Category: Science Fiction

The Right to Bear Arms, Part 1, by Zak Zyz

12/11/2018

"The Right to Bear Arms," written and performed by Zak Zyz

Zak Zyz is a SF fantasy writer who lives in Brooklyn and fixes things for a living. When he's not writing, he hosts the Surreal Symphony, a live internet talk show with today's best and brightest speculative fiction authors where they talk about politics, genre, and all manner of riveting topics. He also hosts a late night call-in pirate radio show, and runs Strategically Correct, an awesome board game club.

Zak is the author of many short stories and novels including Survival Mode, Zan & Ink, and the Master Arcanist. If you liked this story, you can support his work on Patreon or buy his books on Amazon.

S2:Ep11: "Not That Kind of Dream Girl" by Evan Berkow & "Appointment at Titlanitza" by Fred Stesney

11/27/2018

"Not That Kind of Dream Girl," by Evan Berkow, Read by Lora Nicolas

Evan Berkow is a writer of speculative fiction in the hours when he's not lawyering. His fiction has appeared in a bunch of places, such as Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and Crossed Genres Magazine. He's a member of SFWA, Codex, and the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers critique group.

He lives in Pleasantville, NY, with his wife, kids, and a small menagerie consisting of two enormous gray cats and one adorable rescue dog. You can find him on Twitter @Evan_Berkow or email me at eberkow (at) gmail (dot) com.

Lora Nicolas is an actor and singer based in New York City. Originally from Manila, Philippines, she moved to NYC when she received a scholarship to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) for musical theatre.
She eventually went to play her dream role since she was five years old--Kim in Miss Saigon--at the beautiful Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ, and again in Midtown Arts Center in Fort Collins, CO, for which she won a BroadwayWorld Denver Award for Best Actress.
Her other favorite roles include Anita in West Side Story, Joanne in Rent, Lucy in You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Janet Van de Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone, Christmas Eve in Avenue Q, and Meg in Little Women. She also originated the role of Hannah in Vital Theater's StinkyKids--Off Broadway Alliance Award Winner for Best Family Musical. She has worked and toured all over the U.S., and has recently performed in three concerts in Tochigi and Tokyo, Japan and will be returning in the summer.
She is a huge geek for the sci-fi and fantasy genres, and "casually cosplays" for fun. (Follow her Instagram @dailycasualcosplays). She is very passionate about diversity in art and media, and her ultimate dream is to do a project that could get her at a Comiccon panel in front of a room full of her "peeps".

"Appointment at Titlanitza" Written and Performed by Fred Stesney

One sunny day in January, Art Center College of Design handedFred Stesney a BFA in illustration. That led to a long career as an advertising copywriter, a short one as a radio producer and audio engineer, and a new beginning as a writer, artist and illustrator. He – and please pardon him for writing about himself in the third person – lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and son.
https://fredstesney.wordpress.com/about-2/
Twitterer @fredstesney

S2: Ep8: "Judges Cave" by Eric Rosenfield & "The Owl of Anatolia"

10/16/2018

"Judges Cave" by Eric Rosenfield, Read by Paul Karle

Eric Rosenfield, drawing by Jennifer Chu

Eric Rosenfield's fiction has been published in Kaleidotrope, LORE, Lakeside Circus and 365 Tomorrows. His non-fiction has been anthologized in The Modern Library Anthology of New York Diaries and published in io9, The New Haven Review, The Comics Journal, and LitKicks.com among other venues. He currently works as the CTO of the serialized fiction service Serial Box.

Paul Karle

Paul Karle is an actor living and working in New York City. He loves cats and Star Trek. Find him at www.paulkarle.com

"The Owl of Anatolia" by S.A. Charaborty, Ready by Lanna Joffrey

S.A. Chakraborty. Photo by Melissa C. Beckman

Shannon/S. A. Chakraborty is a NY-based speculative fiction writer and history buff. Her debut, The City of Brass, is out now with Harper Voyager. Short-listed for the Locus, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards, The City of Brass is the first book in THE DAEVABAD TRILOGY, an epic fantasy set in the 18th century Middle East. She is an organizer with the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers’ Group, about which more information - including membership - can be found here.

Originally (and proudly!) from New Jersey, S. A. currently resides in Queens with her husband and daughter. When not buried in books about Mughal miniatures and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and recreating unnecessarily complicated, medieval meals for her family. You can find her online most frequently at Twitter (@SAChakrabooks) where she likes to ramble about history, politics, and Islamic art.

She is represented by Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency.

