StarShipSofa
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StarShipSofa 777 Carrie Finch
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carrie Finch is a writer in San Francisco, California. Her published fiction includes fantasy, science fiction, and horror. She has two cats, who take...
StarShipSofa 776 Sandra McDonald
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Starpoop"Sandra McDonald is an avid writer, reader, foster mom, and cat wrangler. A military veteran and veteran teacher, she...
StarShipSofa 775 Caren Gussoff Sumption
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caren Gussoff Sumption lives in a nest of books, knitting, and rescue cats, south of Seattle, WA. The author of 6 books (most recently, her postcoloni...
StarShipSofa 776 Sandra McDonald
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra McDonald is an avid writer, reader, foster mom, and cat wrangler. A military veteran and veteran teacher, she is the author of several books an...
StarShipSofa 775 Lori Selke
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
By day, Lori Selke is an ESL instructor (and stealth adjunct composition instructor) who lives in Oakland, California. But beneath that wholesome...
StarShipSofa 774 Caren Gussoff Sumption
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caren Gussoff Sumption lives in a nest of books, knitting, and rescue cats, south of Seattle, WA. The author of six books (most recently, her postcolo...
StarShipSofa 773 K. Ceres Wright
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
K. Ceres Wright received her master’s degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and her published cyberpunk novel, Cog,...
StarShipSofa 772 Jeremy Szal
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Stars in a Grave, Stars in a Skull"Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He writes e...
StarShipSofa 771 Alethea Kontis
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story originally appeared in Wild & Wishful, Dark & Dreaming: The Worlds of Alethea Kontis (2016).Alethea Kontis is an actress, storm cha...
StarShipSofa 770 Jeffrey Thomas
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story originally appeared in Punktown (2000).Jeffrey Thomas’s books include Punktown, Deadstock, Blue War, The American, and The Unnamed Countr...
StarShipSofa 769 Owen Kerr
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Owen Kerr has been a writer, freelance editor, and indie game designer since 1999, but don't tell his mom; she thinks he's selling feet pix on MostlyP...
StarShipSofa 768 Rudy Vener
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudy Vener's stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, StarshipSofa, Sally Port Magazine, and The Beast Hunt Anthology Vol 1. He has won Con...
StarShipSofa 767 Kelsey Hutton
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelsey Hutton is a Métis author from Treaty 1 territory and the homeland of the Métis Nation, also known as Winnipeg, Canada. Kelsey was born in an ...
StarShipSofa 766 Jay Caselberg
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Caselberg is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared around the world and been translated into several languages. He currently resid...
StarShipSofa 764 K. A. Teryna
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
K. A. Teryna is an award-winning author and illustrator. She was born in two places at once, one of which is beyond the Arctic Circle. Her fiction has...
AD Free StarShipSofa 764 Richard Dansky
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MThe author of eight novels and two short story collections, Richard Dansky is widely regarded as a leading expert on video game narrative and writing...
StarShipSofa 763 Robert Guffrey
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Guffey is a lecturer in the Department of English at California State University – Long Beach. His books include The Expectant Mother Disinfo...
StarShipSofa 762 Gustavo Bondini
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gustavo Bondoni is a novelist and short story writer with over five hundred stories published in fifteen countries, in seven languages. He has publish...
StarShipSofa 761 Marie Vibbert
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hugo- and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared over 90 times in top magazines like Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld, a...
StarShipSofa 760 Libby Cudmore
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Libby Cudmore is the author of The Big Rewind (William Morrow 2016) and Negative Girl (Datura 2024) as well as the Wade & Jacks series in Ellery Q...
StarShipSofa 759 Alex Shvartsman
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Shvartsman (Brooklyn, NY) is the author of Kakistocracy (2023), The Middling Affliction (2022), and Eridani’s Crown (2019) fantasy novels. Over...
StarShipSofa 758 Pedro Iniguez
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pedro Iniguez is a Mexican-American Bram Stoker, Elgin, and Rhysling Award-nominated horror and science-fiction writer from Los Angeles, California. H...
StarShipSofa 757 Maggie Slater
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Slater’s (she/her) speculative fiction has appeared in Apex Magazine, Metaphorosis, and Redivider, among other venues. She lives in an 1800s ...
StarShipSofa 756 Tina Connolly
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Connolly writes fantastical stories for kids, teens, and grown-ups. Some of them are serious and some of them involve flying bananas. Her books i...
