Tina Connolly writes fantastical stories for kids, teens, and grown-ups. Some of them are serious and some of them involve flying bananas. Her books include the Ironskin and Seriously Wicked series, the collection On the Eyeball Floor, and the official Choose Your Own Adventure book Glitterpony Farm. She has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. She also co-hosts Escape Pod, narrates stories, and runs the intermittent flash fiction podcast Toasted Cake. Find her at tinaconnolly.com.

This story originally appeared in Helix #9, 2008.

Narrated by: Tahereh Safavi

Tahereh Safavi is an improv kid and your biggest fan. She runs the Ubergroup, a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing low-cost fine arts education for adults. The Ubergroup offers university-level coursework, support, and networking for all writing-related art formats (including but not limited to: commercial and literary novels, stage and screen plays, short fiction, comics, nonfiction and academic, podcasts and webseries, picture books, poetry, IP writing, and some writing-adjacent arts such as acting and illustration) at a pace suitable for adults with full-time jobs and families. Check out theubergroup.org for more.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Akis Linardos is a writer of bizarre things, a biomedical AI scientist, and maybe human. He’s also a Greek that hops across countries as his career and exploration urges demand. Find his words at Apex, Strange Horizons, Uncharted, Heartlines Spec, and visit his lair for more: https://linktr.ee/akislinardos

This story originally appeared in The Colored Lens #49, Autumn 2023.

Narrated by: Doni Nicoll

Doni Nicoll-Duir (nickel-dar) is originally from the Western Slope of Colorado. He has lived in and out of Arizona his whole life and now finds himself settling down in Tucson, AZ. Doni works in the renewable energy sector as a design engineer and permitting specialist. When Doni isn’t working on saving the planet, one rooftop at a time, or trying to keep up with his teenage daughter, he can be found cooking, hiking or playing board games with his friends at one of the local breweries. This is his second narration for StarShipSofa.

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Bogi's bios can be found scattered all over the internet. In the spirit of cooperation demonstrated in the story, Bogi would like to ask you to take a few moments to engage in a tangible act of solidarity with people experiencing state violence and/or oppression: Palestinians, Ukrainians, Roma in Hungary and the world over, and more — the list is very long, but maybe together we can make it shorter and help each

other.

This story originally appeared in Life Beyond Us Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law, and Julia Novakova, eds.

Narrated by: Kaila Moles

Kaila Moles is a Pacific Northwest native who relocated to Tucson, AZ in 2019. She is a mother to one beautiful daughter and spends her days working with her patients who struggle with trauma. She is a psychotherapist who specializes in trauma, addictions and postpartum diagnoses. In her free time, she enjoys baking, dancing, and writing music and poetry. This is her third narration for StarShipSofa.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Stur

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Sarah Day writes horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Her debut dark fantasy novella Greyhowler is available from Underland Press (https://books2read.com/b/greyhowler). Find her on Bluesky (@sarahday.org) or subscribe to her newsletter (https://buttondown.com/sarahday).

Tim Pratt is the author of more than thirty novels, most recently multiverse/space opera adventure The Knife and the Serpent. He’s a Hugo Award winner for short fiction, and has been a finalist for Nebula, World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Philip K. Dick, Mythopoeic, Stoker, and other awards. He’s also a senior editor and occasional book reviewer for Locusmagazine. He posts a lot at Bluesky (@timpratt.org) and publishes a new story every month for patrons at www.patreon.com/timpratt

This story originally appeared in Overclocked Holmes, Cat Rambo & Jennifer Brozek, eds.

Narrated by: Rikki LaCoste

When Rikki LaCoste is not causing trouble with his social activism—or running a local food bank—or rockin' the stage with his musical projects in Toronto, Canada, Rikki narrates for various short story audio magazines such as Tales To Terrify, the No Sleep Podcast, Cast of Wonders, Pseudopod, and StarShipSofa of course, as well as lending his voice—and voice acting—to other projects and podcasts.

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Main fiction: "The Ganymede Blues" by e rathke

e rathke writes about books and games at radicaledward.substack.com. A finalist for the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award and recipient of the Diverse Worlds Grant, he is the author of Glossolalia, Howl, and the space opera series The Shattered Stars. His short fiction appears in Mysterion Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and elsewhere.

This story originally appeared in Luminescent Machinations: Queer Tales of Monumental Invention, Rhiannon Rasmussen & Dave Ring, eds.

Narrated by: Diane Severson Mori

Diane Severson Mori is a lyric soprano specializing in Early Music, specifically Baroque and medieval music and loves her work teaching people to sing. She has narrated for Escape Pod, PodCastle, Cast of Wonders, Pseudopod, and Tales to Terrify. Diane has been involved in the speculative poetry scene since 2010, she is membership chair of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and is a passionate promoter of genre poetry. The best place to find her is on the web because she tends to pick up and move to another country at the drop of a hat. She and her family currently reside in Buckinghamshire, England.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Guido Eekhaut is a European writer of weird, speculative fiction, crime and literary fantasy, residing in Spain and Belgium; Dutch-, English and French-speaking, published 70 books and 180 stories in several languages, awards and nominations mostly for crime writing, no cat (likes cats, does not have one, but has a lot of books).

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Narrated by: Will Stagl

Will Stagl lives in his adopted home of Tucson Arizona where he is a creative professional by day and proudly recruits talented voice actors for StarShipSofa whenever duty calls. He shares a birthday with Mark Twain, Billy Idol and Winston Churchill, who will all be raising a pint together at the end of this month in celebration.

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Eris Young is a transgender writer of speculative fiction. Their work has appeared in publications including Escape Pod, GigaNotoSaurus, Small Wonders, and the Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories anthology from Flame Tree Press. Their novel-in-progress, Idomeneja, was longlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize. They are fiction editor at Scotland's science fiction magazine, Shoreline of Infinity, which won a 2024 British Fantasy Award for Best Periodical.

This story is original to StarShipSofa.

Narrated by: Katra Ariello

Katra Ariello is a 35 year old Italian-American trans woman, voice actress and audiobook narrator based in New Jersey. She debuted in February 2022 as the audiobook narrator for Manhunt by horror novelist Gretchen Felker-Martin, and she was also the narrator for Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane. Additionally, she recently launched her own independent audiobook production company called Golden Apple Audio to help fund and produce audiobooks for queer and trans authors who otherwise cannot afford to have audiobooks made.

Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis

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Main fiction: "The Şehrazatın Diyoraması Tour"

Selena Chambers is the author of Babes in Toyland’s Fontanelle for Bloomsbury Academic’s 33 1/3 series, and the Weird short story collection Calls for Submission from Pelekinesis. Her writing has been translated in five countries, as well as published in the U.K. and Australia. Nominations include: the Pushcart, the Colorado Book Award, the Best of the Net, as well as the Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award (twice). For more info, check out: www.SelenaChambers.com.

This story originally appeared in Steampunk World, Sarah Hans, ed. (2014).

Narrated by: Christina M. Rau

Christina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, & Create workshops for various organizations in person and online. Her collections include How We Make Amends, What We Do To Make Us Whole, and the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Astronauts. She moderates the Women’s Poetry Listserv and has served as Poet in Residence for Oceanside Library (NY) since 2020. Her poetry airs on Destinies radio show (WUSB) and appears in various literary journals like fillingStation and The Disappointed Housewife while her prose has appeared in Punk Monk Magazine and Reader’s Digest. During her downtime, she watches the Game Show Network.

http://www.christinamrau.com

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