Watts) both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Meaning We Seek" by Nancy Kress + "Ninnagan Says Remember" by Jonathan Olfert

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 65:31


    This episode features "The Meaning We Seek" by Nancy Kress (©2025 by Nancy Kress) and "Ninnagan Says Remember" by Jonathan Olfert (©2025 by Jonathan Olfert), both read by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Where Are They Now?" by Meg Elison + "Through the Machine" by P. A. Cornell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 46:25


    This episode features "Where Are They Now?" by Meg Elison (©2025 by Meg Ellison), and "Through the Machine" by P. A. Cornell (©2025 by P. A. Cornell) both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by Russell Nichols + "The Price of Manners" by Martin Cahill

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 36:09


    This episode features "The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by Russell Nichols (©2025 by Russell Nichols) read by Janina Edwards, and "The Price of Manners" by Martin Cahill (©2025 by Martin Cahill) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    "Shadows on the Pavement" by R. P. Sand + "Rthing it Up: An Oral History" by Gene Doucette

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 64:00


    This episode features "Shadows on the Pavement" by R. P. Sand (©2025 by R. P. Sand) read by Justine Eyre, "Rthing it Up: An Oral History" by Gene Doucette (©2025 by Gene Doucette) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "TALK: “The Siren Song of the Otherworld Goggles”" by Dominica Phetteplace + "The Other River" by Jon Lasser

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 37:53


    This episode features "TALK: “The Siren Song of the Otherworld Goggles”" by Dominica Phetteplace (©2025 by Dominica Phetteplace) "The Other River" by Jon Lasser (©2025 by Jon Lasser), both read by Alison Belle Bews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Meditations from the Event Horizon" by Deborah L. Davitt + "The Potter, His Daughter, and the Boy..." by Oyedotun Damilola Muees

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 78:06


    This episode features "Meditations from the Event Horizon" by Deborah L. Davitt (©2025 by Deborah L. Davitt) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "The Potter, His Daughter, and the Boy with Tribal Marks on his Face" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (©2025 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees) read by Mirron Willlis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Price of Miracles" by Nigel Faustino + "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? Part II" by Sarah Langan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 67:38


    This episode features "The Price of Miracles" by Nigel Faustino (©2025 by Nigel Faustino) and "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? Part II" by Sarah Langan (©2025 by Sarah Langan), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "To Navigate the Night" by Rich Larson + "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? Part I" by Sarah Langan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 73:43


    This episode features "To Navigate the Night" by Rich Larson (©2025 by Rich Larson) read by Alison Belle Bews, and "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep? Part I" by Sarah Langan (©2025 by Sarah Langan) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Instructions for Good Boys on the Interplanetary Expedition" by Rachael K. Jones + "The Lexicon of Lethe" by Sunwoo Jeong

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 69:00


    "Instructions for Good Boys on the Interplanetary Expedition" by Rachael K. Jones (©2025 by Rachael K. Jones) and "The Lexicon of Lethe" by Sunwoo Jeong (©2025 by Sunwoo Jeong) both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Shift" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman + "Message In a Babel" by Adam-Troy Castro

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 29:51


    This episode features "The Shift" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (©2025 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman) and "Message In a Babel" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2025 by Adam-Troy Castro), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    "Those Who Seek To Embrace The Sun" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe + "Memories of Temperance" by Anya Ow

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 61:04


    This episode features "Those Who Seek To Embrace The Sun" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (©2025 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe) read by Stefan Rudnicki + "Memories of Temperance" by Anya Ow (©2025 by Anya Ow) read by Katharine Chin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Pure of Heart" by Jake Kerr + "Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library" by Cadwell Turnbull

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 47:30


    This episode features "Pure of Heart" by Jake Kerr (©2025 by Jake Kerr) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and "Dekar Druid and the Infinite Library" by Cadwell Turnbull (©2025 by Cadwell Turnbull) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "My Girlfriend Is a Nebula" by David DeGraff + "What We Don't Know About Angels" by Kristina Ten

