Starfarer's Cafe (science fiction magazine)
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On the promenade of a space station orbiting Altair IV is the Starfarer's Café. An intergalactic crossroads, daily the café serves traders, pilots, travelers and thieves. All have a tale to tell. Visit us at starfarerscafe.com. Open 24/7.
FREE STORY at Starfarer's Café: Sometimes, the challenges of coming home are as great as those of the war itself - especially when the war is fought in space #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #scifisky #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/07/18...
Homecoming
Jon Adcock visited the Starfarer’s Café this week with a tale of a man who fought in the Human-Newt War. Fighting in such a bloody war is certainly a challenge, but sometimes coming home from the w…
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Read our interview with Daniel Sansom, whose short story "The Last Anḗr" recently appeared in Starfarer’s Cafe #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
Interview with Donald Sansom
Starfarer’s Cafe recently sat down to talk with science fiction author Daniel Sansom, whose short story The Last Anḗr recently appeared in Starfarer’s Cafe. Sanson is a science fiction …
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Did you know Saturn’s north pole is wrapped in a massive, six-sided jet stream? 🪐 This geometric storm spans 20,000 miles (30,000 km) across—more than twice the width of Earth—with winds reaching 300 mph (500 kph)! 1/4
Read our book review of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"! #scifiauthor #scifibooks #scifiplanet #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #speculativefiction
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
A science fiction classic, “Fahrenheit 451” remains as relevant today as it did when written during the era of McCarthyism in the early 1950s. The novel’s main character, Guy Mont…
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Book Review at Starfarer's Cafe! "2054" by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/02/19...
“2054” by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
A speculative political thriller by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis (published March 2025), “2054” is the sequel to “2034,” exploring a near-future America 20 ye…
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FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe! "Dark Starlight": There's a reason you shouldn't walk alone. #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/03/22...
Dark Starlight
Robert Grains stopped by the café this week and regaled diners with this terrifying tale from his visit to the Cthulhu Mythos universe, a visit in which he learns to never walk alone. Som…
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🌌 Did you know NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has a view 100x larger than Hubble? Over its lifetime, it will capture light from over a billion galaxies to paint an unprecedented map of our universe! 🔭✨ #NASARoman #Space #Astrophysics 1/4
Read our interview with horror-science fiction author Robert Grains, whose story "Dark Starlight" appears on Starfarer's Cafe. #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/04/28...
Interview with Robert Grains
Starfarer’s Cafe recently sat down to talk with science fiction author Robert Grains, whose short story Dark Starlight is among the first to appear in our digital magazine. Robert Grains is a…
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FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe! "The Father of Cats": An old man faces his mortality - but he has just one last task to perform... #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #speculativefictiont starfarerscafe.com/2026/04/29...
The Father of Cats
Dennis M. Kohler visited the café this past week, sharing the tale from a distant world of an old man facing his mortality. But before he dies, there is one last task to perform… He watched as the …
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NEW STORY at Starfarer's Café: "Dark Secrets"! #amwritingscifi #sciencefictionbooks #scifisky #SciFiReads #specfic #speculativefiction #sff #sciencefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/08/31...
Dark Secrets
Rob Bignell returned to Starfarer’s Cafe this weekend to share a tale from a science station at Tau Ceti. Sometimes a visit from an old friends is unwelcomed – especially when the frien…
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A new exoplanet has been confirmed: say hello to HD 181433 d. There are now 300 known confirmed exoplanets beyond our solar system.
HD 181433 d - NASA Science
Its discovery was announced in 2008, and it was found using Radial Velocity at La Silla Observatory, and it completes an orbit every 6,896.1 days, and its mass is 206.91 Earths, and its system is 26.88 parsecs away.
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NEW STORY at Starfarer's Cafe: The Last Anḗr #amwritingscifi #sciencefictionbooks #scifisky #SciFiReads #specfic #speculativefiction #sff #sciencefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/08/24...
The Last Anḗr
Donald Samson visited the Starfarer’s Café this week with a tale of a man who may be the very last human alive. Fortunately – or maybe it’s “unfortunately” – he has a companion, an android known as…
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FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe: Special Patrol Services and one particular mission to far-flung port of call Antri – a planet surprisingly in deep need of assistance. #sciencefiction #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
The Dark Side of Antri
Sewell Peaslee Wright used to be a regular at the Starfarer’s Café long, long ago. After nearly a century absence, he returns to share with diners memories of the early days of the Special Patrol S…
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Read our review at Gib Check's "Bessie Howard, Virtual Sorceress" at Starfarer's Cafe! #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat
“Bessie Howard, Virtual Sorceress: Her Amazing Adventures through Time and Space!” by Gib Check
Looking for a great science fiction book for a middle schooler – a book that is full of adventure yet teaches something about science? Try “Bessie Howard, Virtual Sorceress: Her Amazing Adven…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope just revealed the "Treasure Chest" in the Carina Nebula! 🌌✨ This cosmic "cometary globule" is an isolated cloud of gas and dust featuring a dense, dark head and a sweeping tail. Pure celestial beauty! 🔭💫
FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe: How can two microbes stuck on Earth ever get home to Mars? #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
The Martian Microbes of Menzenschwand
Mary Jo Rabe visited the Starfarer’s Cafe this week, coming all the way from Germany. You may recall that is a nation state on Earth, the planet that the Martians tried to vanquish a few cent…
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NASA Astronomy Hourly Picture - 2015-05-22: A Dark and Dusty Sky #Astronomy #NASA #Space
FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe: What if losing the race was the only way to win? #scifiplanet #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
All or Nothing
Rob Bignell arrived at Starfarer’s Cafe with this fantastical tale of a strange custom among several far-flung alien civilizations – a race to see who can fall into a black hole first. …
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CALL FOR ARTWORK. Starfarer's Cafe is now accepting artwork submissions for science fiction stories. #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/writers-guid...
Writer’s Guidelines
HOW WE ROLL: We’re purely digital. We loved paper books and magazines as kids, but it’s time to grow up. In the future, there won’t be any paper except in antique stores. WHAT WE DON’T WANT: Near-f…
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Read interviews of science fiction authors at Starfarer's Cafe! #scifiauthor #scifibooks #scifiplanet #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/category/int...
Someone tell NASA that we found a short cut.
FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe: Read the harrowing tale of humanity's first contact with the Plumies! #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
The Aliens
Murray Leinster used to be a regular at the Starfarer’s Cafe but has been missing in action for far too long. He recently stopped by after a long expedition and shared this old story he used …
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Interview with science fiction author Rob Bignell, whose story "All or Nothing" appears on Starfarer's Cafe #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
Interview with Author Rob Bignell
Starfarer’s Cafe recently sat down to talk with science fiction author Rob Bignell, whose short story All or Nothing is among the first to appear in our digital magazine. A long-time book edi…
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FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe: Meet the Wub, a strange alien creature picked up on a distant world. #amreadingsciencefiction #sciencefictioncommunity #sciencefictionlovers #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat
Beyond Lies the Wub
Philip K. Dick was once a regular customer, and though we haven’t seen him in years, his name occasionally pops up in diners’ conversations. Today he returns to retell is the tale of the Wub, an al…
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FREE STORY at Starfarer's Cafe! A mysterious, destructive force from Planet 4 threatens Earth! #amreadingsciencefiction #sciencefictioncommunity #sciencefictionlovers #scifiauthor #scifibooks #scifiplanet #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction starfarerscafe.com/2026/03/05/t...
Exploring the Moon will require rovers that can think for themselves – an upcoming NASA mission will test whether they can #cobbcounty
Exploring the Moon will require rovers that can think for themselves – an upcoming NASA mission will test whether they can
by Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the Moon with a... The post Exploring the Moon will require rovers that can think for themselves – an upcoming NASA mission will test whether they can appeared first on Cobb Courier.
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Get free science fiction writing prompts at Starfarer's Cafe! #scifiauthor #scifibooks #scifiplanet #scifireaders #SciFiReads #specfic #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction starfarerscafe.com/category/sf-...
Read our interview with horror-science fiction author Robert Grains, whose story "Dark Starlight" appears on Starfarer's Cafe. #sciencefiction #sciencefictionbooks #sff #sffchat #scifisky #amwritingscifi #amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction
Interview with Robert Grains
Starfarer’s Cafe recently sat down to talk with science fiction author Robert Grains, whose short story Dark Starlight is among the first to appear in our digital magazine. Robert Grains is a…
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