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Author : Lia Lao Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 956: Revolutions, as Told by a Humble Rice Farmer is a PodCastle original. Content notes for famine and sibling death Rated PG Revolutions, as Told by a Humble Rice Farmer by Lia Lao When the […]
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Author : Kai Ashante Wilson Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Wanini Kimemiah Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 534 and first published by Tor.com Content note for sex, drug use, graphic depictions of violence with blood and gore and all its wet and slippery trappings, and general horror. Rated X The […]
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Author : Erin Keating Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 954: The Grief Eaters is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Grief Eaters By Erin Keating There was a time when grave dirt could summon grief eaters from the Isle of the Dead. As the midnight […]
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Author : P. H. Low Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in Fantasy Magazine, March 2023 Rated PG-13 The Will of the God of Music by P. H. Low You hear the door open as if in dreaming. Back when you were a conservatory […]
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Author : Emily Munro Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 952: Putti Call is a PodCastle original. Rated R Putti Call By Emily Munro Hopefully you’ve never tried to stuff a struggling toddler into a dog crate, but let me tell you, it’s even worse when […]
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Author : C. J. Lavigne Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Tarver Nova Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 951: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: ‘Til Death is a PodCastle original. Content note for grief Rated PG-13 ‘Til Death by C. J. Lavigne My dear Clarinda, They tell me that when you heard of my […]
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Authors : Gregory Marlow, RJ Aurand and Jeanna Cammarano Narrators : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer), Rosie Sentman and Dani Daly Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 950: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Reapings is a PodCastle original. “The Deading Veil” content note for suicide “Taking Root” content note for the death of a […]
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Author : Tony Dunnell Narrator : Devin Martin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 949: The Troll Road is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Troll Road by Tony Dunnell Sir Lederick dismounted in the Humble Woods on the southern flank of the Hopewine Valley. Here, on the boundary between […]
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Authors : Bree Wernicke and AnaMaria Curtis Narrators : Kat Kourbeti and C. L. Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 948: DOUBLE EPISODE: How I Did Not Make Friends With Teniel eu Letxie and The Gift of Her Light is a PodCastle original. “How I Did Not Make Friends With […]
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Author : J. L. Akagi Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 947: Why a Spider Needs a Parachute is a PodCastle original. Content notes for domestic violence and spiders. Big — friendly! — spiders Rated R Why a Spider Needs a Parachute by J. L. Akagi […]
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Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Ziv Wities Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 517 and first published in Fantasy & Science Fiction. Rated PG-13 A Fine Balance By Charlotte Ashley My mistress, Shoanna Yildirim, was the greatest shot in the city. Each morning, according to her wishes, […]
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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in Apex Magazine (2021) Rated PG-13 Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor A girl has lost her soul down deep in the City. It wandered away while she […]
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Author : Stephanie Burgis Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously published in The Sunday Morning Transport March 2, 2025 Rated G Mail-Order Magic by Stephanie Burgis Shopping online during a bout of brain fog was a terrible idea. Unfortunately, like everything else Hayley Bent tried to […]
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Author : T. R. Steele Narrator : Jordan Kurella Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 943: At Death’s Door is a PodCastle original. content notes for suicidal ideation and second-person narration Rated PG-13 At Death’s Door by T. R. Steele Here are my instructions for passing through death’s door: 1. […]
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Author : C. L. Clark Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Wanini Kimemiah Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 519 as a PodCastle Original Rated PG-13 Burning Season By C. L. Clark It was burning season in Rashid. Again. Even in the shop, I could smell the smoke. Can you believe I […]
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Author : André Geleynse Narrator : Rae Lundberg Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #433 Content note for suicide attempts Rated R Last Train from Deadwall Part TWO of Two by André Geleynse The second time Knucklebone tried to kill himself didn’t work out […]
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Author : André Geleynse Narrator : Rae Lundberg Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #433 Content note for suicide attempts Rated R Last Train from Deadwall PART ONE of Two by André Geleynse The first time Knucklebone tried to kill himself, he’d already been […]
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Author : Amanda Helms Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 939: The Worth of Ashes is a PodCastle original. Content notes for death of family members to illness (off-page), grief Rated PG THE WORTH OF ASHES by Amanda Helms Aselya retained enough of her […]
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Author : Anne Ivy Narrator : Elizabeth Green Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 292 and first published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Read the full text here! Rated R Read the full text here!
