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Jared Axlerod
Pandas Just Want to Be Dogs
Curse of the Forward-Thinking Gentleman

 

Jared Axelrod builds things.

An engine of relentless creativity, these things in question include–but are not limited to–rayguns, plays, pulp heroes. swords, puppets, costumes, one-man shows, toys, gourmet meals, and otherworldly devices. These thing have been known to change the lives of many, save the lives of a few, and generally assist whenever needed, much like their creator. He has been known to inspire super powers and detectives. He has performed in two circuses, one of which was his own. His writing and artwork has been published in just about every format currently available. Some of it has won awards, appluase and accolades from people who really ought to know better than to encourage him.

He writes for the website 365 Tomorrows, as well his own podcast, Voice Of Free Planet X which these stories are from.

Jared is not domestic, he is a luxury, and in that sense, necessary.

Jason Erik Lundberg
Enlightenment
Songstress

Jason Erik Lundberg has had fiction and nonfiction published in over twenty venues, including The Third Alternative, Strange Horizons, Fantastic Metropolis, Infinity Plus, The Green Man Review, Escape Pod and Electric Velocipede. His short fiction has been nominated for the Fountain Award and honorably mentioned in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. With his wife, artist-writer Janet Chui, he runs Two Cranes Press, a critically-acclaimed independent publisher out of North Carolina. He is a graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop and the M.A. program in Creative Writing at North Carolina State University, and currently teaches English at Saint Augustine's College in Raleigh.

Lundberg maintains a website and blog at jasonlundberg.net, and a literary podcast called Lies and Little Deaths: A Virtual Anthology at virtualantho.blogspot.com.

 

James Patrick Kelly
Itsy Bitsy Spider

 

James Patrick Kelly has published eight books, most recently Burn, and more than seventy stories.  He has won the Hugo award twice -- but not for "Itsy Bitsy Spider," alas.  It was a finalist for both the Hugo and the Nebula but won neither.  It did however win the LOCUS poll and was reprinted in two different Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies.

His podcast and other free reads can be found at jimkelly.net

Cory Doctorow
Anda’s Game
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth

Released under Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing (boingboing.net), and a contributor to Wired, Popular Science, Make, the New York Times, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. He was formerly Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. In that capacity, he worked to balance international treaties, polices and standards oon copyright and related rights, advocating in the halls of governments, the United Nations, standards bodies, corporations, universities and non-profits. His novels are published by Tor Books and simultaneously released on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their re-use and sharing, a move that increases his sales by enlisting his readers to help promote his work. He co-founded the open source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola, sold to OpenText, Inc in 2003, and presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of the Participatory Culture Foundation, the MetaBrainz Foundation, Technorati, Inc, and Onion Networks, Inc.

Paul S. Jenkins
Journey of Jonathan Cave
Travels with Confidence

Paul S. Jenkins lives and works in Hampshire, England, and has been podcasting since March 2005. He likes to write fiction, and has one completed science-fiction novel doing the rounds of agents and publishers, as well as a couple of others in various stages of incompletion. "The Journey of Jonathan Cave" was his first paid fiction sale.

His podcast can be found at revupreview.co.uk

Tee Morris
Asleep at the Wheel

Tee entered 2005 with an idea of podcasting MOREVI in order to promote its sequel, Legacy of Morevi -- and went on to become the first book podcast in its entirety. That experience led to the founding of Podiobooks.com and the collaboration with Evo Terra on Podcasting for Dummies, the user-friendly, how-to guide to podcasting from Wiley Press. Along with the premiere of that title and Legacy of MOREVI: Book One of the Arathellean Wars, Tee also appeared in BenBella Books's Farscape Forever: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Muppets and launched The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy podcast. He is also planning for 2006 a podcast of his novel, Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword.

"Asleep at the Wheel" was Tee Morris' first published byline, and science fiction based on true events. The idea for this short story came to Tee the night he avoided a horrific accident on the Washington DC Beltway. He had nodded off behind the wheel of his car, and came to just before the median wall. Miraculously, no other cars were near him in the four lanes of the Beltway.

Find out more about Tee Morris and his works at teemorris.com.

Patrick McLean
Wolf in the Park
Death of a Dishwasher

Patrick is a freelance writer, copywriter and consultant who has spent way too much time writing radio spots. He started the Seanachai Podcast as a way to practice his fiction writing and share his stories with his friends. Named for a Gaelic word meaning storyteller, the Seanachai had approximately 3,000 listeners since January and is available at www.goodwordsrightorder.com (because it is both cruel and unusual to ask someone to spell things in Gaelic.)

Patrick is continuing the Seanachai, but has stepped down his output to devote some time to writing a comic called How to Succeed in Evil. How to Succeed in Evil first originated as a serial on the Seanachai. Visit succeedinevil.com for more information.

JR Blackwell
Conquest
The Merry Husband

J.R. Blackwell is a writer, photographer and former freak show contortionist. She currently writes for the science fiction website 365 Tomorrows, which produces a new piece of science fiction each day.

She also produces the podcast Voices of Tomorrow, which broadcasts an audio version of a 365 Tomorrows story each week. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Daniel Emery
Timmy, Jimmy and the Beast of Tagmart
Late Shift at the Souleater

Daniel Emery is the writer and producer of the podcast Brief Glimpses of Somewhere Else at seeker.libsyn.com.  During the day, he works as an engineer.  At night he cultivates a number of interests, chief among which are writing, community theatre, and foreign languages.  He is in love with story telling - especially science fiction and fantasy - in every medium including prose, film, graphic novels, audio dramas, and stage plays.  He currently lives in Bakersfield, CA with his amazing wife and their two dogs.

 

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