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 27, 2025 • 27min
"The Cold Burning Light of Her" by Sam W. Pisciotta + "Operation: Grapevine" by Joel W.D. Buxton
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
Nov 20, 2025 • 53min
"Visible Damage" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman + "How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl" by Tina S. Zhu
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
Nov 13, 2025 • 1h 18min
"Beneath the Umdlebe Tree (Or: A Vegetable Love Story)" by Modupeoluwa Shelle + "Elegy for Zephyr One" by Gene Doucette
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
Nov 6, 2025 • 53min
"How to Setup Your Mourning Robot" by Angela Liu + "In the Zone" by Lisa M. Bradley
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
Oct 30, 2025 • 1h 22min
"Thaw" by An Owomoyela + "Drosera regina" by A.L. Goldfuss
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
Oct 23, 2025 • 51min
"Dating Fortune" by Sean McMullen + "Everyone Hates the Auditor" by Megan Chee
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
Oct 16, 2025 • 1h 20min
"The Porniest Porn in Porntown" by Stephen Graham Jones + "Dirge and Gleam" by Micah Dean Hicks
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
Oct 9, 2025 • 56min
"At the Bottom of the Bonfire" by Martin Cahill + "O Mechfighter, O Starsinger" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
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
Sep 25, 2025 • 1h 14min
"City of One" by Stephen S. Power + "Human Voices" by Isabel J. Kim
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
Sep 18, 2025 • 47min
"On an Unusual Kind of Spatially Distributed Haunting" by Bogi Takács + "The Girlfriend Experience" by C.Z. Tacks
Explore the eerie concept of hauntings linked to soil from a ruined factory as a researcher delves into Dr. Vera Soboslai's unsettling letter. Then, dive into a world of tech and identity in the tale of Evie, who faces the dangers of neural costume technology while grappling with the physical and psychological effects of her work. Mysterious connections and the blending of identities keep listeners on the edge of their seats in these captivating stories.