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Author : Victor Forna Narrators : Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Munashe R. Goromonzi, Wanini Kimemiah, Tahnia Barrie, Soila Kenya and Opie Ogundiran Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published by Apex Magazine Rated PG Kɛrozin Lamp Kurfi by Victor Forna Breath KADE MAKASI: In . . . ALL […]
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Author : Mar Vincent Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 936: Ananconfabulation is a PodCastle original. Rated G Ananconfabulation by Mar Vincent Our homes are buried, so we built tunnels. From Tomas’ window to mine, from Ryan’s to Kimber’s and back to Tomas’ attached garage where […]
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Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in Strange Horizons, February 2025 Content note: spiders Rated PG Arachnomorphosis by Beth Goder At night, Olivia becomes a spider. She scurries down San Francisco streets, floats gently between cotton-candy-colored houses, and […]
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Author : C. T. Muchemwa Narrator : Munashe R. Goromonzi Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously published by FIYAH 33 (February 2025) Content note for gore Rated PG-13 The Inheritance by C. T. Muchemwa Taona did not shed a single tear when his baba died. Not when he heard the […]
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Author : Xander M. Odell Narrator : Sean D. Sorrentino Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 933: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – Ink is a PodCastle original. Rated R Ink by Xander M. Odell A woman stood at the tattoo parlor’s door. Small, damp from the storm, hair disheveled and slightly askew. […]
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Author : Anna Kahn Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 932: Carina is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Carina by Anna Kahn “I’ve had a baby. Still feels strange that you don’t know that — I’ve been looking forward to telling you. She’s called Sophie, which […]
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Author : Kelsey Hutton Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Originally published in Zooscape, Issue 23, April 15, 2025 Rated PG Birds of Fortune by Kelsey Hutton Water droplets still glistened on each of the griffin’s feathers, catching light on dark brown wings and […]
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Author : Natalie Zutter Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 930: Parsley Girl, Parsley Girl, Let Down Your Trichobezoar is a PodCastle original. content notes for pregnancy loss, post-natal depression, and second-person narration Rated PG Parsley Girl, Parsley Girl, Let Down Your Trichobezoar by Natalie Zutter […]
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Author : A. T. Greenblatt Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Devin Martin Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 558 and first published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Rated PG A Place to Grow By A. T. Greenblatt Lillian was wearing one of her uncles’ old suits again. Her family always wore suits […]
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Authors : Rachel Gutin, Christina Trujillo and Toshiya Kamei Narrators : Jess Lewis, Sandra Espinoza and Amal El-Mohtar “Peppermint Tea” previously published by Baffling Magazine “Ghosts” previously published in Gingerbread House Literary Magazine. This story was originally titled “Recipe” “Last Word” is a #PodCastleOriginal! Rated G Peppermint Tea by Rachel Gutin Simi huddled in […]
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Author : Jay Kang Romanus Narrator : John Chu Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 927: The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died is a PodCastle original. Content note for drowning Rated PG The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died by Jay Kang Romanus I’m leaning in to kiss a […]
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Author : Tony Pi Narrator : S. Qiouyi Lu Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 423 and first published in Fantasy Magazine Rated PG-13 The Gold Silkworm by Tony Pi When I first became keeper of the Spirit of Grass, she and I made a pact to never turn […]
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Author : Audris Candra Narrator : Zilla Paramita Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 925: The Immortal Rabbit is a PodCastle original. Content notes for homophobia, violence, the death of a spouse, and second-person narration Rated PG-13 The Immortal Rabbit By Audris Candra Your most painful death […]
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Author : Leah Ning Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 924: Reverent is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Reverent by Leah Ning It’s the smell of gravity that tells me Father’s been to my rooms: empty and metal-sweet, the way you’d think a black hole would […]
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Authors : Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 923: The Sun Globe is a PodCastle original. Rated G The Sun Globe Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt Grace Morley was singing “Silver Bells” under her breath — it was part of the […]
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Author : Anita Harris Satkunananthan Narrator : Chang Yiun Yee Host : Eric Valdes Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published by GiGaNotosaurus Rated PG A Long Tango Across A Canopy of Whispering Leaves By Anita Harris Satkunananthan The return of the last Festival King was not mere rumour. Half a dozen heralds from […]
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Authors : Cat Rambo and Jeff VanderMeer Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 146 and first published by Subterranean Press. Read the text here! Graphic Surgical Detail Rated R Read the full text here! The Surgeon’s Tale by Cat Rambo and Jeff VanderMeer Down […]
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Author : Jennifer R. Donohue Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in issue #3 of Gamut, on March 1, 2024 Content warnings for gore and traumatic birth Rated R Auguries By Jennifer R. Donohue She screamed the first time, so loud that the old man […]
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Authors : B. Morris Allen, David McGuire and Courtney Floyd Narrators : Hugo Jackson, Steve Anderson and Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 919: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Possibilities is a PodCastle original. The Only Map is Memory and CoverLetter_Version5 are rated PG. Valfierno is rated PG-13. The Only Map […]
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Author : Diana Dima Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 918: Waterways is a PodCastle original. Content warning for self-harm and coercive control Rated PG Waterways by Diana Dima When his father died and left him the boat, he thought to himself, […]
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Author : Amal El-Mohtar Narrator : Marguerite Croft Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 139 and originally published in Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories. Rated R We unfortunately do not have the rights to publish the full text of this story, but it is available to read in full […]
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Author : Ruth Joffre Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Dean Kidd Discuss on Forums PodCastle 916: Woodpecker, Warbler, Mussel, Thrush is a PodCastle original. Rated G Woodpecker, Warbler, Mussel, Thrush by Ruth Joffre Yesterday, I was a bird. A slender-billed curlew, to be exact. My girlfriend helped […]
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Author : Leah Ning Narrator : Amanda Ching Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in Monster Lairs (Dark Matter INK, October 2023) Rated PG-13 The Hunter, the Monster, and the Things That Could Have Been by Leah Ning You find the dying woman-thing in an alley, […]
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Author : Eden Royce Narrator : Laurice White Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 914: The Magnolia Returns is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Magnolia Returns By Eden Royce The Magnolia blooms out of nowhere at any time of year it chooses, bringing its dilapidated wooden slats and rickety […]
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Author : Eugie Foster Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously ran as episode 28 and first published by Cricket Magazine Rated G The Tanuki-Kettle by Eugie Foster When Hisa was a baby, her mother called in a soothsayer to cast her daughter’s horoscope. The […]
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Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Rated PG Mycelium by Beth Goder I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up […]
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Author : Lalini Shanela Ranaraja Narrator : Shweta Adhyam Host : Eric Valdes Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously Published in Strange Horizons, 15 August 2022 Issue. Content warnings for animal cruelty, blood, and suicide Rated PG-13 Tusker Blue by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja You still remember the first time Hailé visited […]
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Author : Stephanie Malia Morris Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 909: Resurrection Rum is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for death, gun violence, and racism Rated PG-13 Resurrection Rum by Stephanie Malia Morris After Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch ALBEMARLE COUNTY, July […]
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Author : Dani Atkinson Narrators : Andrew K. Hoe, Kitty Sarkozy and Katherine Inskip Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously ran as episode 722 and first published by Daily Science Fiction Rated PG-13 Said the Princess by Dani Atkinson Once upon a time in a far-off […]
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Author : A. D. Ellicott Narrator : Emma Osborne Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously Published by Body of Work, ed. C.Z. Tacks, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (2023) Content warnings for fatphobia and eating disorders Rated PG Maintenance Phase by A.D. Ellicott Mary woke in an unfamiliar bed, […]
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Authors : Amanda Helms and Anne Leonard Narrators : Cherrae L. Stuart and Christiana Ellis Host : Eric Valdes Artist : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums “The House, The Witch, and Sugarcane Stalks” Previously published by Lightspeed, “To Pluck a Twisted String” Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Rated PG The […]
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Author : Jeanna Mason Stay Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 905: The Next Dead Wife is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for coercive control, domestic violence, and murder Rated PG-13 The Next Dead Wife by Jeanna Mason Stay Every time a new […]
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Author : Sarah Prineas Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously ran as episode 18 and first published by Strange Horizons Rated G The Illuminated Dragon by Sarah Prineas Rafe Greatorex thought he’d spotted a dragon. From where he stood on the cobbled street that […]
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Author : Charles Chin Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 903: On the Shoulders of Giants is a PodCastle original. content warning for suicidal ideation Rated PG On the Shoulders of Giants by Charles Chin I was born a T12. Sure, it was the lowest of the […]
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Author : E. M. Faulds Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Devin Martin Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 902: Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike is a PodCastle original. Content warning for ableist attitudes Rated PG-13 Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike E.M. Faulds I remember your mum […]
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Author : Christine Lucas Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Abyss & Apex Content warnings for ableist slurs and attitudes, violence, and misogyny Rated PG-13 Moths in a Fluttering Heart by Christine Lucas When Maria returned to her village, she found […]
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Author : Gillian Knox Narrator : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 900: Sour Fruit is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for domestic abuse and the death of a parent Rated PG-13 Sour Fruit By Gillian Knox The large open field was encircled […]
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Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Cat Rambo Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by UNLOCKING THE MAGIC, edited by Vivian Caethe Content warning for PTSD, suicidal ideation, and body horror Rated PG Broken All My Boughs and Brittle My Heart by Cat Rambo It was […]
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Authors : J. R. Dawson and John Wiswell Narrator : John Bell Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Haven Spec Rated PG This Mentor Lives by J.R. Dawson & John Wiswell Abraham was rushing through his miracles. He drew out the rune-etched broadsword of young […]
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This July 2025, PodCastle is very proud to join in celebrating Disability Pride Month with Disability Pride & Magic: a month of fantastic stories centering disabled characters and experiences. We have five wonderful stories for you: “This Mentor Lives” by J. R. Dawson & John Wiswell, narrated by John Bell “Broken All My Boughs and […]
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Author : Jessie Roy Narrator : Kyle Akers Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 897: Oops! All Swords is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for repeated violent death and strong language throughout. Rated PG-13 Oops! All Swords by Jessie Roy Blackness, and a ringing in your ears, […]
