You can find more details under this parent category, but if you’re interested in direct download of my work, see the links below.

Active Podcasts

Retired Podcasts

I Should Be Writing
Escape Pod
Princess Scientist’s Book Club
Angry Robot Books Podcast
Marco and the Red Granny
Tor.com Story Podcast

Restless Brain
Playing For Keeps
The Afterlife Series
The Takeover
Voices, New Media Fiction
Geek Fu Action Grip

Active Podcasts:

I Should Be Writing

I Should Be WritingSince August, ’05: this show cheers on wanna-be writers from the point of view of an also wanna-be writer. Offers advice, views from the trenches, and interviews with published authors. Winner of the Parsec Award, Podcast Peer Award, and the Hub Magazine Award. View the site. Subscribe here (iTunes).


Escape Pod

Escape PodEscape Pod is the premier science fiction podcast magazine. Every week we bring you short stories from some of today’s best science fiction stories, in convenient audio format for your computer or MP3 player. As of May, 2010, I am the editor in chief. Subscribe Here (iTunes)


Princess Scientist’s Book Club

Princess Scientist (aka The Pink Tornado, aka my 7 yr old daughter) talks with her parents about books, science, or whatever’s on her mind. Family friendly, natch. View the site. Subscribe here (iTunes).


Angry Robot Books Podcast

In this monthly podcast I host a sort of round table with two Angry Robot authors about their books, their writing, and whatever else comes to mind. Angry Robot has some awesome books coming out and I highly recommend them. Subscribe via iTunes.


Retired Podcasts

Either these shows are no longer around, or they consist of fiction that’s no longer updated. I’m linking to podiobooks.com where applicable; it’s a totally free host for podcast fiction.

Marco and the Red Granny

My latest fiction release, this is a science fiction novella about arts, patronage, and gladiatorial combat on the moon. Visit the Marco Project Page.


Tor.com Story Podcast

Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, this podcast was produced and hosted by Mur and offered original science fiction weekly from Tor.com. View the site. Subscribe here (iTunes).


Mur Lafferty’s Restless Brain

I’m calling this the evolution from Geek Fu Action Grip, it’s an rarely updated audio blog where I can pretty much include whatever I want: interviews, essays, fiction, whatever. Murverse Feed Subscribe on iTunes


Playing For Keeps

Playing for KeepsPlaying For Keeps is a Parsec-Award winning novel of superheroes and those with less-than-heroic abilities. The original site crashed and burned, but you can still download for free at podiobooks.com. Available now via iPod (text), audio (full 600+ MB download), podcast (via podiobooks.com), Amazon, Kindle, and free PDF. Winner of the 2009 Parsec Award for best novel!



Heaven:

This epic tale spanning 5 seasons tells of Kate and Daniel, two dead friends trying to make it through the afterlife. Heaven, Season One, is the one that started it all. Kate and Daniel die, and their adventure begins.

Hell is Season Two, when Kate and Daniel, well, you can guess where they go.

Earth is Season Three, when Kate and Daniel try to fix what’s broken.

Wasteland is Season Four, when our heroes deal with exile.

  • Get the full book here.
  • Subscribe here.
  • Winner of the 2008 Parsec Award for Best Novella!
  • Available via ebook in 2011

War is the end of the story, warring for control of earth and heaven.

  • Get the full book here.
  • Subscribe here.
  • Nominated for a 2010 Parsec Award!
  • Available via ebook in 2011

The Takeover

The Takeover: “The Office” meets “Shaun of the Dead” in a 10-part audio drama. Nominated for a 2009 Parsec Award! Download the whole thing here. (~100MB)


Voices: New Media Fiction

Voices: New Media Fiction is the first compilation of stories released only in podcast form, they include fiction from James Patrick Kelly and Cory Doctorow! . . . .


Geek Fu

Lessons From A Geek Fu Master Lessons From a Geek Fu Master: The collection of most of my podcasted essays from Geek Fu Action Grip and Michael and Evo’s Wingin’ It. Geek Fu Action Grip: Mur’s first podcast, it ran for nearly three years before closing up shop. Archives are still there, though!

 
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