In THE MISSING METATARSALS, written by Sean Williams, narrator Paul Boehmer breaks out his best Aussie accent to portray Peacekeepers Forest and Sargent as they work to track down missing fossils from a previously unknown species of Stegosaurus amidst a world where traveling through space is as normal as brushing your teeth.
Listen to this terrifically fun story below, then check out Lightspeed‘s Author Spotlight on Sean Williams to read him wax poetic on his writing process, as well as on the great sci-fi trope of matter transmitters.
Sean Williams is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author with forty novels and eighty short stories under his belt. He writes science fiction, fantasy and horror for adults, young adults and children, and enjoys the occasional franchise too, such as Star Wars and Doctor Who. He was born in the dry, flat lands of South Australia, where he still lives with his wife and family. This is his first story to appear in Lightspeed.
Paul Boehmer is a stage, television, and film actor known as much for Shakespeare as he is for Star Trek. As an Audie Award winning narrator, he’s narrated such tomes as Moby Dick and Suzanne Collins’ McGregor series. He is a Senior Producer and Narrator at Skyboat Media.