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Author : Jason Fischer Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously run as episode 438, and first published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies (#180) Content warning for frequent and bloody violence. Rated R Defy The Grey Kings by Jason Fischer There are many ways to kill […]
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Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Rated PG-13 The Day of the Sea by Jennifer Hudak When the Sea came to our village, she was an old woman. She […]
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Author : M. T. Lee Narrator : A.J. Fitzwater Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 894: The Summer of Lugubriosity is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Summer of Lugubriosity by M. T. Lee We did the ritual on a Wednesday. Josh brought the candles, I brought […]
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Author : Victoria Dixon Narrator : Eleiece Krawiec Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 893: Counting Fairies is a PodCastle original. Content warning for injury to an animal Rated PG-13 Counting Fairies By Victoria Dixon Inside her carport, Janet Littleton turned off the bike’s grumbling engine and […]
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Author : Daniel Abraham Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published as PodCastle 051 Rated PG The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics by Daniel Abraham For as many years as anyone in the city could remember, Olaf Neddelsohn had been […]
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Author : Mitchell Shanklin Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 891: Trending Now! Help With Legal Fees for Reluctant Swordsman is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for child endangerment and injury Rated PG-13 Trending Now! Help With Legal Fees for Reluctant Swordsman By Mitchell […]
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Author : L. S. Johnson Narrators : Nicola Chapman, Matt Dovey and Peter Seaton-Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by G Is for Ghosts, Poise and Pen Publishing Content warning for era-specific homophobia Rated PG-13 The O’Brien and Palmer Show – PART TWO OF TWO by […]
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Author : L. S. Johnson Narrators : Nicola Chapman, Matt Dovey and Peter Seaton-Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by G Is for Ghosts, Poise and Pen Publishing Content warning for era-specific homophobia Rated PG-13 The O’Brien and Palmer Show – PART ONE OF TWO by […]
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Author : Mimi Mondal Narrator : Elizabeth Green Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally published as PodCastle 349 Content warnings for violence and disturbing imagery Rated R This Sullied Earth, Our Home by Mimi Mondal A few hours after the Majestic Oriental Circus rolls into Deoband, Johuree steps into […]
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Author : Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Narrator : Yaroslav Barsukov Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Rated PG-13 The Cuckoo of Vrežna Mountain by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko I realised I was in love with Ivor the day he went up the […]
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Author : Cynthia Zhang Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 886: Houyi the Archer Fights the Sun is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Houyi the Archer Fights the Sun by Cynthia Zhang “I,” Houyi the Archer says one bright August afternoon […]
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Author : Si Wang Narrator : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 885: Prisoners is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Prisoners by Si Wang The fortress was as large as a city and empty as a dried-up well. During the days, I followed a […]
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Author : J.J. Roth Narrators : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Jen R. Albert, Dagny Paul, Graeme Dunlop, Summer Fletcher, Matt Dovey, Alasdair Stuart, Marguerite Kenner, Eleanor R. Wood and Steven Capps Host : Emmalia Harrington Audio Producers : Eric Valdes and Pria Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 884: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: All of the Cuddles With […]
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Author : Brigitte Winter Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention Content warnings for violence and coercive control Rated R Redo by Brigitte Winter 3. In our third timeline, I met you on […]
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Author : Luke Wildman Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in Writers and Illustrators of the Future, Vol. 37 Rated PG How to Steal the Plot Armor by Luke Wildman PART TWO of TWO Something was obviously wrong from the moment we […]
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Author : Luke Wildman Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Matt Dovey Artist : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in Writers and Illustrators of the Future, Vol. 37 Rated PG How to Steal the Plot Armor – PART ONE by Luke Wildman The day before it started, I had to chase off […]
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Author : Samantha Mills Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Translunar Travelers Lounge and as PodCastle #639. Rated PG-13 Kiki Hernández Beats the Devil By Samantha Mills Kiki Hernández, rock legend of the Southwest, had seven devils on her tail. They scurried […]
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Author : E. M. Linden Narrator : Louise Hewitt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 879: The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for grief, infant death, and a reference to suicide Rated PG-13 The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead E.M. […]
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Author : Somto Ihezue Narrator : Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Tor – Africa Risen anthology Content warnings for violent murder and the death of an animal Rated R The Carving Of War By Somto Ihezue Odili was a child when Nkeala, […]
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Author : Louis Inglis Hall Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Colored Lens Content warning for the death of a child Rated PG-13 The Hand that Feeds by Louis Inglis Hall Last Christmas a mermaid died in the […]
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Author : Hilary Moon Murphy Narrator : Chistopher Reynaga Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 876: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: Nine-Fingered Maria is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Nine-Fingered Maria by Hilary Moon Murphy …this girl appeared from behind a door and caught my ball. She was probably my […]