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 66:58


    This episode features "My Girlfriend Is a Nebula" by David DeGraff (©2025 by David DeGraff) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "What We Don't Know About Angels" by Kristina Ten (©2025 by Kristina Ten) read by Judy Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Books to Take at the End of the World" by Carolyn Ives Gilman + "Some to Cradle, Some to Eat" by Eugenia Triantafyllou

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 39:07


    This episode features "Books to Take at the End of the World" by Carolyn Ives Gilman (©2025 by Carolyn Ives Gilman) read by Stefan Rudnicki,, and "Some to Cradle, Some to Eat" by Eugenia Triantafyllou (©2025 by Eugenia Triantafyllou) read by Judy Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Standardized Test" by Seoung Kim + "It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand (Part 2)" by Lowry Poletti

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 76:34


    This episode features "Standardized Test" by Seoung Kim (©2025 by Seoung Kim) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand (Part 2)" by Lowry Poletti (©2025 by Lowry Poletti) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "An Omodest Proposal" by Andrew Dana Hudson + "It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand (Part 1)" by Lowry Poletti

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 71:17


    This episode features "An Omodest Proposal" by Andrew Dana Hudson (©2025 by Andrew Dana Hudson) read by Stefan Rundicki, and "It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand (Part 1)" by Lowry Poletti (©2025 by Lowry Poletti) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "After the God Has Moved On" by Kate Elliott + "Chickenfoot Soup" by Marika Bailey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 60:49


    This episode features "After the God Has Moved On" by Kate Elliott (©2025 by Kate Elliott), and "Chickenfoot Soup" by Marika Bailey (©2025 by Marika Bailey) both read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "I Eat The Sky For Us" by Vijayalaxmi Samal + "Dyson Spheres of the Vaba Cluster" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 31:25


    This episode features "I Eat The Sky For Us" by Vijayalaxmi Samal (©2025 by Vijayalaxmi Samal) read by Janina Edwards, and "Dyson Spheres of the Vaba Cluster" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko (©2025 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Exquisite Pull of Relentless Desire" by Will McMahon + "Bone And Marrow, Woven Into Song" by Neon Yang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 53:47


    This episode features "The Exquisite Pull of Relentless Desire" by Will McMahon (©2025 by Will McMahon) read by Caleb Mose, and "Bone And Marrow, Woven Into Song" by Neon Yang (©2025 by Neon Yang) read by Stefan Rudnicki). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "A Heap of Petrified Gods" by Adelehin Ijasan + "Tell Them A Story To Teach Them Kindness" by B. Pladek

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 47:15


    This episode features "A Heap of Petrified Gods" by Adelehin Ijasan (©2025 by Adelehin Ijasan) read by Caleb Mose, and "Tell Them A Story To Teach Them Kindness" by B. Pladek (©2025 by B. Pladek) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Three Birds That Came Out of Grayson Huff..." by David Anaxagoras + "Get Hyped!" by Gene Doucette

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 71:43


    This episode features "Three Birds That Came Out of Grayson Huff and a Bunch More That Fell from the Sky" by David Anaxagoras (©2024 by David Anaxagoras) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Get Hyped!" by Gene Doucette (©2024 by Gene Doucette) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Sleeping Beauty and the Restless Realm" by Lincoln Michel + "The Godhood of Ima Day" by Cressida Blake Roe +" What We Plan To Do To You" by Adam-Troy Castro

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 42:37


    This episode features "Sleeping Beauty and the Restless Realm" by Lincoln Michel (©2024 by Lincoln Michel) read by Mirron Willis, "The Godhood of Ima Day" by Cressida Blake Roe (©2024 by Cressida Blake Roe) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and " What We Plan To Do To You" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2024 by Adam-Troy Castro) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri + "Ol' Big Head" by Melissa A. Watkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 83:57


