{"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/cd1b684f-f56f-4e85-bab7-886566a8f0f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 330 Leah Cypess and Mary Soon Lee","description":"<p>Coming up…</p>\n<p>Mothering Sunday Special! (March 30 in the UK): Two stories of maternal angst.</p>\n<p>Main Fiction 1: “Pause Time” by <a href=\"http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Soon Lee</a> 03:40</p>\n<p><b>Twenty minutes into the transatlantic flight, Connor started wailing. Pauline cradled him in her arms. Then she rocked him, she offered him her breast, she sang to him; Connor continued to cry.</b></p>\n<p><b>The man sitting on her right gave her a thin smile. “Did you forget the baby’s pauser code?”</b></p>\n<p><b>“No,” Pauline mumbled, wishing she could sink through the floor into the cargo hold. “I’ve never used the pauser.”</b></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>In 1992 Mary started writing and submitting short stories, mainly in the science fiction and fantasy genres. She has had over seventy stories published, including appearances in <i>The Year’s Best SF #4 and #5</i>, edited by David Hartwell; her story “Cause and Consequence” (Interzone #136, October 1998) won first place in...","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}