Main Fiction: "Suvu and Swashbuckling Love" by D.A. Xiaolin SpiresThis story originally appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (December 4, 2017).Annie Sheng, aka D.A. Xiaolin Spires, counts stars and sand, residing currently in Hawai'i. You can find her embarking on olfactorial odysseys as she inhales plumeria blossoms, lychee and poi. Her work appears or is forthcoming in publications such as Clarkesworld, Analog, Fireside, Terraform, Nature: Futures, Grievous Angel, Reckoning, Galaxy's Edge, LONTAR, Andromeda Spaceways, Mithila Review, Issues in Earth Science, Factor Four and elsewhere, including anthologies of the strange and delightful. You can find her on her website daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @spireswriter.Narrated by: Stephanie MorrisStephanie is a recipient of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Award and a graduate of the 2017 Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her short fiction has appeared in FIYAH, Apex Magazine, Nightmare, and Pseudopod. She is a regular podcast reader for Uncanny Magazine and has narrated short fiction for the Escape Artists podcasts, StarShipSofa, and Far Fetched Fables. You can find her on Twitter at @smaliamorris.Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H SturgisDabblecast KickstarterAnyone who pledges through that link or says "here from Starship Sofa!" gets a special Sofanaughts gift. :) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy