Our third piece of audio fiction for June is “Free-Fall” written by Graham Templeton and read by Kate Baker.

 

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Our second piece of audio fiction for June is “This is Why We Jump” written by Jacob Clifton and read by Kate Baker.

 

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Leo Aoki awoke with a shudder in the cold green bubble of the ship, nauseated and convinced that he was suffocating. He shoved his way out of the sleep spindle, found his balance, ran his hands through his sweaty hair, checked his bones: all unbroken. Well, then. There was a snaking black tube cuffed to [...]

Our first piece of audio fiction for June is “The Urashima Effect” written by E. Lily Yu and read by Kate Baker.

 

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When he will be gentled, I call him little starfish.
I can curl myself around him like an ammonite, and call him little names, and he will smile. Arms and legs getting bigger every day. A little starfish, crowding me out. It is my name for him, but only when he will be gentled can I [...]

Our elevator has stalled some thirty kilometers above the surface of the Earth, and my first thought is not heroic: I need to start fasting, lean up these haunches in preparation for the Donner decision trees that most likely lie ahead. There’s food for a month below the floorboards, but thirty kilometers? Looking at my [...]

Izrael Irizarry stepped through a bright-scarred airlock onto Kadath Station, lurching a little as he adjusted to station gravity. On his shoulder, Mongoose extended her neck, her barbels flaring, flicked her tongue out to taste the air, and colored a question. Another few steps, and he smelled what Mongoose smelled, the sharp stink of toves, [...]

I guess this is the end. I’m in no condition to attempt the climb down, and in any case I’m running out of air. The nearest emergency shelter is only five klicks away, but it might as well be on the far side of this little moon. I’m not expecting any kind of last-minute rescue, [...]

Our fifth piece of audio fiction for May is “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled . . .” written by Michael Swanwick and read by Kate Baker.

 

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Our fourth piece of audio fiction for May is “The Banquet of the Lords of Night” written by Liz Williams and read by Kate Baker.

 

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