    This episodes features "Inside the House of Wisdom" by Tamara Masri (©2024 by Tamara Masri) read by the author, and "Ol' Big Head" by Melissa A. Watkins (©2024 by Melissa A. Watkins) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Ancestor Code Error" by Ai Jiang + "The Ones Who Come At Last" by P.H. Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 31:36


    This episode features "Ancestor Code Error" by Ai Jiang (©2024 by Ai Jiang), and "The Ones Who Come At Last" by P.H. Lee (©2024 by P.H. Lee), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Last Word" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe + "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 2)" by Ashok K. Banker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 105:25


    This episode features "The Last Word" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (©2024 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe) read by Justine Eyre, and "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 2)" by Ashok K. Banker (©2024 by Ashok K. Banker) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Oracular Manifestation of Human Consciousness..." by Aimee Ogden + "We Will Bring Siege..." by Hammond Diehl

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 26:27


    This episode features "The Oracular Manifestation of Human Consciousness Offers Three Provocative Verbs, Separated by Commas" by Aimee Ogden (©2024 by Aimee Ogden) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "We Will Bring Siege to the Bastion of Sin that Cries Out in Your Prayer" by Hammond Diehl (© 2024 by Hammond Diehl) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Babywings" by Isabel Cañas + "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 1)" Ashok K. Banker

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 76:12


    This episode features "Babywings" by Isabel Cañas (©2024 by Isabel Caña), read by Justine Eyre, and "Antyesti for a Dead Ganesa (Pt 1)" Ashok K. Banker (©2024 by Ashok K. Banker), read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Philip Gelatt and JT Petty | Sully the God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 82:50


    An excerpt from the unfinished memoirs of Sullivan Kingsley. Text was dictated to and recorded by a Kvasir ScrivenerTM. Any poetic editorializing can be assumed in accordance with the spirit of Mr. Kingsley's intentions, as interpreted by a conjured instance of the severed hand of Kvasir, Norse god of poetry, peacemaking, and beverage production. | © 2024 by by Philip Gelatt & JT Petty. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Russell Nichols | Autonomy of a Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 41:24


    I'm not telling you this to convince you of my innocence. The verdict has already been reached, the seal of my fate has been affixed. | © 2024 by Russell Nichols. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Kenneth Schneyer | Winding Sheets

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 17:22


    Gallam didn't look at the clothes the family provided until he had already prepared the body. “Prepared” was putting it mildly: the man was covered in wounds—blade wounds? Bite wounds? Gouges, rips, punctures, slices. | © 2024 by Kenneth Schneyer. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Life You've Given Me, Rusty" by P.A. Cornell + "Hot Hearts" by Lyndsie Manusos

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 21:36


    This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "The Life You've Given Me, Rusty" by P.A. Cornell (© 2024 by P.A. Cornell), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Hot Hearts" by Lyndsie Manusos (© 2024 by Lyndsie Manusos), narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Zekelo's Barterhouse & Emporium" by Patrick Hurley + "Caesura" by Ashlee Lhamon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 23:29


    This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Zekelo's Barterhouse & Emporium" by Patrick Hurley (© 2024 by Patrick Hurley), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Caesura" by Ashlee Lhamon (© 2024 by Ashlee Lhamon), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Ai Jiang | Ashes like the Leaves of Tea, Lava like Honey

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 21:29


    Mother whispered to us about the beings on Earth she regretted creating; the ones whose only merits are their minds, but their minds rot so easily. | © 2024 by Ai Jiang. Read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Jae Steinbacher | The Ex Hex

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 35:22


    Talis had a problem. They'd copied the spell incorrectly, in a fury, after seeing photos of their ex with a new date in “their” spot. | © Jae Steinbacher. Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Sagan Yee | Two Motes in the Zeugma Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 37:28


