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.
LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)
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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.
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September 17, 2026
"The Dragon, the Scarab, the Wolf, the Dragon" by Rhiannon Rasmussen + "Alterverse" by Sanjana Raj
Rhiannon Rasmussen and Sanjana Raj share their captivating sci-fi and fantasy stories, "The Dragon, the Scarab, the Wolf, the Dragon" and "Alterverse," offering listeners imaginative journeys.
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"The Chrysalis of Moth One" by V.M. Ayala + "Long Goodbyes" by Anya Ow
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Host Stefan Rudnicki and Paul Boehmer explore Oyedotun Damilola Muees' "A Guide on How to Repay your Vow" and Alexander Weinstein's "Dreamweavers" in this interview.
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[…] It became a new normal, four pieces of the world to be erased in their entirety, as if a child was arbitrarily drawing X's across the coloring book of the world. The idea of a digital nation began with Tuvalu. A group of historians and developers created a rudimentary simulation of the whole island, a lifelike model of every shoreline, animal and cultural record. Once it became clear that the sinking of Tuvalu was not an isolated event, that more countries and peoples would want some way of experiencing their land once it was gone, Semper Technologies acquired a clone of Tuvalu's digital twin. […]
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