Pandemic special number one! I'm cooped up in my cabin so I'm going to release a bunch of my own stories, read by myself. This one first appeared in Fireside Fiction in 2016. It's a response to nihilism and misanthropy, but mostly it's about ho

Episode 6 - Pelecanimimus and the Battle for Mosquito Ridge, by Izzy Wasserstein

Feb 19th, 2020 59m 12s

Episode NotesAbout the author: Izzy Wasserstein was born and raised in Kansas. She teaches writing and literature, writes poetry and fiction, and shares a house with a variety of animal companions and the writer Nora E. Derrington. She likes

Episode 5 - Ogres of East Africa by Sofia Samatar

Jan 21st, 2020 1h

Episode NotesAbout the author: Sofia Samatar is the author of the novels A Stranger in Olondria and The Winged Histories, the short story collection, Tender, and Monster Portraits, a collaboration with her brother, the artist Del Samatar. Her

Episode 4 - The Great Armored Train by Nick Mamatas

Oct 24th, 2019 1h 1m

Episode NotesThis story appeared in Nick Mamatas's collection The People's Republic of Everything, published in 2018 by Tachyon Publications.About the author: Nick Mamatas is the author of seven novels, including Love is the Law, I Am Provi

Episode 3 - Alien Love Disaster Virus, by Abbey Mei Otis

Sep 16th, 2019 1h 9m

Episode NotesThis story appeared in the short story collection Alien Love Disaster Virus Stories, published by Small Beer Press.About the author: Abbey Mei Otis is a writer, a teaching artist, a storyteller and a firestarter raised in the w

Episode 2 - The House of Surrender, by Laurie Penny

Aug 16th, 2019 1h 2m

Episode NotesThis story first appeared in der Freitag in 2015.About the author: Laurie Penny is an award-winning author, journalist, screenwriter, essayist, public speaker and activist*. She has written six books, including Bitch Doctrine (

Episode 1 - When the Rains Come Back, by Cadwell Turnbull

Jul 15th, 2019 1h 1m

Episode NotesThis story first appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction in 2018.Since this interview was recorded, Cadwell's debut novel The Lesson was released.About the author: Cadwell Turnbull is a graduate from the North Carolina State Uni