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Author : Osahon Ize-Iyamu Narrator : Takudzwa Sharon Kirimi Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Lightspeed Magazine Content warnings for grief and the death of a spouse Rated PG-13 Last Ritual of the Smoke Eaters By Osahon Ize-Iyamu I didn’t want to eat Joshua, but […]
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Author : P.C. Verrone Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 874: The Husband is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for sex, violence, and references to the death of a spouse Rated R The Husband By P.C. Verrone He has never taken a man […]
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Author : Cécile Cristofari Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Interzone Content warning for dementia Rated PG The Third Time I Saw a Fox by Cécile Cristofari “You know what I think, the world is going bonkers,”’ the circus man […]
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PodCastle is delighted to announce a special call for stories for our upcoming event for Disability Pride Month, Disability Pride & Magic, guest edited by long-time Castle denizen and current Audio Producer, Devin Martin. We want to celebrate disabled authors, characters, and themes for this event. We’re using a broad definition of disability here, including […]
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Authors : Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw Narrator : Ian Stuart Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 872: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – The Ghost of Christmas Possible is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Ghost of Christmas Possible by Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw I was asleep: […]
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Authors : Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 871: Homes for the Holidays is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 This episode is dedicated in loving memory of Orion Adey (October 4, 1989 — September 28, 2023) Homes for the […]
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Author : S.B. Divya Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Content warnings for fire, violence (including domestic violence), references to rape, and parental deaths. Rated PG-13 Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold by S.B. Divya I was hidden in a tree […]
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Author : S.B. Divya Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Content warnings for fire, violence (including domestic violence), references to rape, and parental deaths. Rated PG-13 Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold – PART TWO by S. B. Divya Walter and […]
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Author : S.B. Divya Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Content warnings for fire, violence (including domestic violence), references to rape, and parental deaths. Rated PG-13 Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold by S.B. Divya My parents taught me to […]
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Author : Karim Kattan Narrator : Amal Singh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Artist : Iasmin Omar Ata Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Rated PG-13 The Witch OF Endor by Karim Kattan There remained, in the mountains of Endor, a scattering of […]
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Authors : Maya Abu-Alhayyat and Yasmine Seale Narrator : Mahtab Chenevix-Trench Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Artist : Iasmin Omar Ata Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Book of Ramallah Content warnings for death, cultural misogyny, stillbirth, and references to murder and infanticide. Rated PG-13 Badia’s Magic Water by […]
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Author : Sonia Sulaiman Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Artist : Iasmin Omar Ata Discuss on Forums Previously published in the collection Muneera and the Moon: Stories Inspired by Palestinian Folklore, 2023. Rated PG Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea by Sonia Sulaiman […]
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Author : Beesan Odeh Narrator : Zeina Sleiman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Artist : Iasmin Omar Ata Discuss on Forums Previously published by Lightspeed Magazine Content warning for the death of a child Rated PG-13 Al-Kahf الكهف By Beesan Odeh There once lived a man who was stolen from […]
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PodCastle is extremely proud to present Palestinian Voices, our special month of stories by Palestinian authors. We will be publishing one of these fabulous stories every week during November 2024, and we’re so excited to get to elevate these authors and to share their talent, creativity, and voice with the world at a time of […]
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Author : H. K. Payne Narrator : Eric Valdes Hosts : Matt Dovey and Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Eric Valdes The Illusionist’s Tent By H. K. Payne I was told we had the night off, but I guess no one told you kids that. Tell me, whose idea was it to come trick-or-treating […]
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Authors : Sarah Pinsker, Katie McIvor and Andy Oldfield Narrators : Eliza Chan, Devin Martin and Eleanor R. Wood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums “A Strange and Terrible Wonder” Previously published by Zooscape “The Dog Who Buried the Sea” Previously published by Flash Fiction Online “What Wags the […]
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Author : Albert Chu Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin PodCastle 861: A Most Lovely Song is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for war, parental death, assault, a racial slur, and references to torture, genocide, and terrorism. Rated PG-13 A Most Lovely Song by Albert Chu […]
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Author : Vylar Kaftan Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Shimmer and as PodCastle 128 Rated PG Something Wicked This Way Plumbs by Vylar Kaftan Oh, the watercooler jug? Yeah, I get some questions about that. Not a lot of visitors here in […]
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Author : Oliver Onions Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally published in The London Magazine, August 1928. Content warnings for the off-screen deaths of a spouse and sons Rated PG John Gladwin Says . . . by Oliver Onions If we are to […]
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Author : Joshua Lim Narrator : Marcus Chen Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 858: Roti Time Travel is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for grief, addiction, and the deaths of a spouse and child Rated PG-13 Roti Time Travel by Joshua Lim You put a strip […]
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Author : Samir Sirk Morató Narrator : Amanda Ching Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 857: Ecdysis is a PodCastle original. Content warning for ableism (including ableist language) and scenes of a sexual nature Rated R Ecdysis by Samir Sirk Morató My husband never got over being […]
