Constellations: The Octavia Project Speculative Fiction Mentorship: Professionally published authors from the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers mentor Octavia Project alumni one-on-one. The mentors guide mentees as they enter into the greater writing community, contend with the business of writing, and refine a single piece of fiction with the e…

As Bright As A Pearl by Andrea Janes, Read by Tatiana GreyWhen you sit in Mora's chair at the salon on the Coney Island Boardwalk, her fingers will find your roots and your secrets. As for what she does with them...Andrea Janes tells ghost stories for a living. She is the co-author of A Haunted History of Invisible Women and the owner and founder o…

A Song for Sunken Streets by Evan Berkow, Read by Lanna JoffreyNona is a loner living in a flooded Brooklyn. She's running away from her past and looking for hope. What she finds is a mermaid on a mission. The fate of New York City depends on their ability to see past their trauma. Evan Berkow is a writer of speculative fiction in the hours when he…

Work Life Balance by Cara Mast, Read by Tonia RansomAmerie receives an email at work that Return-to-Work is being mandated for her office. This is a problem, as she has been secretly living in her office for the last nine months because she can't afford both rent and her out of pocket payments for her curse-based illness.As a retired tall-ship sail…

Special Delivery by Carlos Delgado, Read by Wilson FowlieA Guatemalan delivery driver struggling to make it in a climate change affected Brooklyn where the fantastic is one cyber skin away, makes a delivery that goes very badly very quickly.Carlos Luis Delgado is a Brooklyn-based speculative fiction writer and editor. As a member of BSFW, he also l…

And the Raucous Depths Abide by Sam Schreiber, Read by Rish OutfieldAn alien empire sends a drone to monitor Earth, but things go awry and the device's CPU and backup end up at cross purposes. After centuries at the bottom of the ocean, the CPU has gone mad and is bent on destroying humanity. The backup finds a way to save the day, though there is …

The Only Living Cabby In New York City by Jason Smith, Read by Laurice White A woman in the not-so-far future hails a cab home during a heavy storm and experiences a rare phenomenon: a human cab driver, persevering through the automation and technological advances of his competition. Jason A. Smith is a Brooklyn based science fiction author. His wo…

The Bodies Upstairs by Divyansha Sehgal, read by Tony PerryA person haunted by zombie-like apparitions seeks to cure his condition with a specialist who claims he can help and is taught in the ways of mending otherworldly wounds....Divyansha Sehgal is a speculative fiction writer currently based in New Delhi, India. She is also an associate editor …

Treatment and Cure by Katie Story, Read by Lanna Joffrey Your unexpected stay in the COVID wing takes a nightmarish turn. Something at the hospital is hungry.Katie Story is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, illustrator, and writer who fosters cranky, toothless cats. She studied creative writing at Pratt Institute and is a member of Brooklyn Specul…

Jean Genii by Randee Dawn, Read by Sally HouriganA Brooklyn lawyer unwittingly frees a genie from its lamp while cleaning out the closet of a deceased coworker, and uses her training and wits to find the happy ending that's so hard to come by.Randee Dawn is a Brooklyn-based entertainment journalist whose debut novel, Tune in Tomorrow, about a fanta…

No Version Like Home by Liam Burke, Read by Tatiana GreyA group of activists stage an attack against an evil conglomerate. When their plan goes horribly wrong, an unexpected ally appears to guide them to safety through a string of alternate dimensions, offering a proposition that could prove the salvation or damnation of the multiverse.Liam Burke i…

Sometimes the only way forward is through fire. The only way to stay true to yourself is to change. Sometimes that can change the world.Read by Lanna Joffrey and Tatiana Grey, our grand finale comes from Amal El-Mohtar and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor. A poem of survival from Amal and a story of revolution's dawning from Merc. Resistance for the sake of love…

We're not always aware of the world we're creating for ourselves and for others. We don't always understand our impact. But there is impact nonetheless. Read by Tatiana Grey, Maria brings us a story of the world that crept up on us screaming for our attention. Read by Lucie Pohl, Brit's story is about a hero who is rescued by the city she loves."Th…

The rarest and wisest characters tell their own tale and create their own mythology. C.S.E. Cooney, Mimi Mondal, and Joshua A.C. Newman bring you characters that refuse to conform. "The Foxgirl Cycle" by C.S.E. Cooney, Read by C.S.E. Cooney, produced by Jeremy Cooney and Stefan Mark DollakC.S.E. Cooney is the author of World Fantasy Award-winning B…

"Is it ever too late to start living? Is it ever too late to find your love? E.C. Myers and Liz Riegel give two very different but oh so compelling answers to this question. Stories read by the fantastic Bradley Robert Parks and introducing Q-Lim with a fantastically moving perfromance Liz Riegel is a queer collage artist, sometimes-beekeeper, and …

At the core of every mind numbing horror, there is a joke waiting for its time to shine.I dare you not to laugh out loud when listening to Kris Dikeman's perfectly paired story (read it with wine for the spit take), and Sam Schreiber takes you on a noir whodunnit with a werewolf too curious for his own good."A Singular Event, In Several Courses" by…

