An unlikely romance in the summer of '77.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/hither-hills/

About the Author + Narrator:

Laura Buchwald is a New York City-based writer and editor who has spent a lot of time in New Orleans, which partially inspired her first novel.

The Coat Check Girl comes out October 15 as the first of a three-book series. It will be available for pre-order on July 16 from your local bookstore or wherever books are sold. Support independent bookstores!

• https://laurabuchwald.com/

• https://peoplewhodothings.art/

• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095294176611

Cutting edge technology isn't always ready for every use case.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/the-movers/

About the Author:

Michael Allen Rose is an award-winning author, musician, and performance artist based in Chicagoland. His books include JURASSICHRIST and THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE HUMAN RACE among others. He enjoys tea and cats.

• http://linktr.ee/michaelallenrose
• http://www.michaelallenrose.com

About the Narrator:

Eddie Knight has been a technical leader in organizations ranging from financial services to software security, enabling him to gain the wealth of experience and insight that he brings as a speaker, author, and strategist.

Sometimes you don't know what you know until you see it in writing.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/write-what-you-know/

About the Author:

C. J. Peterson is a writer of science articles and science fiction who is kept as the pet of a large gray cat.

About the Narrator:

Hannah Knight is an artist, cat lover, and mother to a rambunctious toddler.

Recently sacked and single, Walt is about to learn what it truly means to be cursed.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/bills-bones/

About the Author:

Mike Jack Stoumbos lives with his wife, puppy, and parrot, and enjoys finding hope and humor in speculative fiction. His stories have appeared in collections from Writers of the Future, Zombies Need Brains, WordFire Press, and others.

• mikejackstoumbos.com
• https://www.amazon.com/Murderbugs-Arthropod-Mike-Jack-Stoumbos-ebook/dp/B0D2RQPYGH

About the Narrator:

Eddie Knight has been a technical leader in organizations ranging from financial services to software security, enabling him to gain the wealth of experience and insight that he brings as a speaker, author, and strategist.

A priest, a scribe, and a whore walk into a pub— but none of them is in the mood for a joke.

Read Now in Mythaxis Magazine Issue 17!

About the Author

Emma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Apex Magazine, Radon, Utopia Magazine, MetaStellar, Milk Candy Review, Elegant Literature, The Stygian Lepus, Roi Fainéant, Rejection Letters, and more.

• Website
• Bluesky

About the Narrator

Hannah Knight is an artist, cat lover, and mother to a rambunctious toddler.

At the end of the day, even thieves and grave robbers gotta get paid.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/third-tomb/

About the Author:

After traveling around the world, Alex Evans has settled down to juggle an absorbing job, a lively family and the craft of writing. She loves fantasy, folklore, history and hates clichés.

About the Narrator:

Hannah Knight is an artist, cat lover, and mother to a rambunctious toddler.

A surprise awaits Earth's first extraterrestrial visitors.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/its-a-girl/

About the Author:

Stetson Ray lives in a heavily fortified compound near Sugar Creek, Tennessee.

About the Narrator:

Eddie Knight has been a technical leader in organizations ranging from financial services to software security, enabling him to gain the wealth of experience and insight that he brings as a speaker, author, and strategist.

When you're serving on a faster-than-light ship, there are limits to how hard you should work on cleaning duty.

https://upbeattales.com/episodes/2024/floaty-hand/

About the Author:

Brandon Martinelli was born severely left-handed on the West Coast. He works a regular job, and some of his free time goes towards writing.

About the Narrator:

Eddie Knight has been a technical leader in organizations ranging from financial services to software security, enabling him to gain the wealth of experience and insight that he brings as a speaker, author, and strategist.