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Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Matthew James Hamblin Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 856: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – Clouds in a Clear Blue Sky is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Clouds in a Clear Blue Sky By Matt Dovey It were a clear blue […]
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Author : Seoung Kim Narrator : Yoon Ha Lee Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 855: Shim Hyeon and the Ocean God is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Shim Hyeon and the Ocean God by Seoung Min Kim “They usually send maidens.” The Ocean God’s voice is […]
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Authors : Diana Dima and Sara Omer Narrators : Tanja Milojevic and Kitty Sarkozy Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 854: DOUBLE FEATURE: City Grown From Seed and Harvest House is a PodCastle original. City Grown from Seed-Content warnings for off-screen death of a parent and mild references […]
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The finalists for the Ignyte Awards have been announced, and PodCastle has been nominated for this prestigious accolade! PodCastle is a finalist in the Best Fiction Podcast category, as is our sister podcast Cast of Wonders! Additionally, our co-editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda’s Voodoonauts Summer Fellowship is nominated for THE COMMUNITY AWARD for Outstanding Efforts in […]
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Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Diogo Ramos Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Samovar Magazine Content warning for off-screen parental death Rated PG – 4 – “There’s been a fire over at the Bosque Verde.” Leandro entered the house, removed his coat, and hung […]
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Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Diogo Ramos Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Samovar Magazine Content warning for off-screen parental death Rated PG A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair by Renan Bernardo – 1 – I was conceived by a carpenter […]
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Author : Peter S. Beagle Narrator : Barry Deutsch Host : Matt Dovey Artist : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Raven, and as PodCastle 037 Rated G Gordon, the Self-Made Cat by Peter Beagle Once upon a time, to a family of house mice there was born a son named Gordon. […]
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Author : Julia LaFond Narrator : Diane Severson Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 850: Publish or Perish is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for murder, violence, and abuse of power Rated PG-13 Publish or Perish by Julia LaFond Cynthia Blanche wasn’t credited as the first author on […]
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Author : Peter M. Floyd Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 849: The Third Wish is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Third Wish by Peter M. Floyd I was in the middle of a pleasant little nap in the Seventh Sky of […]
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Author : Ken Liu Narrators : Curtis C. Chen, Dagny Paul, Eleanor R. Wood, Stefani Cox, Wilson Fowlie, Matt Dovey, Jen R. Albert, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Summer Fletcher and Craig Jackson Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fireside, and as PodCastle 537 Content warnings for […]
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Author : J.H. Siegal Narrator : Rebecca Fraimow Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 847: The Golem Lover is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for the death of a spouse and for sexually explicit themes and content throughout Rated R The Golem Lover by J.H. Siegal […]
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Authors : Anna Mikhalevskaya and Elvira Rizaeva Narrator : Yaroslav Barsukov Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 846: Against All Odds is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for war, death, injury, and child endangerment Rated PG-13 Against All Odds By Anna Mikhalevskaya Translated by Elvira Rizaeva Time […]
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Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Shweta Adhyam Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Deadlands Content warnings for death and injury Rated PG-13 Amma’s Kitchen by Rati Mehrotra I can always tell what dish my customers will order. Knowing what the dead crave […]
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Author : Chip Houser Narrator : Leigh Wallace Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Bourbon Penn Content warning for bodily fluids Rated R On Snowflake-veined Wings by Chip Houser Amalia runs her finger around the inside of her Tupperware, wiping up the last […]
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Author : Nick Douglas Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 843: The Mountain and the Vulture is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Mountain and the Vulture by Nick Douglas “High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. […]
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Author : Chris Kuriata Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Eric Valdes Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Diabolical Plots Rated R The Aunties Return the Ocean By Chris Kuriata Auntie Roberta landed badly on the roof of her escarpment house, scraping her knees across the flagstone shingles and splitting […]
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Author : E. F. Benson Narrator : Devin Martin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Originally published by Hutchinson’s Magazine, October 1928 Content warning for references to grief Rated PG Pirates by E.F. Benson For many years this project of sometime buying back the house had […]
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Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Nightmare Magazine Content warnings for gun violence, school shootings, child endangerment, references to child murder Rated PG-13 The Sound of Children Screaming by Rachael K. Jones THE GUN […]
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Authors : C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez Narrators : C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Clockwork Phoenix and as PodCastle episode 669 Content warnings for illness and death Rated PG-13 The Book of May By C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos […]
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Author : Sara S. Messenger Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fantasy Magazine (Reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy, Vol. 2, 2023, Pyr Books) Rated PG-13 Potemora in the Triad By Sara S. Messenger There are always three: the father, […]
