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"Le carré rouge" by Claudie Arseneault www.solarpunkpress.com About the Author: Claudie Arseneault is an asexual author from Quebec City, a biochemistry nerd, lover of squids and balloons, and relentless gamer.  Her first novel, Viral Airwaves, was published in February 2015. Since then, Claudie has edited Wings of Renewal, a solarpunk dragon anthology, and published several short stories. You can find out more on her website, claudiearseneault.com. About the Audio: The story is read by Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. TRIGGER WARNINGS This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don't feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this section to minimize spoilers. This story contains guns, police brutality, fungi, underground spaces. We include trigger warnings to make our work as accessible as

"The Flying Camel Goes to Tigerwood" by Lisa M. Bradley Visit us at solarpunkpress.com About the Author: Forged in the scalding heat of South Texas, Lisa M. Bradley now lives in Iowa with her spouse, child, and two cats. More of her imaginings, always inflected by her Latina heritage, are forthcoming in PodCastle, Strange Horizons, and the Sunvault anthology. Her collection of short fiction and poetry is The Haunted Girl (Aqueduct Press). For more, follow her on Twitter (@cafenowhere) or visit her website: www.lisambradley.com About the Audio: The story is read by Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. TRIGGER WARNINGS This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don't feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this section to minimize spoilers. This story contains emotional abuse, rape mention, fightin

"Teen Lunatics" by Cat Darensboroug Visit us at solarpunkpress.com About the Audio: The story is read by Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. TRIGGER WARNINGS This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don't feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this section to minimize spoilers. This story contains insects, spiders, casual ableist language. We include trigger warnings to make our work as accessible as possible. If you notice elements of the story you feel should have been forewarned and weren't, or if there's anything inadequate or misleading about the way we presented the information, please let us know so we can get better at giving adequate warning. /TRIGGER WARNINGS This podcast is released in 2016 under a Creative Commons Attibution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Lisence. You ca

"Untethered" by Andy Crawford Episode 8 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com   About the Author: Andy Crawford is the author of two novels, the fantasy adventure "Sailor of the Skysea," and fantasy satire "The Pen is Mightier."  He is busy at work on his third, a science fiction murder mystery.  He lives in Arlington, Virginia. About the Audio: The story is read by Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. ================ TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don't feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this box to minimize spoilers. This story contains Suicidal thoughts, abandonment, heights, injury, starvation, child death, death We include trigger warnings to make or work as accessible as possible. If you notice elements of the story you feel should have b

"The Love Song Of Laura Morrison" by Jerry Oltion Episode 7 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com   About the Author: Jerry Oltion has been a gardener, stone mason, carpenter, oilfield worker, forester, land surveyor, rock 'n' roll deejay, printer, proofreader, editor, publisher, computer consultant, movie extra, corporate secretary, magazine columnist, and garbage truck driver. For the last 35 years he has also been a writer, with 15 novels and over 150 stories published so far. Lately he has become involved in amateur astronomy, building telescoes about as often as he writes stories. He now writes a regular column on amatuer telescope making for Sky and Telescope Magazine. About the Audio: The story is read by Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. ================ TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsett

Episode 6 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com "Last Day" by Brandon Crilly and "Looking Across the River from Two Directions" by Scott Szpisjak About the Authors: Last Day author Brandon Crilly: An Ottawa teacher by day, Brandon Crilly has been published in On Spec, Encounters, Nonlocal Science Fiction and other markets. He was a Semi-Finalist in the 4th quarter of Writers of the Future 2015. His first SF chapbook, Science is for Real, is now available at brandoncrilly.wordpress.com. You can also follow Brandon on Twitter: @B_Crilly. Looking Across the River from Two Directions author Scott Szpisjak: Scott Szpisjak lives in Virginia with his dog and a lot of pens. He can most commonly be found not sleeping. His work has appeared previously in Grey Sparrow Journal, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, and on the website of New Politics Magazine. About the Audio: The story is read by Brekton Drougas and Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom

"Without Walls" by A. Gislebertus Episode 5 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com   About the Author: A. Gislebertus is a writer living in the Five College area of Massachusetts. She comprises one half of Gislebertus hoc fecit artist collective with Nicole Brown. As a writer, she grapples with concepts of isolation, growth, trauma, queerness, and subversive aggressive femininity. Art-as-activism and prison abolition are core parts of her life-view, and are increasingly part of her approach to writing literature.   About the Audio: The story is read by Nicole Brown and Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. ================TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don’t feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this box to minimize spoilers. This story contains

"The Squeaky Wheel" by Sara Kate Ellis Episode 4 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com About the Author: Sara Kate Ellis is a 2011 Lambda Emerging Writers Fellow and the winner of the 2015 Defenestrationism short fiction contest. Her stories have appeared in The Red Penny Papers, Ideomancer, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and Crossed Genres. She lives in Tokyo with her partner and her cat, Tom, and likes Soba. About the Audio: The story is read by Nicole Brown and Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. ================TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don’t feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this box to minimize spoilers. This story contains snakes, insects, bullying, urination, references to child sexual abuse,

"Out of the Storm" by Ian O'Reilly Episode 3 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com About the Author: Ian O’Reilly is a freelance writer from the UK, where he seems to tinker with imaginary worlds for a living. His work has been published in Third Flat Iron Anthologies, Voices of Imagination, and he is a somewhat sporadic reviewer for the British Fantasy Society. He remains interested in alternate realities, feral futures, and improbable myths. About the Audio: The story is read by Brekton Drougas, Nicole Brown and Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Faith Gregory. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. ================TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don’t feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this box to minimize spoilers. This story contains ocean travel, assault, and gun violence. We inc

"The Daisy Haunt" by Claudie Arseneault Episode 2 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com About the Author: Claudie Arseneault is a French Canadian asexual writer in her late twenties, hailing from Quebec City. Her writing swings between a high fantasy saga and several solarpunk projects, the latest of which is editing Wings of Renewal: A Solarpunk Dragon Anthology. When she’s not typing away at her keyboard, she can be found playing her favorite games, blazing through a book, or obsessing over squids and hot air balloons. About the Audio: The story is read by Katie Formosi and Faith Gregory. Intro and outro are by Nicole Brown. The intro music is "Boom Boom Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker. ================TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don’t feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this box to minimize spoilers. This s

"Riley Marigold and the Winged Lizards of Tel Aviv" by Kayla Bashe Episode 1 of Solarpunk Press, solarpunkpress.com About the Author: Kayla Bashe is currently a student at Sarah Lawrence College, where she studies theater, creative writing, and history. She’s a graduate of the Alpha Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Workshop for Young Writers. Additionally, several of her plays have been produced by local theater companies. Her lesbian mystery novel Graveyard Sparrow is available from Torquere Press, and her story A Muse Afire was featured in the first issue of Vitality Magazine. About the Audio: The story is narrated by Nicole Brown. Character voices, as well as the intro and outro, are read by Faith Gregory. ================TRIGGER WARNINGS: This section is for readers who want to be prepared for the possibility of content they might find upsetting or triggering. If you don’t feel you need this kind of warning, please ignore this box to minimize spoilers. This story contains vi