Folded Space

Boojum Audio
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Folded Space is a bi weekly audio science fiction anthology hosted by Seth Williams, showcasing short form science fiction from voices across the spectrum of human existence. Each episode invites listeners to explore the universe, one story at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 1 day ago

    Fixative, by Jonathan Olfert

    First publication, Analog (Jan/Feb 2025 issue) Performed by Nicole Swanson Dainy Merced is a Counter, an obsessive compulsive starship maintenance tech who uses medication to turn herself into her job. When she can't let go of he last one, she struggles to decide her own identity and make a living on a planetoid without a sun. Jonathan Olfert is the author of over fifty short stories. His work has appeared in Lightspeed, Analog, On Spec, Strange Horizons, and more. His novelettes Fletcher's Flights and Under White Air are forthcoming from Beneath Ceaseless Skies. His writing has been shortlisted for the Rhysling Award and featured twice in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction. He comes from Alberta and lives in Atlantic Canada. Nicole Swanson is an actor and producer from Augusta, GA, who has discovered she loves hiding away in her closet and telling stories to her loyal companion, Blackjack the Studio Dog. An occupational therapist in the Georgia Corrections system, when not narrating, Nicole enjoys a good cup of coffee while sitting on her porch swing and listening to the rain on a dark and stormy night. Discover more of Nicole’s adventures at www.NicoleSwansonVO.com This episode was sponsored by Navigator Karen Pelczar Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by Addi Studio and grandfailure. Season One hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 4 Nov

    Author Interview: Lauren Taylor Bak

    Lauren Taylor Bak is an emerging author of erotic romantasy and speculative fiction. In another life, she obtained a PhD in English, though these days she mostly uses it to justify dubious literary references in smutty stories. She identifies as a bisexual, autistic Trekkie and has published work in NYGEL Journal and The Disconnected, including stories set in the ISS Calypso universe. Learn more about her work and upcoming projects at laurentaylorbak.wordpress.com or follow her on Bluesky at @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social This bonus episode is brought to you in part by Navigator Karen Pelczar Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by Addison Smith and Grandfailure Season one hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 21 Oct ·  Bonus

    Author Interview: Arthur H. Manners

    Arthur H. Manners is a British writer with a background in space science. His work is published in places like Analog, Strange Horizons, Nature, and Pseudopod. His debut sci-fi novel Inworld, described as having "echoes of Arrival and Interstellar", will be published by Saga Press (US) and Harper Voyager (UK) in Spring 2027. To pre-order and receive updates, follow his newsletter at https://arthurmanners.com, and find his socials via https://linktr.ee/arthurmanners This bonus episode is sponsored by Navigator Karen Pelczar Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by Addison Smith Season one hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. 14 Oct

    As Water, Leaf and Stone, I Wait for You, by Arthur H. Manners

    Performed by Krystal Hammond This episode was sponsored by Navigator Karen Pelczar Scientist Alma will do anything to get back to her daughter Mari. Arthur H. Manners is a British writer with a background in space science. His work is published in places like Analog, Strange Horizons, Nature, and Pseudopod. His debut sci-fi novel -Inworld, described as having "echoes of Arrival and Interstellar", will be published by Saga Press (US) and Harper Voyager (UK) in Spring 2027. To pre-order and receive updates, follow his newsletter at https://arthurmanners.com, and find his socials via https://linktr.ee/arthurmanners Krystal Hammond is a narrator, writer, cancer survivor, and nonbinary queer human. They grew up in rural North Carolina, nurtured by a steady diet of local Blackbeard legends and Confederate ghost stories. These folktales and myths fostered a lifelong love of storytelling and all the drama that comes with it. They also hold a Master's degree in Biological Anthropology and adore ugly cats. You can learn more about their work at krystalhammond.com or find them on X at @thekmhammond. Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by grandfailure. Season One hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. 7 Oct ·  Bonus

    Author Interview: Beth Goder

    Beth Goder is an archivist and author. Her stories have appeared in venues such as Escape Pod, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Flash Fiction Online, Apex, Strange Horizons, and Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy. She loves chocolate, hiking, and checking out too many books from the library. You can find her online at http://www.bethgoder.com. An Expression of Silence and Other Stories is Beth Goder’s debut collection of twenty-four speculative stories, accompanied by author’s notes with details about how she wrote them. Back her project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bethgoder/an-expression-of-silence-a-short-fiction-collection This bonus episode is sponsored by Navigator Karen Pelczar Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by Addison Smith. Season one hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. 30 Sept

    Chaotic Universe, by Beth Goder

    Performed by Anthony Babington Sabtal has questions about the meaning of life and death. Beth Goder is an archivist and author. Her stories have appeared in venues such as Escape Pod, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Flash Fiction Online, Apex, Strange Horizons, and Horton's The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy. She loves chocolate, hiking, and checking out too many books from the library. You can find her online at http://www.bethgoder.com. An Expression of Silence and Other Stories is Beth Goder’s debut collection of twenty-four speculative stories, accompanied by author’s notes with details about how she wrote them. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bethgoder/an-expression-of-silence-a-short-fiction-collection Anthony Babington is an aspiring 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 work in Far Fetched Fables, Starship Sofa , Tales to Terrify and The Cursed Inn podcast. He can be found on Twitter at @AlephBaker This episode was sponsored by Navigator Karen Pelczar Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by grandfailure. Season One hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. 23 Sept ·  Bonus

    Author Interview: Sam W. Pisciotta

    Sam W. Pisciotta is a writer and visual artist. Find his short fiction in Tales to Terrify, Lightspeed, Asimov’s, Nightmare, PodCastle, and other publications. He is a graduate of the Odyssey writing program (2023) and a member of Clarion’s 2026 Novel Writing Workshop. Sam has an M.A. in Literary Studies from the University of Colorado. Powered on morning coffee and late-night tea, he splits his time between Colorado and New York. Connect at www.silo34.com and @silo34 on Instagram, and @swpisciotta on BlueSky Social. Folded Space is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License. Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by Addison Smith. Season One hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. 16 Sept

    Souvenirs, by Ian Creasey

    First Publication: Asimov's Science Fiction (April/May 2012) Performed by Aven Shore "On a remote planet, Kendra is a humble hawker selling souvenirs. When a sale goes wrong, she must seek justice in a galaxy where there is a vast gulf — in all senses — between the locals who service the spaceports and the spacers who travel between the stars." Ian Creasey lives in Yorkshire, England. He has published seventy-odd short stories, mostly in the science-fiction genre with a few fantasy and horror. His work has appeared frequently in Asimov's Science Fiction and Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and in numerous other venues. A collection of his short fiction, The Shapes of Strangers, came out from NewCon Press in 2019. More information can be found on his website at iancreasey.com Aven Shore is an audiobook narrator, beekeeper, and friend to chickens. She lives and works from a home studio in the woods of rural Canada. Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by grandfailure. Season One hosted and produced by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  9. 9 Sept ·  Bonus

    Author Interview: Matt Hornsby

    Matt Hornsby is based in Dublin, Ireland. His short fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Uncharted, Metaphorosis, and several other publications. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writers' Workshop. By day, he works in environmental policy. Folded Space is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License. Audio production by Andrew Gibson. First reading by Nathaniel Matthews Lee. Music by Ardie Son. And art by Addison Smith. Season One hosted and edited by Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  10. Season 1 Trailer

    Welcome to Folded Space

    Season One, Episode Zero If this is your first time hearing about Folded Space, here's the idea: Every other week, we'll bring you a new science fiction story. Each episode is self-contained and told by a single narrator. No ongoing plot. Just one story at a time. Over the course of our first season, we'll explore the space where technology, human nature, and a vast, indifferent universe collide. Audio production by Andrew Gibson First reading by Nathaniel Lee Music by Ardie Son Art by grandfailure Season one host and editor, Seth Williams. https://www.foldedspacepodcast.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/FoldedSpaceanAudioScienceFictionAnthology/ https://bsky.app/profile/foldedspace.bsky.social/ https://www.instagram.com/foldedspacepodcast/ Discover more about the show and learn how you can help shape its future at https://FoldedSpacePodcast.com. You can also join our community on Patreon or support the podcast directly via PayPal. Your support helps us bring you more great science fiction stories. Be sure to subscribe to or follow Folded Space on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform. Folded Space is released under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Folded Space is a bi weekly audio science fiction anthology hosted by Seth Williams, showcasing short form science fiction from voices across the spectrum of human existence. Each episode invites listeners to explore the universe, one story at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Boojum Audio
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Folded Space
  • Show Website
    Folded Space

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