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Author : Alexia Tolas Narrator : Omega Francis Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 837: Good Fortune For a Beloved Child is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for the death of a child, racism, and allusions to sexual assault Rated PG-13 Good Fortune for a Beloved Child By […]
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Author : Charlie Sorrenson Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Tor.com Content warnings for violence, assault, misogyny, and PTSD. Rated PG-13 Flight by Charlie Sorrenson Now They are coming out of the woods when Mateo grabs one of Maggie’s wings and […]
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Author : Lavie Tidhar Narrator : Ian Stuart Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Apex Magazine and as PodCastle episode 304 Content warning for violence Rated PG-13 Titanic! by Lavie Tidhar 10 April 1912 When I come on board the ship I pay little heed […]
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Author : Marisca Pichette Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Kiran Kaur Saini Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 834: All the Better to Taste You is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for end of life and misgendering. Rated PG-13 All the Better to Taste You by Marisca Pichette This morning […]
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Author : Eleanna Castroianni Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 833: This Wooden Heart is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for death and references to war and genocide. Rated PG-13 This Wooden Heart by Eleanna Castroianni It starts with a seed in […]
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Author : Rebecca Buchanan Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives 1 (Belanger Press) Rated PG ~ Five ~ Dinner was not silent. While we sat in the kitchen, sipping soup and munching on bread and mutton, […]
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Author : Rebecca Buchanan Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives 1 (Belanger Press) Rated PG The Adventure of the Faerie Coffin: Being the First Morstan and Holmes Occult Detection by Rebecca Buchanan Dramatis Personae Miss […]
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Author : Farah Naz Rishi Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published as PodCastle 526 Rated PG-13 When Shadow Confronts Sun By Farah Naz Rishi [Allah] will say, “Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire.” […]
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Authors : Derrick Boden and Kevin Sandefur Narrators : J.S. Arquin and Dani Daly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums When the Giants Came Through the Valley – Previously published by Lightspeed Floaters – Previously published by Pulp Literature Magazine When the Giants Came Through the Valley – Content warning […]
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Author : Ryan Cole Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in Museum Piece, from Metaphorosis Publishing Rated PG-13 The Museum of Living Color by Ryan Cole Red lust, as usual, comes in the morning. Red in the way that you whisper my […]
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Author : Sherwood Smith Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally published by Realms of Fantasy Rated PG-13 Mom and Dad At the Home Front by Sherwood Smith Before Rick spoke, I saw from his expression what was coming. I said the words first. […]
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Author : Genevieve Valentine Narrator : Laurice White Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Eric Valdes and Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fantasy Magazine Originally PodCastle 233 Rated PG Study, For Solo Piano by Genevieve Valentine The Circus waits in leaking trailers while Boss takes her lieutenants through the house. Then, […]
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Authors : Samantha Murray, Avra Margariti and Devin Miller Narrators : Eliza Chan, Matt Dovey and Srikripa Krishna Prasad Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums This Blue World Previously published by Fantasy Magazine (Issue 83) The Light At the Edge of the World Previously published by Flash Fiction Online […]
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Author : Lavie Tidhar Narrator : Eleanor R. Wood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Rated PG The Portal Keeper By Lavie Tidhar October 1st The rabbit was back this morning. It stopped outside the portal like it always does and it checked […]
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Author : Kelsey Hutton Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Content warning for racism and racial slurs Rated PG-13 Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea by Kelsey Hutton PART TWO “And just like that, Endersby was […]
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Author : Kelsey Hutton Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Content warning for racism and racial slurs Rated PG-13 Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea by Kelsey Hutton PART ONE Kwayask nātohta. Listen carefully. There once was […]
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Author : Stephen V. Ramey Narrator : Bill Ruhsam Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Strange Horizons Previously published as PodCastle #024 Rated PG It Takes a Town by Stephen V. Ramey “They ain’t really going through with this,” Tom said. “Are they?” The pig smell […]
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Authors : Jane Brown, Chuck Rothman and Joshua Jones Lofflin Narrators : Tina Connolly, Eric Valdes and Rick Vicens Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 820: Flash Fiction Extravaganza! – Comedy is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 “Holy Banana Peel!” was previously published by AntipodeanSF “Pot” was previously […]
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Authors : Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw Narrators : Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Matt Dovey, Eric Valdes and Devin Martin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 819: Skipping Christmas is a PodCastle original. CW for child injury and references to drug use PG-13 Skipping Christmas by Heather Shaw & Tim […]
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Authors : Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Pria Wood and Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Originally published in A Christmas Chapbook. Rated G The Christmas Mummy by Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt Trish led Nate from the room, into the hall — their parents’ door […]
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Author : Damini Kane Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 817: Creatures in the Walls is a PodCastle original. Content warning for child abuse Rated PG-13 Creatures in the Walls by Damini Kane One morning before breakfast, Roe’s mother is shrieking. She is […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Devin Martin and Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in KROnline. Also published as PodCastle 508. Rated PG-13 The Ravens’ Sister by Natalia Theodoridou There are many ways to tell this story. All of them are true. Verses of the […]