StarShipSofa 755 Akis Linardos
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Akis Linardos is a writer of bizarre things, a biomedical AI scientist, and maybe human. He’s also a Greek that hops across countries as his career ...
StarShipSofa 754 Bogi Takács
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bogi's bios can be found scattered all over the internet. In the spirit of cooperation demonstrated in the story, Bogi would like to ask you...
StarShipSofa 753 Sarah Day & Tim Pratt
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Day writes horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Her debut dark fantasy novella Greyhowler is available from Underland Press (https://...
StarShipSofa 752 e rathke
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Ganymede Blues" by e rathkee rathke writes about books and games at radicaledward.substack.com. A finalist for the Baen Fantasy Adv...
StarShipSofa 751 Guido Eekhaut
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guido Eekhaut is a European writer of weird, speculative fiction, crime and literary fantasy, residing in Spain and Belgium; Dutch-, English and Frenc...
StarShipSofa 750 Eris Young
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eris Young is a transgender writer of speculative fiction. Their work has appeared in publications including Escape Pod, GigaNotoSaurus, Small Wonders...
StarShipSofa 749 Selena Chambers
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Şehrazatın Diyoraması Tour"Selena Chambers is the author of Babes in Toyland’s Fontanelle for Bloomsbury Academic’s 33 1/3 s...
StarShipSofa 748 Jeremy Tolbert
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Godfall's Chemsong"Jeremiah Tolbert is a web designer and writer living in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and son.He writes science...
StarShipSofa 747 Donyae Coles
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "When Dessa Danced"Donyae Coles is the author of Midnight Rooms, has a variety of puffy princess dresses and one cat but she wants more ...
StarShipSofa 746 Antony Paschos
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Antony Paschos is a Greek author with short stories in Interzone, Galaxy’s Edge, ZNB Presents, Giganotosaurus, James Gunn’s Ad Astra, and oth...
StarShipSofa 745 John Kessel
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" by John KesselBorn in Buffalo, NY, novelist and story writer John Kessel is emeritus professor of l...
StarShipSofa No 744 Rhiannon Rasmussen
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Spintered/Splintering" by Rhiannon RasmussenRhiannon Rasmussen is an author and illustrator of dark speculative works, not all of which...
StarShipSofa No 743 Marie Vibbert
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Quirks" by Marie VibbertHugo and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared in top magazines such as Nature, ...
StarShipSofa No 742 Jay Caselberg
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Caselberg is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared in multiple venues worldwide and been translated into several languages. From t...
StarShipSofa No 741 Matthew Kressel
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Movie Night" by Matthew KresselMatthew Kressel's many works of short fiction have or will soon appear in Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, ...
StarShipSofa No 740 Brian Trent
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 appea...
StarShipSofa No 739 Edward M. Lerner
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
StarShipSofa No 378 Angela Slatter
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
StarShipSofa No 737 Benjamin Blattberg
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Strata" by Benjamin BlattbergBenjamin Blattberg is a software developer, improviser, and writer currently living in Austin, TX, as long...
StarShipSofa No 736 Adam Troy-Castro
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Blood Relations" by Adam Troy-CastroSofanauts: Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple...
StarShipSofa No 735 Carrie Vaughn
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Bravest of Us Touched the Sky" by Carrie VaughnCarrie Vaughn's work includes the Philip K. Dick Award winning novel Bannerless, the...
StarShipSofa No 734 Molly Tanzer
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sofanauts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sofanauts/id1740911381Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMqcj...
StarShipSofa 733 Gregory Feeley
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Sofanauts:Apple: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OK9R9yAKasMq...
StarShipSofa 732 Chris Balliet
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just search in your favourite podcast app for us!Apple Podcasts: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65fa92b91c46ed0017ea13a2Spotify Podcasts: https:...
The Sofanauts Special
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join The Sofanuts each week;Just search in your favourite podcast app for us! Or click links below.Apple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsCut and paste this to...
StarShipSofa 731 Edward M. Lerner
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the new Sofanauts:Just search in your favourite podcast app for us!Apple PodcastsSpotify PodcastsMain fiction: "Nothing to Lose" by Edward M...
StarShipSofa 730 Paul Jessup
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Glorious Tunnels of our Gravitydragons" by Paul JessupPaul Jessup is a best selling video game designer, and award winning writer. ...
StarShipSofa 729 Eric Del Carlo
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Stone by Stone" by Eric Del CarloEric Del Carlo's fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Strange Horizons, and other venues. "Stone by Stone...
