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).

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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.

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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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