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Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Eleiece Krawiec Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Not One of Us #75 (January 2023) Rated PG Beverly’s Sonata by Jennifer Hudak When the record player first spoke to Beverly, it used the voice of her old piano. At […]
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Author : Chris Kuriata Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published in the anthology Food Of My People in 2021 Content warnings for human and animal death Rated PG-13 Chewing Through Wire By Chris Kuriata Each evening, Auntie Shanta washes her muddy feet […]
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Author : Kathleen Schaefer Narrator : Ant Bacon Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 813: Stitch is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Stitch By Kathleen Schaefer Dalia doesn’t like how the stale hospital air pricks at her cheeks, and Aden doesn’t understand why no one else notices. He […]
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Author : Bennett North Narrator : C. L. Clark Hosts : Matt Dovey and C. L. Clark Audio Producers : Devin Martin and Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 812: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: No Mercy to the Rest is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 No Mercy to the Rest by Bennett North Sadie parked in […]
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Author : Suzan Palumbo Narrator : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Lightspeed Magazine Content warning for terminal illness Rated PG-13 Apolépisi: A De-Scaling By: Suzan Palumbo I find Aleda’s scale, sticky with ichor, tucked between the tentacles of our pink anemone bed. […]
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Author : Lora Gray Narrator : Joe Moran Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fantasy & Science Fiction Content warnings for a surgical procedure, homophobia (including slurs), assault, sexual assault, and domestic violence Rated R And in Rain, Blank Pages by Lora Gray It’s 1981, […]
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Author : Dorothy Quick Narrator : Valerie Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Weird Tales Content warnings for murder and references to torture Rated PG-13 The Woman on the Balcony by Dorothy Quick Sherry thought she had never seen anything more beautiful than the […]
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Author : WC Dunlap Narrator : Kimberly Taylor Hosts : Matt Dovey and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producers : Eric Valdes and Pria Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 808: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Settlement is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for violence and adult themes Rated R The Settlement by WC Dunlap They file out into the […]
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Authors : Thomas Ha and Stephen Granade Narrators : Stephen Granade and Lucy McLoughlin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums “Gentler Things” is a PodCastle Original “The Sigilist’s Notes on the Fell Lord’s Staff” was previously published by Baffling Magazine Content warning for the death of a parent in […]
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Author : JL George Narrator : Jordan Price Williams Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fireside Rated R Diamonds and Pearls by JL George Diamonds are two a penny, but everybody wants them anyway. At first, Osian thinks it’s because they hurt. Every time he […]
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Author : Sam W. Pisciotta Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Matt Dovey Discuss on Forums PodCastle 805: The Somnambulant is a PodCastle original. Content warning for assault Rated PG-13 The Somnambulant by Sam W. Pisciotta The moon sits plump within a windowpane as if plucked from the sky and framed for safekeeping. Bound […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrators : Peter Adrian Behravesh, Jen R. Albert and Tina Connolly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Shimmer. Rated PG-13 Fixer, Worker, Singer by Natalia Theodoridou Fixer Turns on the Stars The sky creaks as Fixer makes his way across the steel ramp that […]
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Authors : C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Weird Tales, November 1937 CW for toture PG-13 Quest of the Starstone-Part Two by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Yarol landed on his feet like the cat he […]
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Authors : C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Weird Tales, November 1937 CW for torture PG-13 Quest of the Starstone by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Jirel of Joiry is riding down with a […]
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Author : Taryn Frazier Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 801: Point of Order is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Point of Order by Taryn Frazier Behind his screen, the game master cracks his knuckles. “OK, folks. This is session zero of a […]
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Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Sarah Griffin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously Published in Tor CW for self harm and chronic illness Rated PG-13 D.I.Y. By John Wiswell People ask how Noah could possibly turn down the Ozymandias Academy. All they know about him is […]
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Author : Derek Des Anges Narrator : Isaac Harwood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 799: A Change of Clothes is a PodCastle original. CW for references to child abuse and looooots of swearing Rated PG-13 A Change of Clothes By Derek Des Anges Security at the Bellside […]
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Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Louise Ratcliffe Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums First published in Writers of the Future volume 32, May 2016 Originally aired as PodCastle 427 Originally aired as PodCastle 427 Rated PG-13 Squalor and Sympathy by Matt Dovey Anna concentrated on the cold, on the […]
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Author : Gregory Marlow Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 797: A Jar of Malice is a PodCastle original. CW for cruelty and references to homophobia Rated PG-13 A Jar of Malice By Gregory Marlow 1982 The morning light woke me as Mamaw slid […]
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Author : Maria Brekke Narrators : Eleanor R. Wood, Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Eric Valdes, Devin Martin, Srikripa Krishna Prasad, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Matt Dovey, Tierney Bailey, Emmalia Harrington, Sofía Barker, