Main Fiction: “Unrefined” by Martin L. Shoemaker Originally appeared in Writers of the Future #31 Martin L. Shoemaker is a programmer who writes on the side… or maybe it’s the other way around. Programming pays the bills, but a second place story in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest earned him lunch with Buzz […]
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StarShipSofa No 458 T. R. Napper
Main Fiction: “An Advanced Guide to Successful Price-Fixing in Extraterrestrial Betting Markets” by T. R. Napper Originally appeared in Interzone #256 T R Napper’s short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Interzone (several issues), Grimdark Magazine, and several others. He is a Writers of the Future winner and been nominated for the Ditmar Awards. T […]
StarShipSofa No 457 Shane Halbach
“Main Fiction: The Story of Daro and the Arbolita” by Shane Halbach Originally appeared in Analog Shane Halbach lives in Chicago with his wife and three kids, where he writes software by day and avoids writing stories by night. His fiction has appeared in Analog, Escape Pod, The Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction, and […]
StarShipSofa No 456 Gregory Norman Bossert
Tony’s YouTube Channel Art done by Brian Matyas “Main Fiction: Two Things About Thrand Zandy’s TechnoThèque” by Gregory Norman Bossert Originally appeared in Unlikely Story With the turning of the 21rst century I decided that twenty years of writing computer software was enough. By 2003 I had landed a job as a motion […]
StarShipSofa No 455 Adam Rakunas
Fact: Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H. Sturgis Main Fiction: “Oh Give Me A Home” by Adam Rakunas Originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July-August 2013 Adam Rakunas is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated WINDSWEPT and the forthcoming LIKE A BOSS. His short fiction has appeared […]