011: Le carré rouge, by Claudie Arseneault

"Le carré rouge" by Claudie Arseneault

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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.

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This story contains guns, police brutality, fungi, underground spaces.

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010: The Flying Camel Goes to Tigerwood, by Lisa M. Bradley

"The Flying Camel Goes to Tigerwood" by Lisa M. Bradley

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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.

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This story contains emotional abuse, rape mention, fighting.

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The story “The Flying Camel Goes to Tigerwood” is copyright 2016 Lisa M. Bradley, and may not be duplicated outside the context of this publication without her permission.

Cover art is by Julie M. Rodriguez, and is released jointly by Rodriguez and by Solarpunk Press under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Details and high resolution copies of the art are available at solarpunkpress.com.

009: Teen Lunatics, by Cat Darensbourg

"Teen Lunatics" by Cat Darensbourg

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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.

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This story contains insects, spiders, casual ableist language.

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The story "Teen Lunatics" is copyright 2016 Catherine Darensbourg, and may not be duplilcated outside the context of this publication without his permission.

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008: Untethered, by Andy Crawford

"Untethered" by Andy Crawford

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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.

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This story contains Suicidal thoughts, abandonment, heights, injury, starvation, child death, death

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007: The Love Song of Laura Morrison, by Jerry Oltion

"The Love Song Of Laura Morrison" by Jerry Oltion

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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.

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The story “The Love Song of Laura Morrison” is copyright 1987 by Jerry Oltion, and may not be duplicated outside the context of this publication without his permission.

“The Love Song of Laura Morrison” was first published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact in 1987.

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This story contains space travel, including breach of vacuum seal resulting in harm.

Thumbnail art is by B. Myers, and is released jointly by Myers and by Solarpunk Press under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Details and high resolution copies of the art are available at solarpunkpress.com.

006: Flash Fiction issue

Stories (click for text versions):

"Last Day" by Brandon Crilly

"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 Box," and the outro is "I Was Three," both by Ben Bunker.

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The story “Last Day” contains ocean travel.

The story “Looking Across the River from Two Directions” contains blood, implied violence, and poverty.

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The story “Looking Across the River from Two Directions” is copyright 2016 Scott Szpisjak, and may not be duplicated outside the context of this publication without his permission.

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005: Without Walls, by A. Gislebertus

"Without Walls" by A. Gislebertus

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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.

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This story contains themes of incarceration and death, and contains brief aggressive behavior.

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004: The Squeaky Wheel, by Sara Kate Ellis

"The Squeaky Wheel" by Sara Kate Ellis

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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.

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This story contains snakes, insects, bullying, urination, references to child sexual abuse, and potentially upsetting depictions of psychiatric treatment.

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This podcast is released in 2016 under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Lisence. You can duplicate it to share, but only in its entirety and without alterations, and you may not duplicate it for profit.

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Thumbnail art is by Rachel Kalner, and is released jointly by Kalner and by Solarpunk Press under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Details and high resolution copies of the art are available at solarpunkpress.com.

003: Out of the Storm, by Ian O'Reilly

"Out of the Storm" by Ian O'Reilly

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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.

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This story contains ocean travel, assault, and gun violence.

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002: The Daisy Haunt, by Claudie Arseneault

"The Daisy Haunt" by Claudie Arseneault

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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.

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This story contains supernatural elements (ghosts, haunting), breaking and entering, violation of personal boundaries, and some sexual content.

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001: Riley Marigold and the Winged Lizards of Tel Aviv, by Kayla Bashe

"Riley Marigold and the Winged Lizards of Tel Aviv" by Kayla Bashe

Episode 1 of Solarpunk Press Podcast

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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.

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This story contains violence towards teenage children, and a mild portrayal of an abusive environment.

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