LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

This episode features "Hungry Like The" by E. Catherine Tobler (©2026 by E. Catherine Tobler) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and "The Assumption of Maria" by Max Gladstone (©2026 by Max Gladstone) read by Stefan Rudnicki. "The Assumption of Maria" also appears in the forthcoming anthology Android in the Archives: Research, Creative Collaboration and our Speculative Futures from MIT Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "You, Me, Us" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (©2026 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Waru Waru" by Ruth Joffre (©2026 by Ruth Joffre) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Sharing of Some Familiar Song" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2026 by Adam-Troy Castro) and "Ash-Shūrā" by Beesan Odeh (©2026 by Beesan Odeh), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "I Cut Off a Monster's Arm. AITA?" by Marie Brennan (©2026 by Marie Brennan) and "The Overview Initiative" by David Marino (©2026 by David Marino), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Memeostasis" by (©2026 by Benjamin Rosenbaum) and "An Oral History of the Schooner Key Invasion" by Alex Irvine (©2026 by Alex Irvine), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Best of Intentions" by Mari Ness (©2026 by Mari Ness) and "Ghost in the Tank" by M.R. Robinson (©2026 by M.R. Robinson) , both read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Last Season of Your Life" by Christopher Barzak (©2026 by Christopher Barzak) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "The Test of Time" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (©2026 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Stars Look Away From This Vessel" by dave ring (©2026 by dave ring) and "Ten Unsent Letters to the Dark Lord" by Ada Hoffmann (©2026 by Ada Hoffmann), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Aerialist" by Yoon Ha Lee (©2026 by Yoon Ha Lee) read by Justine Eyre, and "The Star Where We Meet" by Sam W. Pisciotta (©2026 by Sam W. Pisciotta) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Knacker Man" by Scott Dalrymple (©2026 Scott Dalrymple) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Sarah's Laugh" by Melissa A Watkins (©2026 by Melissa A Watkins) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Time Management" by P.A. Cornell (©2026 by P.A. Cornell) read by Nan McNamara, and "Empathetic Psychosis" by Justin C. Key (©2026 by Justin C. Key) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Update on Rules for the Spatiotemporal Use of Campus Spaces" by Andrea Kriz (©2026 by Andrea Kriz) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "[Part 2] Six-Gun Vixen and the Machinist of Doom Valley" by Ashok K. Banker (©2026 by Ashok K. Banker) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Dad Died on Discord" by Andrew Dana Hudson (©2026 by Andrew Dana Hudson) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "[Part 1] Six-Gun Vixen and the Machinist of Doom Valley" by Ashok K. Banker (©2026 by Ashok K. Banker) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Hell Is Empty" by J.R. Dawson (©2026 by J.R. Dawson) read by Nan McNamara, and "Saint Zero of the Hollows and the Eagle Knight" by V.M. Ayala (©2026 by V.M. Ayala) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "When We Loved Giants" by Sara S. Messenger (©2026 by Sara S. Messenger ) read by Susan Hanfield, and "Terms of Enlightenment" by Patrick Hurley (©2026 by Patrick Hurley) read by Jack Turner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "An Encounter at the Dawn of the Time War" by JT Petty (2026 by JT Petty) read by Susan Hanfield, and + "Lotus Dew for the Emperor's Tea" by Vanessa Fogg (©2026 by Vanessa Fogg) read by Si Chen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Tide Folk" by Jennifer Hudak (©2026 by Jennifer Hudak) and "Espie Droger Dreams of War" by Matthew Kressel (©2026 by Matthew Kressel), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Eat, Prey, Love: A Modest Proposal for Ensuring Gender Equality Through Selective Dietary Practices; or, a Geriatric Millennial’s Guide to #GirlDinner" by Jilly Dreadful (© 2026 by Jilly Dreadful) read by Susan Hanfield, and "The Devourers Of War, or, An Excerpt From The Cookbook Of The Gods" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (©2026 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Warren's Tentacle" by Susan Palwick (©2026 by Susan Palwick) read by Paul Boehmer, and "A Handbook To Spirit-hunting" by Modupeoluwa Shelle (©2026 by Modupeoluwa Shelle) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Salt and the Cure" by Rukman Ragas (©2026 by Rukman Ragas) and "Sensor Ghosts" by Deborah L. Davitt (©2026 by Deborah L. Davitt), both read by Stefan Rudnicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Worldbuilder" by Phoenix Alexander (©2026 by Phoenix Alexander) read by Justine Eyre, and "Dream Destinations (From the Lost Traveler's Tour Guide)" by Alexander Weinstein (©2026 by Alexander Weinstein) read by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Six Sides of a Fairy Tale" by Audrey Zhou (©2026 by Audrey Zhou) read by Justine Eyre, and "Death Echoes Overlapping" by Megan Chee (©2026 by Megan Chee) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "A Brief Public Announcement" by Eli Brown (©2026 by Eli Brown) and "The Moving Finger" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2026 by Adam-Troy Castro) both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode "Academic Neutrality" by M.R. Robinson (©2026 by M.R. Robinson) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Hunter, Hunter" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (©2026 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Bots All The Way Down" by Effie Seiberg (©2026 by Effie Seiberg) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" by Marisca Pichette (©2026 by Marisca Pichette) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Choose Your Own Damnation" by Kehkashan Khalid (©2026 by Kehkashan Khalid ) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Mother's Hip" by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (©2026 by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Space Between Us" by P.A. Cornell (©2025 by P.A. Cornell) read by Justine Eyre and Stefan Rudnicki, and "Memories of the MindMine" by David Marino (©2025 by David Marino) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "HagioClass" by José Pablo Iriarte (©2025 by José Pablo Iriarte) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "The Hub Living Among the Stars" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (©2025 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Us, in Another Universe" by A.C. Wise (©2025 by A.C. Wise) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Crickets in Lost Light" by Jonathan Olfert (©2025 by Jonathan Olfert) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "You Always Told Her You'd Give Her the World" by Aimee Ogden (©2025 by Aimee Ogden) read by Mirron Willis, and "Reality Check" by Nancy Kress (©2025 by Nancy Kress) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Cold Burning Light of Her" by Sam W. Pisciotta (©2025 by Sam W. Pisciotta) read by Roxanne Hernandez, and "Operation: Grapevine" by Joel W.D. Buxton (©2025 by Joel W.D. Buxton) read by Scott Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Visible Damage" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (©2025 by Nina Kiriki Hoffman) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl" by Tina S. Zhu (©2025 by Tina S. Zhu) read by Si Chen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Beneath the Umdlebe Tree (Or: A Vegetable Love Story)" by Modupeoluwa Shelle (©2025 by Modupeoluwa Shelle) read by Mirron Willis, and "Elegy for Zephyr One" by Gene Doucette (©2025 by Gene Doucette) read by Stefan Rudnicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Primordium" by Erica Ruppert (©2025 by Erica Ruppert) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" by James L. Sutter (©2025 by James L. Sutter) read by Scott Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "How to Setup Your Mourning Robot" by Angela Liu (©2025 by Angela Liu) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "In the Zone" by Lisa M. Bradley (©2025 by Lisa M. Bradley) read by Roxanne Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Thaw" by An Owomoyela (©2025 by An Owomoyela) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Drosera regina" by A.L. Goldfuss (©2025 by A.L. Goldfuss) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Dating Fortune" by Sean McMullen (©2025 by Sean McMullen) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Everyone Hates the Auditor" by Megan Chee (©2025 by Megan Chee) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Porniest Porn in Porntown" by Stephen Graham Jones (©2025 by Stephen Graham Jones) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Dirge and Gleam" by Micah Dean Hicks (©2025 by Micah Dean Hicks) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "At the Bottom of the Bonfire" by Martin Cahill (©2025 by Martin Cahill) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "O Mechfighter, O Starsinger" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu (©2025 by Osahon Ize-Iyamu) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "City of One" by Stephen S. Power (©2025 by Stephen S. Power) and "Human Voices" by Isabel J. Kim (©2025 by Isabel J. Kim), both read by Stefan Rudnicki Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting" by Bogi Takács (©2025 by Bogi Takács) read by Janina Edwards, and "The Girlfriend Experience" by C.Z. Tacks (©2025 by C.Z. Tacks) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Place I Came To" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko (©2025 by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko ) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Apeiron" by Cadwell Turnbull (©2025 by Cadwell Turnbull) read by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Beginning Before and After The End" by Jake Stein (©2025 by Jake Stein) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Last Meal Aboard the Awassa" by Kel Coleman (©2025 by Kel Coleman) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Anti-Capitalism vs. the Man of Flowers" by Naomi Kanakia (©2025 by Naomi Kanakia) read by Roxane Hernandez, and "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" by  V.M. Ayala (©2025 by V.M. Ayala) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "The Dream Tourists" by Sarah Langan (©2025 by Sarah Langan) and "Savannah and the Apprentice" by Christopher Rowe (©2025 by Christopher Rowe), both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Dad went out to get the milk" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu (©2025 by Osahon Ize-Iyamu) read by Mirron Willis, and "Feast of Famine" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2025 by Adam-Troy Castro) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Five Dispatches from Conflict Zone W-924/B Five Dispatches from Conflict Zone W-924/B Regarding Post-battle Deployment of A. Thanatensis" by David Anaxagoras (©2025 by David Anaxagoras) and "It Might Be He Returns" by Fatima Taqvi (©2025 by Fatime Taqvi) both read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Finding Love in a Time Loop: A How-To Guide" by Leah Cypess (©2025 by Leah Cypess) and "You Knit Me Together in My Mother's Womb" by Paul Crenshaw (©2025 by Paul Crenshaw), both read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode features "Un-Pragmagic: A Tyler Moore Retrospective" by Spencer Nitkey (©2025 by Spencer Nitkey) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Domestic Disputes" by Naomi Kanakia (©2025 by Naomi Kanakia) read by Judy Young. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"How to Win Against the Robots" by Katherine Crighton (©2025 by Katherine Crighton) read by Judy Young, and "A Dish Best Served Cold Or An Excerpt From The Cookbook Of The Gods" by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (©2025 by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices