As much as we would prefer to remain in denial, we have to face the fact that this is our penultimate issue. We wanted to take the opportunity in our final editorials to tell you about the amazing people who have made this thing go for the past three years.
This month, we’re proud to introduce you to the podcast team:
Stefan Rudnicki has been producing the podcasts for our family of magazines since Lightspeed launched in 2010. A Grammy and Audie award-winning producer and tremendous voice actor, he has narrated many of our stories himself–but he has also taken great care to be true to the author’s intent, seeking out and hiring actors to ensure a personal, authentic voice for each production. You can discover more of his work at Skyboat Media, where he and Gabrielle de Cuir record, produce, and direct audio books.
Speaking of Gabrielle–another incredible, award-winning talent–she also recorded many of our stories, and introduced each podcast episode with her signature verve. Alison Belle Bews rounds out the Skyboat team with her directorial expertise.
Acclaimed voice actor Janina Edwards took over for Gabrielle, and has brought a warm, professional polish to every podcast episode. Janina is an Audie award finalist and has been featured in the New York Times for her work voicing BIPOC stories and audio books. Her audio blog is full of depth and insight into the audio book field and her creative world. You can learn more at her website, https://www.janinaspeaksvolumes.com.
Jim Freund is our post-production editor. Jim is the host of the SFF radio show Hour of the Wolf out of New York City, which has been running since 1974. He’s also the Executive Curator for the New York Review of Science Fiction reading series, a vital part of the SFF literary community on the east coast of the U.S. Jim’s meticulous attention to detail ensures a final product that our authors and the entire podcast team can be proud of.
We can’t emphasize enough just how lucky we feel and how grateful we are for all of these incredible professionals who have devoted their time, talent, and skill to these productions over the years.
If you’ll miss their work and your fantasy audio fix, take heart–the team is adding fantasy stories back into the podcast over at Lightspeed, starting with the November issue.
Next month we’ll introduce you to our amazing editorial team.
In this issue we’re proud to bring you short stories by Lowry Poletti (“Dread of the White Dog”) and Sam Kyung Yoo (“Set Yourself on Fire”); flash fiction by Angela Liu (“The Cursed Universe Inside Your Eye”) and Alex V. Cruz (“Bacá”); poetry by Zynab Iliyasu Bobi (“Brief History of Monsterification”) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“A Mortal’s Guide to Attaining Godhood in the Era of Chaos”); and an interview with a few of the many anthologists doing interesting work in the field. Enjoy!