Author Archive

Main Fiction: “The Lizard and the Rat” by Andrew Dana Hudson This story is original to StarShipSofa. Andrew Dana Hudson is a speculative fiction writer and sustainability researcher. His stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Slate Future Tense, Terraform, MIT Technology Review, Little Blue Marble, and more, as well as numerous books and anthologies. He is a member of the 2020/21 class […]

Main Fiction: “Love in the Time of Disconnect” by Hayley Stone This story is original to StarShipSofa. Hayley Stone is an award-winning writer, editor, and poet from California. She has published short fiction in Apex Magazine and Fireside Fiction, and is the author of the weird western cult hit Make Me No Grave, most recently […]

Main Fiction: “The Message” by Michael D. Burnside This story is original to StarShipSofa. Michael D. Burnside is a graduate of Ohio University. By day, he earns a living as a systems analyst, helping customers figure out what they need from their software. His interests include gaming, science, computer technology, history, politics, and, of course, […]

Main Fiction: “The dataSultan of Streets and Stars” by Jeremy Szal This story first appeared in Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction (October 2018). Jeremy Szal was born in 1995 and was raised by wild dingoes, which should explain a lot. He spent his childhood exploring beaches, bookstores, and the limits of people’s patience. […]

Main Fiction: “Seven Letters” by Aimee Ogden This story is original to StarShipSofa. Aimee Ogden is a former science teacher and software tester; now she writes stories about sad astronauts and angry princesses. Her short fiction has also appeared in Analog, Fireside, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her novella Local Star is forthcoming from Interstellar Flight Press. […]