the advanced ward

StarShipSofa No 524 Michael Janairo

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Main Fiction: “The Advanced Ward” by Michael Janairo

Originally published in Veterans of the Future Wars.

Michael Janairo is a writer living in upstate New York. His short fiction and poetry have been published recently in Mithila Review, Lontar: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction, Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History, Star*Line Magazine, and Eye to the Telescope, among others. A former journalist, he works at a college art museum in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife, son, and dog. His Filipino family name is pronounced ‘ha NIGH row.’ He blogs at michaeljanairo.com.

Narrated by: Spencer DiSparti

“Spencer DiSparti is from Phoenix, Arizona. He likes to read stories and pretend he’s other people.”