The past lives in the walls. It lives just over our shoulder. It stares at us without blinking. It stares from the mirrors. It can never just be. So neither can we. Charlie Jane Anders and Bradley Robert Parks bring us two ghost stories. One takes lives while the other saves them, one punchline at a time."Sustenance" by Bradley Robert Parks, Read b…

What happens to the not-heroes when the story's over? Max Gladstone and Ted Rabinowitz peak through the window of those characters who must live without the benefit of plot armor."Centaur's Lament," by Ted Rabinowitz, Read by Rish OutfieldTed Rabinowitz Ted Rabinowitz is an author and copywriter whose previous careers include electrician, script re…

Monsters know you better than they know themselves. Val Rigodon and Zin E. Rocklyn bring you stories inspired folklore and heartache."Little Red" by Val Rigodon, Read by Tony Perry​Val Rigodon is a poet, writer, and occultist from Brooklyn, New York. She is a 2019 Poets’ House Fellow and a member of Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers. She is also…

Memories of a country that never was, and the world behind the door at the top of the stairs. Nothing every trully belongs to us. Sarah Pinsker and Nikki C Smith give us bitter sweet stories that complicate the narratives we tell ourselves."That Our Flag Was Still There," by Sarah Pinkser, Read by Stacie ChaikenSarah Pinsker's novel A Song For A Ne…

The meek shall inherit the Earth. Carmen Maria Machado and Sondra Fink tell us how the world ends. But every ending is also the beginning of something new."The Hungry Earth" by Carmen Maria Machado, Read by Tony PerryCarmen Maria Machado is the author of the bestselling memoir In the Dream House and the short story collection Her Body and Other Par…

Here producer and Season 2 story runner, Sam Schreiber, chooses one of his favorite episodes that you may have missed and gives you the backstory behind the episode. Stories, and context, and quotes, oh my!Featuring commentary from Wilson Fowlie.Kirjoittanut Kaleidocast NYC

"Cimmeria: From the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology" A group of academics initiate a project to "imagine" a fictional country, only to find that their collective imaginings have coalesced into a very real country with very real history, culture, and geopolitical significance. The story takes the form of one of the academics' writings, which take …

The Right to Bear ArmsA near future, near-dystopia: the narrator is an army ve| with a government issued prosthetic arm. When it starts to malfunction, he goes to a specialist who builds him and two other disfigured vets a new state of the art arm for free.The Author & NarratorZak Zyz is a SF fantasy writer who lives in Brooklyn and fixes things fo…

The Right to Bear ArmsA near future, near-dystopia: the narrator is an army ve| with a government issued prosthetic arm. When it starts to malfunction, he goes to a specialist who builds him and two other disfigured vets a new state of the art arm for free. The Author & Narrator Zak Zyz is a SF fantasy writer who lives in Brooklyn and fixes things …

Not That Kind of Dream GirlA man at the crossroads of good and evil is perfect prey for the City. The Author:Evan Berkow is a writer of speculative fiction in the hours when he's not lawyering. His fiction has appeared in a bunch of places, such as Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and Crossed Genres Magazine. He's a member of SFWA, Codex, and the Brook…

Touch That Dial:THEY are coming for you and there's nothing you can do. Or is there?Author:Michael Philip Wells grew up in Michigan and lives in Brooklyn, New York. His story "A Chinatown Ghost Story" will be published in the upcoming fiction issue of Nang, a new and beautifully eccentric print magazine devoted to Asian cinema. He has been working …

Sabbath WineA poignant story taking place in the radical Brooklyn twenties of a friendship between a Jewish girl and an African-American boy, centered around a Sabbath dinner. Their parents find common cause in their experiences and losses from prejudices and bigotries.The Author:Barbara Krasnoff has had short stories appear in over 30 print and on…

Judges CaveAuthor: Eric Rosenfield's fiction has been published in Kaleidotrope, LORE, Lakeside Circus and 365 Tomorrows. His non-fiction has been anthologized in The Modern Library Anthology of New York Diaries and published in io9, The New Haven Review, The Comics Journal, and LitKicks.com among other venues. He currently works as the CTO of the …

Wallflowers:An upscale shop has usurped what used to be NYC's infamous Limelight nightclub. Now the ghosts of the nightclub, looking for the artistic vitality that once was, take their vengeance on a salesgirl to whom the current dictates of fashion and beauty are everything.The Author: Lilah Wild is a graduate of Clarion West and her dark fiction …

Seven StandpointsCharming short poem about cultural differences when dealing w/ an alien, centered around sandwich issues.The Author:D. T. Friedman lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Kimble.----------------------------------------The Emperor MantisA story of vengeance and resistance on the isle of ants. Never underestimate the small for they are legio…

The MachineFor a pair of socks, a guide takes our narrator on a tour of The Machine (representing our world), as well as all the various groups that try to effect or control it.The Author:Phenderson Djéli Clark is an occasional speculative fiction writer. His short SFF stories have appeared in online venues such as Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fan…

Unleashed Beauty:An artist creates a biological work of art, only to discover that he's playing with forces he doesn't understand. Marriage, love, and ambition all play a role in leading to the catastrophic conclusion of this story.The Author:Nancy Hightower has been published in Joyland, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Sundog Lit, Word Riot, storySouth. Gargoyle…

