My Afrofuturist heroine, Second Lieutenant Macia Branson, gets the full podcast treatment thanks to Starshipsofa. They are “reprinting” her first appearance in the short story “The Valkyrie” from War Stories Anthology (Apex Books, 2014).

This story takes place before her appearance previously in “Voice of the Martyr” (from which my short story collection is titled) in Beyond the Sun (Fairwood Press, 2013). Most recently she appeared in “Vade Retro Satana” in FIYAH Magazine (2017).

“The Valkyrie” sets the stage for what Earth is like while many black folks left for the stars (see “At the Village Vanguard” or “El is a Spaceship Melody“).

Enjoy the podcast.

StarShipSofa No 535 Maurice Broaddus