Podcast

Main Fiction: “Permanent Residency” by Filip Wiltgren By day, Filip Wiltgren is a mild-mannered communication officer and lecturer. By night, he turns into a frenzied ten-fingered typist, clawing out jagged stories of fantasy and science fiction, found in lairs such as Analog, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Grimdark, Daily SF, and Nature Futures. He can be found […]

Main Fiction: “Color of the Flame” by Stephen Case This story originally appeared in Mythic (March 1, 2017). Stephen Case is a historian of astronomy and author living and lecturing in the prairies south of Chicago. His work has appeared most recently in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, and Intergalactic Medicine Show. His debut novel, First Fleet, is Lovecraftian horror […]

Main Fiction: “Retrieval Attempt” by Matt Hornsby This story is original to StarShipSofa. Matt Hornsby lives in Ireland and works in public policy, after previous stints as a scrap metal dealer and as an English teacher in Japan. His other published work can be found in Metaphorosis and Electric Spec, and you can follow him […]

Main Fiction: “The Alien Agent” by James Edward O’Brien This story is original to StarShipSofa. James Edward O’Brien grew up in northern New Jersey where he graduated from Dungeons & Dragons to punk rock to modernist lit and weird fiction. His short stories and poetry have appeared in InterGalactic Medicine Show, The Literary Hatchet, and the Triangulation: Dark Skies anthology. […]

Main Fiction: “Deep Water” by Steven Fischer Steve is a resident physician in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. When he’s not too busy cracking open a textbook (or a patient’s thorax) you can find him exploring the Cascades by bike, boat, or boot. His work has appeared in F&SF, Diabolical Plots, and Grimdark […]