Podcast

Main Fiction: “Top Tier” by Harold R. Thompson This story is original to StarShipSofa. Harold R. Thompson has written non-fiction and short science fiction and fantasy for a variety of print and online magazines. He is also the author of the “Empire and Honor” series of historical adventure novels, which include Dudley’s Fusiliers, Guns of Sevastopol, and Sword […]

Main Fiction: “The Face of Heaven” by David Kavanaugh This story first appeared in Allegory (September 2014). Dave Kavanaugh’s short fiction has appeared in Nature, Andromeda Spaceways, and StoryShop. His fantasy novel Age of Omicron was released by Fiction Vortex Press in 2018. You can find him on Twitter at @DaveFiction or read more at […]

Main Fiction: “Captured Carbon” by Geoffrey W. Cole This story first appeared in Cli-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change (Exile, 2017). Geoffrey W. Cole’s award-winning short fiction has appeared in such publications as Reckoning, Clarkesworld, EscapePod, New Worlds, and Imaginarium 2012: The Year’s Best Canadian Speculative Writing. His stories have been translated into Catalan, French, […]

Main Fiction: “The Ice Queen of Europa” by Russell Hemmel This story first appeared in The Martian Wave on April 30, 2019 Russell Hemmell is a French-Italian transplant in Scotland after several years of East Asia, passionate about astrophysics, history, and Japanese manga. Winner of the Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Writing. Recent work […]

Main Fiction: “Ice in the Dark” by Joachim Heijndermans This story first appeared in Nebula Rift in 2016. Joachim Heijndermans writes, draws, and paints nearly every waking hour. Originally from the Netherlands, he’s been all over the world, boring people by spouting random trivia about toys, comics and film. A graduate of the Kubert School […]