    Every date followed the same pattern. After the dinner and drinks, and the long moonlit walk along the canal, Jules would casually remark that the hangar was not far from here, and would they like to come see? | © 2024 by Sagan Yee. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    "GaaS" by Meg Elison + "The Mote in Bird's Eye, or Note Attached to a Frozen Corpse Retrieved from Deep Space" by Jon Lasser

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 21:08


    This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "GaaS" by Meg Elison (© 2024 by Meg Elison), narrated by Alison Belle Bews and "The Mote in Bird's Eye, or Note Attached to a Frozen Corpse Retrieved from Deep Space" by Jon Lasser (© 2024 by Jon Lasser), narrated by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Osahon Ize-Iyamu | We the People Excluding I

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 37:51


    We were in the mines when the world was falling apart. I remember, the earth was cracking, and the plants were going limp, and the world looked dark blue, less full of life. | © 2024 Osahon Ize-Iyamu. Narrated by Alison Belle Bews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Gabriela Santiago | Reconstructing “The Goldenrod Conspiracy,” Edina Room, Saturday 2:30-3:30

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 41:26


    Can someone get the doors? Thanks. Please remember we're on an honor system for chairs—if you've eaten today, please leave them for someone who hasn't. We don't need another fainting incident. | © 2024 by Gabriela Santiago. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "The Terrible Secret of The Immortal Bards" by Adam-Troy Castro + "A Superior Knot" by Ash Huang

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 21:18


    This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "The Terrible Secret of The Immortal Bards" by Adam-Troy Castro (© 2024 by Adam-Troy Castro), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "A Superior Knot" by Ash Huang (© 2024 by Ash Huang, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe | Child of the River

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 30:36


    Mother used to say I am a child of the river. I never understood her. I thought I would be a child of the wind, like her. | © 2024 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe. Narrated by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Archita Mittra | The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strain'd

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 39:44


    It is the year 3048 and you still hate your job. | © 2024 by Archita Mittra. Narrated by Arthur Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Resistance" by Cat Rambo + "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 15:36


    This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "Resistance" by Cat Rambo (© 2024 by Cat Rambo), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt (© 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt), narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Dominique Dickey | Look at the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 61:34


    We drove out to Joshua Tree for the star party—a gathering of amateur astronomers under a clear, dark sky. It was Holly's idea, an impromptu adventure on a Friday after work: “Hey, Lou, do you want to go look at the moon tonight?” | © 2024 by Dominique Dickey. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Richard Thomas | The Darkness Between the Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 35:09


    Buddy and I abandoned our hydrogen nomad at the edge of the wastelands before trudging around the rusted chain-link perimeter of the abandoned fairgrounds, waiting for the blast of steam and guttural earthly moan to escape from the fractured soil, signifying that it was clear to enter the area. | © 2024 by Richard Thomas. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    "Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins + "What's in a Name" by Matthew Hughes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 19:29


    This month's Lightspeed Fantasy Short Shots episode features "Mud Maidens Rise" by K.A. Wiggins (© 2024 by K.A. Wiggins), narrated by Nan McNamara and "What's in a Name" by Matthew Hughes (© 2024 by Matthew Hughes), narrated by Arthur Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Carrie Vaughn | Between Above and Below

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 32:25


    Next war, the angel decided, he was going to sit out. Before the dust settled, before hosts rose and fell depending on their actions and inclinations, he fled. Cowardice, maybe. More like pragmatism, he rationalized. | © 2024 by Carrie Vaughn. Narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko | The Heist for the Soul of Humanity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 84:27


    The simulation blossomed around Nadja Gavrić like a hypercube unpacking itself into three dimensions. | © 2024 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko. Narrated by Susan Hanfield, with Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Vanessa Fogg | The Red Queen's Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 23:26


    Anything can be bought or sold at the Night Market. A dozen hummingbird tongues curled like tiny snails, basted in honey and chili oil and served on a silver tray. A mermaid's song, caught in an antique bottle of smoked glass. | © 2024 by Vanessa Fogg. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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