LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)
Adamant Press
Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven't heard yet. When you read LIGHTSPEED, you'll see where science fiction and fantasy have come from, where they are now, and where they're going. The LIGHTSPEED podcast, produced by Grammy Award-winning narrator and producer Stefan Rudnicki of Skyboat Media, features original audio short stories 6-8 times a month.
Episodes
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Nov 5, 2026 • 1h 7min
"Selected Case Notes from the Judicial Oversight Council..."by Ian Li + "The Oracle at Ikeja" by Tobi Ogundiran
This episode features "Selected Case Notes from the Judicial Oversight Council of the Gatarn Empire"by Ian Li (©2026 by Ian Li) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "The Oracle at Ikeja" by Tobi Ogundiran (©2026 by Tobi Ogundiran) read by Mirron Willis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 22, 2026 • 2h 49min
"All the Shapes We Have Ever Been" by Kehkashan Khalid + "Ice Like Honey" by Rob Cameron
This episode features "All the Shapes We Have Ever Been" by Kehkashan Khalid (©2026 by Kehkashan Khalid) read by Susan Hanfield, and "Ice Like Honey" by Rob Cameron (©2026 by Rob Cameron) read by Mirron Willis.
"Ice Like Honey" also appears in the forthcoming anthology Android in the Archives: Research, Collaboration, and our Speculative Futures from MIT Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 15, 2026 • 37min
"Master/Slave Couple Seeking Physicist to Feed to a Black Hole" by Arden Powell + "Uncanny Jack" by Susan Palwick
This episodes features "Master/Slave Couple Seeking Physicist to Feed to a Black Hole" by Arden Powell (©2026 by Arden Powell) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Uncanny Jack" by Susan Palwick (©2026 by Susan Palwick) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 8, 2026 • 38min
"Guidance" by Martin Cahill + "Until the Cure" by Marissa Lingen
This episode features "Guidance" by Martin Cahill (©2026 by Martin Cahill) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Until the Cure" by Marissa Lingen (©2026 by Marissa Lingen) read by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 1, 2026 • 42min
"Congratulations on your Magic Sword™" by John Wiswell + "The Raspberry Manifesto of Professor Warana" by Adam-Troy Castro
This episode features "Congratulations on your Magic Sword™" by John Wiswell (©2026 by John Wiswell) read by Mirron Willis), and "The Raspberry Manifesto of Professor Warana" by Adam-Troy Castro (©2026 by Adam-Troy Castro) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 24, 2026 • 1h 3min
"Maskwork Saltman Giftbox" by Rich Larson + "Jempo" by Thomas Ha
This episode features "Maskwork Saltman Giftbox" by Rich Larson (©2026 by Rich Larson) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Jempo" by Thomas Ha (©2026 by Thomas Ha) read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 17, 2026 • 47min
"The Dragon, the Scarab, the Wolf, the Dragon" by Rhiannon Rasmussen + "Alterverse" by Sanjana Raj
This episode features "The Dragon, the Scarab, the Wolf, the Dragon" by Rhiannon Rasmussen (©2026 by Rhiannon Rasmussen) read by Justine Eyre, and "Alterverse" by Sanjana Raj (©2026 by Sanjana Raj) read by Stefan Rudnicki.
"Alterverse" also appears in the forthcoming anthology Android in the Archives: Research, Collaboration, and our Speculative Futures from MIT Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 10, 2026 • 40min
"The Chrysalis of Moth One" by V.M. Ayala + "Long Goodbyes" by Anya Ow
"The Chrysalis of Moth One" by V.M. Ayala (©2026 by V.M. Ayala) and "Long Goodbyes" by Anya Ow (©2026 by Anya Ow), both read by Justine Eyre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 3, 2026 • 1h 5min
"A Guide on How to Repay your Vow..." by Oyedotun Damilola Muees + "Dreamweavers" by Alexander Weinstein
This episode features "A Guide on How to Repay your Vow to the Deity of Many Faces" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (©2026 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Dreamweavers" by Alexander Weinstein (©2026 by Alexander Weinstein) read by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 27, 2026 • 1h 33min
"The Goddess of Not Enough" by Susan Palwick + "Ladd's Robot Repair" by David Anaxagoras
This episode features "The Goddess of Not Enough" by Susan Palwick (©2026 by Susan Palwick) read by Judy Young, and "Ladd's Robot Repair" by David Anaxagoras (©2026 by David Anaxagoras) read by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