Lanna Joffrey

Lanna Joffrey is an actor, spoken word performer & writer who has worked throughout the US & UK. SELECT THEATRE: I Call My Brothers (The Gate), Muse of Fire (The Globe), The Profane (Playwrights Horizons), Timon of Athens (The Factory), Sonnet Walks (The Globe), Ironmistress (The Albany), Measure for Measure (The Factory), That Day (The Roundhouse), Rebecca Lenkiewicz's The Commune (CSSD), The Two Noble Kinsmen (Instant Classic Company). SELECT FILM: Druid Peak, Mad to Be Normal, Fishing Naked. AWARDS: IRNE Award, Ovation Award, New York Fringe Performance Award. TRAINING: Masters in Acting(Distinction), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BFA in Acting, Syracuse University, Company member of The Factory and Barefoot Theatre Company, lannajoffrey.com

S2: Ep6: "Seven Standpoints" by D.T. Friedman & "The Emperor Mantis" by Essowe Tchalim

9/18/2018

"Seven Standpoints" by D.T. Friedman, Read by Marcy Arlin

D. T. Friedman lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Kimble.

Marcy Arlin's spec fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, perihelionsf.com, Kaleidocast Season 1 & 2, Diabolical Plots, Broad Universe Sampler, Man.In.Fest Journal of Experimental Theatre. She writes about international and American theatre, theatre for social change and immigrant artists at tcgcircle.org and is Editor of Czech Plays: 7 New Works. She has posts at Clarion: Writer’s Craft. In another life she is Artistic Director of the OBIE-winning Immigrants’ Theatre Project and has taught theatre at CUNY, Yale, Brown, University of Chicago, Pace. In another other life she was a Fulbrighter to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania. Her new favorite job is creative theatre workshops and coaching sessions for speculative fiction writers (BSFW, Lunacon). Marcy volunteers for PAWSnyc.org. She’d like to have a new website (now it’s immigrantstheatre.org) but does have an underused Twitter account @marcyarlin. Marcy lives in Brooklyn with a ghost and two cats.

"The Emperor Mantis" by Essowe Tchalim, Read by Lauren Harris

Essowe Tchalim is a writer of speculative fiction short stories and novels. He graduated from Brooklyn College, where he studied concepts of the soul and rituals of power from the Ancient Mediterranean. He currently works at Droga5, where he assists in producing TV commercials. When he is not writing or working, he is reading manga or trying to convince his friends to watch his favorite television shows. This is his first publication. You can find him on Twitter at @Etchalim, or his blog inkbuccaneer.wordpress.com where he talks abouts politics, ancient history, and random nerdy shenanigans. "

Lauren Harris is an author, narrator, and podcaster from Raleigh, North Carolina. She's also an assistant editor at Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. To find out more about Lauren, visit www.laurenbharris.com.

Season 2: Ep5: "The Machine" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark & "The Water Walls of Enceladus" by Mercurio D. Rivera

9/4/2018

"The Machine" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark, Read by Michael Taylor

Phenderson Djéli Clark is an occasional speculative fiction writer. His short SFF stories have appeared in online venues such as Daily Science Fiction, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Fantasy-Magazine, Fireside Fiction, Tor.com and several print anthologies including Griots and Hidden Youth. His debut novella The Black God's Drums will be published by Tor in August 2018. You can read his ramblings on SFF, diversity and more at his blog The Disgruntled Haradrim (www.pdjeliclark.com). He also tweets stuff: @pdjeliclark.

Michael Taylor is undeniably the greatest man in the world. He enjoys games, puzzles, and experiencing interactive theatre to improve upon the subtle, intricate, yet uniquely brilliant greatness of Michael Taylor's mind.

"The Water Walls of Enceladus" by Mercurio D. Rivera, Read by Tatiana Grey

Mercurio D. Rivera’s short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award and has appeared in numerous venues such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact (forthcoming), Asimov's Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Interzone, i09, Nature, Black Static, Abyss & Apex, Space and Time, and elsewhere. His work has been anthologized in Year’s Best SF 34, ed. Gardner Dozois Other Worlds Than These, ed. John Joseph Adams, Year's Best SF 17, ed. Hartwell & Cramer, Unplugged: The Web's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy, ed. Rich Horton, Paradox: Stories Inspired by the Fermi Paradox, and Solaris Rising 2, ed. Ian Whates. His stories have been podcast at Escape Pod, StarshipSofa, and Beam Me Up and translated and republished in China, the Czech Republic, Poland and Spain. Tor.com called his short story collection Across the Event Horizon (NewCon Press), “weird and wonderful,” with “dizzying switchbacks.” Find him online at mercuriorivera.com.

Tatiana Grey is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She does, however have a feature film hitting the festival circuit called Serious Laundry. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. See more about Tatiana at www.tatianagrey.com tatianagomberg@gmail.com

Season 2, Episode 1: Playing Nice with God's Bowling Ball by N.K. Jemisin

7/10/2018

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Author: N.K. Jemisin

N. K. Jemisin’s work has been multiply nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award; shortlisted for the Crawford, the Gemmell Morningstar, and the Tiptree. She has won a Locus Award for Best First Novel and Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards. In 2016, she became the first black person to win the Best Novel Hugo for The Fifth Season. Her short fiction has been published in pro-markets Clarkesworld, Postscripts, Strange Horizons, and Baen’s Universe; semipro markets Ideomancer and Abyss & Apex; and podcast markets (mostly Escape Artists) and print anthologies.

Nora is a member of the Altered Fluid writing group. Nora has been a counseling psychologist and educator, hiker and biker, and a political/feminist/anti-racist blogger. She currently writes the New York Times book review column Otherworldly, in which she covers the latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Find her at http://nkjemisin.com/ and on Twitter @nkjemisin

Actor: Tatiana Grey

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Episode 8: My Shaigetz by Marcy Arlin & His Only Nose by Richard Bowes

3/23/2016

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"My Shaigetz" by Marcy Arlin

Marcy Arlin teaches Theater for Social Change at Pace University and is artistic director of the OBIE-winning Immigrants' Theatre Project and is a Fulbright scholar to Romania and the Czech Republic. She is a long-time member of BSFW, Theater Without Borders, Broad Universe, and her work has been published inDaily Science Fiction, Perihelionsf.com, Broad Universe Sampler, and Man.In.Fest theater journal. Marcy has several more short stories out there and is working on a sci fi murder mystery.

"His Only Nose" by Richard Bowes, Read by Bradley Robert Parks

Richard Bowes has published six novels, four story collections and over eighty short stories. He has won two World Fantasy Awards, a Lambda Award, a story South Million Writers Award, and an International Horror Guild Award. His most recent novel,Dust Devil On a Quiet Street, was on the 2014 World Fantasy and Lambda short lists.
A new edition of his 2005 novel, From The Files of the Time Rangers, a Nebula finalist, will appear later this year from Lethe Press.

Last year, his 9/11 story, "There’s A Hole In The City," got a very nice review in The New Yorker.
Recent and forthcoming appearances include: Fantasy Magazine's Queers Destroy Fantasy special issue, Interfictions, Nightmare, Grendel Song, and the anthologies The Doll Collection and Black Feathers.
He is currently writing stories that will be chapters in a novel about life as a gay kid in 1950’s Boston.

Bradley Robert Parks lives, writes, and performs in and around Brooklyn, NY, where he founded the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers. His passion for writing blossomed while growing up in a family of genre readers. While he's been pursuing writing for a while, the crazy energy of NYC and BSFW have given him the focus and motivation to finally get published. His stories have appeared on BuzzyMag.com and here on the Kaleidocast. He also sings and narrates stories when time permits. Along with these achievements, he's obtained one husband, Michael, and Insanity Anne Magoo (best cat ever). Keep up with his exploits on Facebook or at BradleyRobertParks.com.

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The Right to Bear Arms, Part 1, by Zak Zyz

"The Right to Bear Arms," written and performed by Zak Zyz

S2:Ep11: "Not That Kind of Dream Girl" by Evan Berkow & "Appointment at Titlanitza" by Fred Stesney

"Not That Kind of Dream Girl," by Evan Berkow, Read by Lora Nicolas

"Appointment at Titlanitza" Written and Performed by Fred Stesney

S2: Ep8: "Judges Cave" by Eric Rosenfield & "The Owl of Anatolia"

"Judges Cave" by Eric Rosenfield, Read by Paul Karle

"The Owl of Anatolia" by S.A. Charaborty, Ready by Lanna Joffrey

S2: Ep6: "Seven Standpoints" by D.T. Friedman & "The Emperor Mantis" by Essowe Tchalim

"Seven Standpoints" by D.T. Friedman, Read by Marcy Arlin

"The Emperor Mantis" by Essowe Tchalim, Read by Lauren Harris

Season 2: Ep5: "The Machine" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark & "The Water Walls of Enceladus" by Mercurio D. Rivera

"The Machine" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark, Read by Michael Taylor

"The Water Walls of Enceladus" by Mercurio D. Rivera, Read by Tatiana Grey

Season 2, Episode 1: Playing Nice with God's Bowling Ball by N.K. Jemisin

Author: N.K. Jemisin

Actor: Tatiana Grey

Episode 8: My Shaigetz by Marcy Arlin & His Only Nose by Richard Bowes

"My Shaigetz" by Marcy Arlin

"His Only Nose" by Richard Bowes, Read by Bradley Robert Parks

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"The Right to Bear Arms," written and performed by Zak Zyz

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"Not That Kind of Dream Girl," by Evan Berkow, Read by Lora Nicolas

"Appointment at Titlanitza" Written and Performed by Fred Stesney

"Judges Cave" by Eric Rosenfield, Read by Paul Karle

"The Owl of Anatolia" by S.A. Charaborty, Ready by Lanna Joffrey

"Seven Standpoints" by D.T. Friedman, Read by Marcy Arlin

"The Emperor Mantis" by Essowe Tchalim, Read by Lauren Harris

"The Machine" by Phenderson Djèlí Clark, Read by Michael Taylor

"The Water Walls of Enceladus" by Mercurio D. Rivera, Read by Tatiana Grey

Author: N.K. Jemisin

Actor: Tatiana Grey

"My Shaigetz" by Marcy Arlin

"His Only Nose" by Richard Bowes, Read by Bradley Robert Parks

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