StarShipSofa 728 Neil Willcox
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Conscript Sally" by Neil WillcoxNeil Willcox lives in south east England where he has (briefly) studied space science, picked fruit, tu...
StarshipSofa 727 Richard Kadrey
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Trembling Blue Stars" by Richard KadreyRichard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir se...
StarShipSofa 726 Rudy Vener
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Dwindling" by Rudy VenerRudy Vener is a retired software engineer and the author of several stories that have appeared in Sci-Fi Shorts...
StarShipSofa 725 Avra Margariti
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Side Effects May Vary" by Avra MargaritiAvra Margariti is a queer author, Greek sea monster, and Rhysling-nominated poet with a fondnes...
StarShipSofa 724 Mark Kenneth Hoover
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Rubber Monkeys" by Mark Kenneth HooverKenneth Mark Hoover's fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless ...
StarShipSofa 723 Michael Canfield
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Landing Day" by Michael CanfieldMichael Canfield has published more than thirty short stories, appearing in Alfred Hitchcock’s Myster...
StarShipSofa 722 Rick Novy
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Throwing a Haymaker" by Rick NovyRick Novy is an engineer, writer, and musician. In his free time, he enjoys working out, playing guita...
StarShipSofa 721 Alethea Kontis
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Sassi's Last Ride" by Alethea KontisAlethea Kontis is a storm chaser, adventurer, and New York Times bestselling author of over 20 book...
StarShipSofa 720 Dominica Phetteplace
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Nice For What?" by Dominica PhetteplaceDominica Phetteplace writes fiction and poetry. Her work has appeared in Ecotone, Copper Nickel,...
StarShipSofa 719 Jay O'Connell
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Other People's Things" by Jay O'ConnellJay O’Connell is a graduate of Syracuse University, Clarion West, Launchpad, and the school of...
StarShipSofa 718 Lincoln Michel
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Red Oil" by Lincoln MichelBio: Lincoln Michel's debut novel, The Body Scout (Orbit), was named one of the ten best SFF books of 2021 by...
Message from the Captain - My Health
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My HealthLittle update on myselfTreat me to a coffee as I won’t be doing much physically for a while: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tonycsmithSu...
StarShipSofa 717 Karl El-Koura
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Karl El-Koura lives with his family in Canada's capital city and works a regular job by day while writing fiction at night. This is his second appeara...
StarShipSofa 716 Tara Campbell
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Orb" by Tara CampbellWith a BA in English, an MA in German, and an MFA in Creative Writing, Tara Campbell has a demonstrated aversi...
StarShipSofa 715 Christopher Rowe
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "The Unveiling" by Christopher RoweChristopher Rowe's stories have been printed, reprinted, and translated around the world and he has b...
StarShipSofa 714 William Meikle
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
William Meikle is a Scottish writer, now living in Canada, with over thirty novels published in the genre press and more than 300 short story credits ...
StarShipSofa 713 Jeff Somers
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "I am the Grass" by Jeff SomersJeff Somers (www.jeffreysomers.com) began writing by court order as an attempt to steer his creative impu...
StarShipSofa 712 Laird Barron
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Big Whimper" by Laird BarronLaird Barron, an expat Alaskan, is the author of several books, including The Imago Sequence and Other ...
StarShipSofa 711 Ander Monson
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "In a Structure Simulating an Owl" by Ander MonsonAnder Monson is the author of eight books, including the forthcoming I Will Take ...
StarShipSofa 710 Terry Bisson
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Charlie's Angels" by Terry BissonTerry Bisson is a science fiction writer and editor. Currently he is the series editor for PM’s Outs...
StarShipSofa 709 Gregory Norman Bossert
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "With Frank and Lucinda Brewer at the East Pole" by Gregory Norman BossertGregory Norman Bossert is an author and filmmaker based just o...
StarShipSofa 708 Steve Rasnic Tem
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Rasnic Tem is a past winner of the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. His novel Ubo (Solaris Books), a finalist for the Bra...
StarShipSofa 707 Molly Tanzer
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Tanzer is the award-winning author of five novels, two collections, and many works of short fiction. She lives outside of Boulder, CO with ...
StarShipSofa 706 Eleanor Arnason
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Mines" by Eleanor ArnasonEleanor Arnason published her first story in 1973. She is one of the flood of women writers who came into SF d...
StarShipSofa 705 David McGillveray
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Planet of Sarah" by David McGillverayDavid McGillveray was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but now lives and works in London. His fiction h...
