LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories) podcast

LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

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.

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.

 

#676

"The Place I Came To" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko + "Apeiron" by Cadwell Turnbull

This episode features "The Place I Came To" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko (©2025 by Filip... more

11 Sep 2025

55 MINS

55:53

11 Sep 2025


#675

"Beginning Before and After The End" by Jake Stein + "Last Meal Aboard the Awassa" by Kel Coleman

This episode features "Beginning Before and After The End" by Jake Stein (©2025 by Jake St... more

04 Sep 2025

24 MINS

24:05

04 Sep 2025


#674

"Anti-Capitalism vs. the Man of Flowers" by Naomi Kanakia + "To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter" ...

This episode features "Anti-Capitalism vs. the Man of Flowers" by Naomi Kanakia (©2025 by ... more

28 Aug 2025

57 MINS

57:02

28 Aug 2025


#673

"The Dream Tourists" by Sarah Langan + "Savannah and the Apprentice" by Christopher Rowe

This episode features "The Dream Tourists" by Sarah Langan (©2025 by Sarah Langan) and "Sa... more

21 Aug 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:19

21 Aug 2025


#672

"Dad went out to get the milk" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu + "Feast of Famine" by Adam-Troy Castro

This episode features "Dad went out to get the milk" by Osahon Ize-Iyamu (©2025 by Osahon ... more

14 Aug 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:46

14 Aug 2025


#671

"Five Dispatches from Conflict Zone W-924/B..." by David Anaxagoras + "It Might Be He Returns" by Fa...

This episode features "Five Dispatches from Conflict Zone W-924/B Five Dispatches from Con... more

07 Aug 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:32

07 Aug 2025


#670

"Finding Love in a Time Loop: A How-To Guide" by Leah Cypess + "You Knit Me Together in My Mother's ...

This episode features "Finding Love in a Time Loop: A How-To Guide" by Leah Cypess (©2025 ... more

24 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:21

24 Jul 2025


#669

"Un-Pragmagic: A Tyler Moore Retrospective" by Spencer Nitkey + "Domestic Disputes" by Naomi Kanakia

This episode features "Un-Pragmagic: A Tyler Moore Retrospective" by Spencer Nitkey (©2025... more

17 Jul 2025

38 MINS

38:42

17 Jul 2025


#668

"How to Win Against the Robots" by Katherine Crighton + "A Dish Best Served Cold..." by Oluwatomiwa ...

"How to Win Against the Robots" by Katherine Crighton (©2025 by Katherine Crighton) read b... more

10 Jul 2025

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:25

10 Jul 2025


#667

"What Else, What Else, in the Joyous City? " by sadoeuphemist + "The Lord of Mars" by Meghan McCarro...

This episode features "What Else, What Else, in the Joyous City? " by sadoeuphemist (©2025... more

03 Jul 2025

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:12

03 Jul 2025


#666

"All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" by Marissa Lingen + "A Week at the Raven Feather Salon" by Carrie...

This episode features "All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" by Marissa Lingen (©2025 by Maris... more

26 Jun 2025

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:08

26 Jun 2025


#665

"My Mother, the Supervillain" by Benjamin Blattberg + "See Now the Misfortune..." by Lowry Poletti +...

"My Mother, the Supervillain" by Benjamin Blattberg (©2025 by by Benjamin Blattberg) read ... more

12 Jun 2025

57 MINS

57:48

12 Jun 2025


#664

"Eyes Grown Thick on the World" by Will McMahon + "The Twenty-One Second God" by Peter Watts

This episode features "Eyes Grown Thick on the World" by Will McMahon (©2025 by Will McMah... more

05 Jun 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:17

05 Jun 2025


#663

"The Meaning We Seek" by Nancy Kress + "Ninnagan Says Remember" by Jonathan Olfert

This episode features "The Meaning We Seek" by Nancy Kress (©2025 by Nancy Kress) and "Nin... more

29 May 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:31

29 May 2025


#662

"Where Are They Now?" by Meg Elison + "Through the Machine" by P. A. Cornell

This episode features "Where Are They Now?" by Meg Elison (©2025 by Meg Ellison), and "Thr... more

22 May 2025

46 MINS

46:25

22 May 2025


#661

"The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by Russell Nichols + "The Price of Manners" by Martin Cahi...

This episode features "The Temporal Displacement of the Graves" by Russell Nichols (©2025 ... more

15 May 2025

36 MINS

36:09

15 May 2025