<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This story originally appeared in &lt;em&gt;Punktown &lt;/em&gt;(2000).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeffrey Thomas’s books include &lt;em&gt;Punktown&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Deadstock&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Blue War&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;The American&lt;/em&gt;, and T&lt;em&gt;he Unnamed Country&lt;/em&gt;. He has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and John W. Campbell Award, and his stories have been reprinted in &lt;em&gt;The Year’s Best Horror Stories &lt;/em&gt;2022, T&lt;em&gt;he Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #14 &lt;/em&gt;(editors, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), and &lt;em&gt;Year’s Best Weird Fiction #1&lt;/em&gt; (editors, Laird Barron and Michael Kelly). Thomas lives in Massachusetts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Narration by: Christina Rau&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, &amp;amp; Create workshops for various organizations in person and online. Her collections include&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;How We Make Amends&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;What We Do To Make Us Whole&lt;/em&gt;, and the Elgin Award-winning&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Liberating The Astronauts&lt;/em&gt;. She moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv and has served as Poet in Residence for Oceanside Library (NY) since 2020. Her poetry airs on&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Destinies&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;radio show (WUSB) and appears in various literary journals like&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;FillingStation&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The Disappointed Housewife&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;while her prose has appeared in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Punk Monk Magazine&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Reader’s Digest&lt;/em&gt;. During her downtime, she watches the Game Show Network. http://www.christinamrau.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by &lt;a href="https://www.amyhsturgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Amy H Sturgis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support this show &lt;a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa"&gt;http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Main fiction: "Wakizashi" by Jeffrey Thomas

This story originally appeared in Punktown (2000).Jeffrey Thomas’s books include Punktown, Deadstock, Blue War, The American, and The Unnamed Country. He has been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and John W. Campbell Award, and his stories have been reprinted in The Year’s Best Horror Stories 2022, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #14 (editors, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), and Year’s Best Weird Fiction #1 (editors, Laird Barron and Michael Kelly). Thomas lives in Massachusetts.Narration by: Christina RauChristina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, &amp; Create workshops for various organizations in person and online. Her collections include&nbsp;How We Make Amends,&nbsp;What We Do To Make Us Whole, and the Elgin Award-winning&nbsp;Liberating The Astronauts. She moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv and has served as Poet in Residence for Oceanside Library (NY) since 2020. Her poetry airs on&nbsp;Destinies&nbsp;radio show (WUSB) and appears in various literary journals like&nbsp;FillingStation&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Disappointed Housewife&nbsp;while her prose has appeared in&nbsp;Punk Monk Magazine&nbsp;and&nbsp;Reader’s Digest. During her downtime, she watches the Game Show Network. http://www.christinamrau.comFact: Looking Back At Genre History by <a href="https://www.amyhsturgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amy H Sturgis</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa">http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

StarShipSofa 770 Jeffrey Thomas

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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 MostlyPans. His most recent projects include lore for an OSR setting, a full-bore post-apocalyptic fantasy game (Splintered Moon - PbtA), and his self-published fantasy novel, &lt;em&gt;Confessions of an Outlaw Locksmith&lt;/em&gt;. If you liked "Cycles," check out his LinkTree for more! https://linktr.ee/chantedevening&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Narration by: Owen Kerr&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Owen Kerr is also a voice actor and reader.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support this show &lt;a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa"&gt;http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Main fiction: "Cycles" by Owen Kerr

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 MostlyPans. His most recent projects include lore for an OSR setting, a full-bore post-apocalyptic fantasy game (Splintered Moon - PbtA), and his self-published fantasy novel, Confessions of an Outlaw Locksmith. If you liked "Cycles," check out his LinkTree for more! https://linktr.ee/chantedeveningNarration by: Owen KerrOwen Kerr is also a voice actor and reader.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa">http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

StarShipSofa 769 Owen Kerr

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rudy Vener's stories have appeared in &lt;em&gt;The Saturday Evening Post&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;StarshipSofa&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Sally Port Magazine&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Beast Hunt Anthology&lt;/em&gt; Vol 1. He has won Connecticut's Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children's Literature, and been a finalist in the Jim Baem Memorial Short Story Award. Rudy is a retired software engineer, former online pizza marketing entrepreneur, and cheese lover. He lives with his family and two cats in North Haven, Connecticut where he is hard at work on more short stories and novels. Readers can visit him at www.rudyvener.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This story is original to StarShipSofa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Narration by: Anthony Babington&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some say Anthony Babington is a myth to frighten small children. Others say he is a government experiment gone horribly right. Both are correct, and both are wrong. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota, he narrates podcasts, voice-acts, and leases his soul to corporate America. Find him on Bluesky and Mastodon as @AlephBaker.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fact&lt;/strong&gt;: Looking Back At Genre History by &lt;a href="https://www.amyhsturgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Amy H Sturgis&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support this show &lt;a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa"&gt;http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Main fiction: "Quad Cops" by Rudy Vener

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 Connecticut's Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children's Literature, and been a finalist in the Jim Baem Memorial Short Story Award. Rudy is a retired software engineer, former online pizza marketing entrepreneur, and cheese lover. He lives with his family and two cats in North Haven, Connecticut where he is hard at work on more short stories and novels. Readers can visit him at www.rudyvener.comThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Narration by: Anthony BabingtonSome say Anthony Babington is a myth to frighten small children. Others say he is a government experiment gone horribly right. Both are correct, and both are wrong. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota, he narrates podcasts, voice-acts, and leases his soul to corporate America. Find him on Bluesky and Mastodon as @AlephBaker.Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by <a href="https://www.amyhsturgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amy H Sturgis&nbsp;</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa">http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

StarShipSofa 768 Rudy Vener

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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 even snowier city than she lives in now (“up north,” as they say in Winnipeg). She also used to live in Brazil as a kid. Her work has appeared in &lt;em&gt;Analog Science Fiction &amp;amp; Fact&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Beneath Ceaseless Skies&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Augur Magazine&lt;/em&gt; and others. When she’s not beading or cooking, you can find her at KelseyHutton.com, on Instagram at @KelseyHuttonAuthor, or on Twitter/X at @KelHuttonAuthor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This story originally appeared in &lt;em&gt;Analog Science Fiction &amp;amp; Fact, &lt;/em&gt;Jan/Feb 2024.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Narration by: Christina M. Rau&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, &amp;amp; Create workshops for various organizations in person and online. Her collections include How We Make Amends, What We Do To Make Us Whole, and the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Astronauts. She moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv and has served as Poet in Residence for Oceanside Library (NY) since 2020. Her poetry airs on Destinies radio show (WUSB) and appears in various literary journals like fillingStation and The Disappointed Housewife while her prose has appeared in &lt;em&gt;Punk Monk Magazine &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Reader’s Digest&lt;/em&gt;. During her downtime, she watches the Game Show Network. http://www.christinamrau.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support this show &lt;a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa"&gt;http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Main fiction: "From the River to the Moon" by Kelsey Hutton

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 even snowier city than she lives in now (“up north,” as they say in Winnipeg). She also used to live in Brazil as a kid. Her work has appeared in Analog Science Fiction &amp; Fact, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Augur Magazine and others. When she’s not beading or cooking, you can find her at KelseyHutton.com, on Instagram at @KelseyHuttonAuthor, or on Twitter/X at @KelHuttonAuthor.This story originally appeared in Analog Science Fiction &amp; Fact, Jan/Feb 2024.Narration by: Christina M. RauChristina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, &amp; Create workshops for various organizations in person and online. Her collections include How We Make Amends, What We Do To Make Us Whole, and the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Astronauts. She moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv and has served as Poet in Residence for Oceanside Library (NY) since 2020. Her poetry airs on Destinies radio show (WUSB) and appears in various literary journals like fillingStation and The Disappointed Housewife while her prose has appeared in Punk Monk Magazine and Reader’s Digest. During her downtime, she watches the Game Show Network. http://www.christinamrau.comSupport this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa">http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

StarShipSofa 767 Kelsey Hutton

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jay Caselberg&lt;/strong&gt; is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared around the world and been translated into several languages. He currently resides in Germany and can be found at Caselberg.net.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This story originally appeared in &lt;em&gt;Borderlands&lt;/em&gt; (Australia), January 2006.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Narrated by Randal L. Schwartz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Randal L. Schwartz is best well known for his seminal books on the Perl programming language that helped make the world wide web possible and popular. He produced a weekly audio and video podcast on open source software, but has given that up after 13 years to get those five hours per week back again. Between the podcast, and bouncing all over the world teaching programming and speaking at conferences, he’s no stranger to the limelight. He enjoys pulling out his gear to record yet another narration, and likens it to “getting to read bedtime stories to the kids I never had”, and looks forward to future assignments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by &lt;a href="https://www.amyhsturgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Amy H Sturgis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support this show &lt;a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa"&gt;http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Main fiction: "The Subtle Hand of God" by Jay Caselberg

Jay Caselberg is an Australian author and poet whose work has appeared around the world and been translated into several languages. He currently resides in Germany and can be found at Caselberg.net.This story originally appeared in Borderlands (Australia), January 2006.Narrated by Randal L. SchwartzRandal L. Schwartz is best well known for his seminal books on the Perl programming language that helped make the world wide web possible and popular. He produced a weekly audio and video podcast on open source software, but has given that up after 13 years to get those five hours per week back again. Between the podcast, and bouncing all over the world teaching programming and speaking at conferences, he’s no stranger to the limelight. He enjoys pulling out his gear to record yet another narration, and likens it to “getting to read bedtime stories to the kids I never had”, and looks forward to future assignmentsFact: Looking Back At Genre History by <a href="https://www.amyhsturgis.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amy H Sturgis</a>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa">http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa</a>.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

StarShipSofa 766 Jay Caselberg

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