{"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-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/6140652dfd7ac2001236abaf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 669 J Weintraub","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae920252fa86ccc84ffe/1631609495432-c42c1a86e8c018a525b9afb126292187.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Main Fiction: \"Afloat\" by Joe Weintraub.</strong></p><p>This story was first published in <em>Altered States: Sci-fi and Fantasy Stories about Change</em> (Mint Hill Books, 2011).</p><p>A member of the Dramatists Guild, J. Weintraub has had short plays and radio dramas produced throughout the United States and in Australia, New Zealand, India, and Germany. His fiction, poetry, and essays have been published in all sorts of literary reviews, general magazines, and scholarly journals, and his translations from the French and Italian have appeared in publications in the US, the UK, and Australia.&nbsp;As a translator he has also introduced the Italian horror writer, Nicola Lombardi, to the English speaking-public.</p><p>Narrated by Anthony Babington.</p><p>Anthony Babington is a voice actor who looks just slightly off from how he sounds. From his secret volcano lair in Minnesota he narrates podcasts, and leases his soul to corporate America. He has previously recorded for&nbsp;<a href=\"http://farfetchedfables.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Far Fetched Fables</a>, <a href=\"https://talestoterrify.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tales to Terrify</a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.podcasts.com/the-cursed-inn-847b426d2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The C</a></p><p>Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by <a href=\"https://www.amyhsturgis.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Amy H Sturgis</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}