StarShipSofa 704 Ramez Yoakeim
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Rockhoppers" by Ramez YoakeimA one-time engineer and educator, Ramez Yoakeim’s work favors the darker side of speculative fictio...
StarShipSofa 703 José Pablo Iriarte
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, #40.José Pablo Iriarte is a Cuban-American writer, high school math teacher, and parent of two. T...
What Is Happening To StarShipSofa in 2023
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What Is Happening To StarShipSofa in 2023Hey up,Just wanted to wish you all have MASSIVE and amazing Happy New Year for 2023. It truly means a lot to ...
StarShip Sofa 702 Rhiannon Rasmussen
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "An Elegy for the Bucephalus" by Rhiannon RasmussenThis story originally appeared in Unlikely Wonders (Robot Dinosaur Press, 2022).Illus...
StarShipSofa No 701 Gerri Leen
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Hunt" by Gerri LeenGerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. In addition to being an avid reader, sh...
StarShipSofa No 700 Matthew Sanborn Smith
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "That Feeling You're Feeling" by Matthew Sanborn SmithMatthew Sanborn Smith was born and raised in New England and has spent so many yea...
StarShipSofa No 699 Peter Adrian Behravesh
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Moon and Mahasti" by Peter Adrian BehraveshPeter Adrian Behravesh is an Iranian-American musician, writer, editor, audio producer, ...
StarShipSofa No 698 Ekaterina Sedia
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Whale Meat" by Ekaterina SediaEkaterina Sedia resides in the Pinelands of New Jersey. Her critically-acclaimed and ...
StarShipSofa No 697 Naomi Kanakia
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Leader Principle" by Naomi KanakiaNaomi Kanakia is the author of YA novels (HarperTeen and Little, Brown), literary short stories (...
StarShipSofa No 696 Ian Creasy
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "After the Atrocity" by Ian CreasyIan Creasey lives in Yorkshire, England. Several of his stories have previously been podcasted at Star...
StarShipSofa No 695 Genevieve Williams
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Singing Bowl" by Genevieve WilliamsGenevieve Williams is a writer, librarian, and musician living in Seattle. Her short fiction has...
StarShipSofa No 694 Emily Taylor
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Walk in Darkness" by Emily TaylorEmily Taylor’s short fiction has appeared in such venues as Asimov's, Ecotone, and Terrain. Original...
StarShipSofa No 693 Lavie Tidhar
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Gubbinal" by Lavie TidharLavie Tidhar is author of Osama, The Violent Century, A Man Lies Dreaming, Central Station, Unholy Land, By Fo...
StarShipSofa No 692 Cara Hoffman
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Apiarist" by Cara HoffmanCara Hoffman is the author of three New York Times Editors' Choice Novels and a founding editor of The Ana...
StarShipSofa No 691 Maurice Broaddus
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Voice of the Martyrs" by Maurice BroaddusA community organizer, teacher, and Afrofuturist, Maurice Broaddus's short stories have appear...
StarShipSofa No 690 Jeffrey Ford
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Not Without Mercy" by Jeffrey FordThis story originally appeared in Conjunctions #67, Fall 2016Jeffrey Ford is the author of the novels...
StarShipSofa No 689 Zandra Renwick
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main fiction: "Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town" by Zandra RenwickThis story originally appeared in PULP Literature #32, 2021.Zandra...
StarShipSofa No 688 Chris R. Young
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Hellscraper" by Chris R. YoungThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Join Chris on a haphazard journey through his own head as he encou...
StarShipSofa No 687 Dominica Phetteplace
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Digital Witness" by Dominica PhetteplaceThis story originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, May/June 2020.Dominica Phettep...
StarShipSofa No 686 Misha Burnett
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "The Irregular" by Misha Burnett.This story first appeared in Pulp Modern, Vol 2, Issue 8, January 2022.Misha Burnett has little formal ...
StarShipSofa No 685 Karl El-Koura
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
StarShipSofa new editor: Nick MamatasMain Fiction: "The Undertow Jackpot" by Karl El-Koura.This story first appeared in Issue 3 (August 2016) of Compe...
StarShipSofa No 684 Nathan McCann
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Cobalt Blue" by Nathan McCann.This Story is original to StarShipSofa.Nathan McCann lives in California. His wife makes pottery in ...
StarShipSofa No 683 Paul Alex Gray
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Main Fiction: "Full Metal Grandma" by Paul Alex Gray.This story first appeared in Mythaxis in September, 2021.Paul Alex Gray writes linear and interac...