{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9077c08c-f50e-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/4be2e9b8-86a2-4444-83b2-dea5264e48aa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 558 D.A. Xiaolin Spires","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae920252fa86ccc84ffe/6112afa5d6c7ff001272988f.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Main Fiction: \"Suvu and Swashbuckling Love\" by </strong>D.A. Xiaolin Spires</p><p>This story originally appeared in <em>Andromeda Spaceways Magazine&nbsp;</em>(December 4, 2017).</p><p>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.&nbsp;Her work appears or is forthcoming in publications such as&nbsp;<em>Clarkesworld, Analog, Fireside, Terraform, Nature: Futures, Grievous Angel, Reckoning, Galaxy's Edge, LONTAR, Andromeda Spaceways</em>,&nbsp;<em>Mithila Review, Issues in Earth Science, Factor Four&nbsp;</em>and elsewhere<em>,&nbsp;</em>including anthologies of the strange and delightful<em>.</em>&nbsp;You can find her on her website&nbsp;<a href=\"http://daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com</a>&nbsp;or on Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/spireswriter\" target=\"_blank\">@spireswriter</a>.</p><p><strong>Narrated by: Stephanie Morris</strong></p><p>Stephanie 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 <em>FIYAH</em>, <em>Apex Magazine</em>, <em>Nightmare</em>, and <em>Pseudopod</em>. She is a regular podcast reader for <em>Uncanny Magazine</em> and has narrated short fiction for the Escape Artists podcasts, StarShipSofa, and Far Fetched Fables. You can find her on Twitter at <a href=\"https://twitter.com/smaliamorris\" target=\"_blank\">@smaliamorris</a>.</p><p><a href=\"http://www.amyhsturgis.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Looking Back at Genre History by Amy H Sturgis</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drabblecast/the-drabblecast-reborn?ref=5xcoki\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dabblecast Kickstarter</strong></a></p><p>Anyone who pledges through that link or says \"here from Starship Sofa!\" gets a special Sofanaughts gift.&nbsp;:)</p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}