Main fiction: “Movie Night” by Matthew Kressel
Matthew Kressel’s many works of short fiction have or will soon appear in Asimov’s, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Tor.com/Reactor, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in many other publications and Year’s Best anthologies. His far-future novel Space Trucker Jess (Fairwood Press) is scheduled for late 2025. And his Mars-based science fiction novella The Rainseekers (Tordotcom) will appear in early 2026. Alongside Ellen Datlow, he runs the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in Manhattan. And he is the creator of the Moksha submissions system, used by many of the largest fiction publishers today. Find more at his website: matthewkressel.net.
This story is original to StarShipSofa.
Narrated by: Will Stagl
Will Stagl lives in his adopted home of Tucson Arizona where he is a creative professional by day and proudly recruits talented voice actors for Starship Sofa whenever duty calls. He dedicates the narration of this story to the loving memory of his Mother, Nancy Stagl
Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis
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