The Aliens Cloned Trent DarcellThe clone of a mid-level pop star recounts his newly rekindled musical career to his genetic forebear, who was abducted and cloned by extraterrestrials in a strange, but beautiful romp through the rock scene.The Author:ZigZag Claybourne wishes he’d grown up with the powers of either Gary Mitchell or Charlie X but with…

The Magical Properties of Unicorn IvoryWhen a cynical reporter goes to observe a unicorn from an alternate universe that now lives in ours, she encounters poachers, a forest ranger and a child used as a unicorn lure.The Author:Carlos Hernandez is the author of The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria (Rosarium 2016) and numerous works of s…

This is the first episode of Season 2. I hope you enjoy it. We will begin releasing episodes to the public bi-weekly on July 10th.The Story:Jeffy has turned himself in for the murder of his friend Timmy over a rare card in a game. The murder is an accident, by black hole, and Jeffy, according to his mother, is the child of extra-terrestrial beings.…

Hello Everyone,As promised, here is the finale episode of my interview with Theodora Goss, and it's probably my favorite part. As you'll hear, we talk about Hungary as a fairyland, the politics of walls, Jane Austin as post apocalyptic required reading, and bears. But most important, we really get at Theodora's writer's journey, which is always per…

Here is Part 3 of my interview with Theodora Goss. But, I realized today I have enough for a fourth episode. So, surprise! There will be one more! In today's episode, we'll start the discussion with the differences between vampires, fairies, and witches in Eastern Europe and the Catholic church's fight against them, or at least the belief in them. …

Hello Writers,Here's part 2 of my interview with Theodora. This time, we'll be discussing...The enigmatic Sarah BernhardtWriters craft and poetics in story tellingAnd how to make room for the fantastic in the real world.Kirjoittanut Kaleidocast NYC

Hello Writers!This is Cameron Roberson, and what you're about to listen to is an interview I did with award winning author and professor of English literature, Theodora Goss. In part 1 of this three part interview, we'll discuss:-animal magic and Ursilla LeGuin's science fiction-the significance of the Gothic Period(s) and anthropology to our conce…

Jonathan Lethem, Author of Insipid Profession of Jonathan HornebomJonathan Lethem is the author of Dissident Gardens and eight other novels. His fiction and essays have been translated into over thirty languages. He lives in Los Angeles and Maine. For more information, check out Jonathanlethem.com.​Tatiana Gomberg as Narrator and Harriet:Narrator a…

Jonathan Lethem, Author of Insipid Profession of Jonathan HornebomJonathan Lethem is the author of Dissident Gardens and eight other novels. His fiction and essays have been translated into over thirty languages. He lives in Los Angeles and Maine. For more information, check out Jonathanlethem.com. ​Tatiana Gomberg as Narrator and Harriet:Narrator …

Samuel Boyd Taylor has been published in such markets as Chi Zine, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, and Drabblecast. He lives in Dallas, TX, with his wife and daughter, where pursues many strange and wonderful hobbies, such as meditation, Tai Chi, and singing along as loud as he can to the Beatles' "Hello Goodbye." You can find him o…

Author Tim Pratt's stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories,The Year's Best Fantasy, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, and other nice places. He has won the Hugo Award for his short fiction, and he's been a finalist for World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Stoker, Mythopoeic [myth-o-pee-ic], and Nebula Awards. He lives in Berkeley California…

Marcy Arlin teaches Theater for Social Change at Pace University and is artistic director of the OBIE-winning Immigrants' Theatre project and is a Fulbright scholar to Romania and the Czech Republic. She is a long-time member of BSFW, Theater Without Borders, Broad Universe, and her work has been published in Daily Science Fiction, Perihelionsf.com…

Alex Kirtland, aka Alger Bliss, is a Brooklyn based writer of poetry and speculative fiction. He is currently at work on a novel about witches and magic. You can follow updates about his work and read his poetry at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/rhinoleapsRish Outfield is a writer, audiobook narrator, and podcaster who is host of the Parsec Award-winn…

Rish took Alger's narrator to it's ultimate Woody Allen extreme.Kirjoittanut Kaleidocast NYC

Marcus Tsong spent his formative years in the Pacific Northwest, splitting his time between Seattle and Boise. He's since moved to Shanghai, Portland, San Francisco, Wisconsin, and Washington DC before settling in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife, son, two cats, and a grumpy dragon. He is currently working on a fantasy novel and a collection …

Marcus Tsong spent his formative years in the Pacific Northwest, splitting his time between Seattle and Boise. He's since moved to Shanghai, Portland, San Francisco, Wisconsin, and Washington DC before settling in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife, son, two cats, and a grumpy dragon. He is currently working on a fantasy novel and a collection …

Christina Yu holds an A.B in English with Creative Writing from Dartmouth College and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Notre Dame where she was the Diversity Fellow and Nicholas Sparks Fellow at Hachette Book Group. Her work has previously appeared in venues such as Fence, New Letters, Indiana Review, the Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories anthology…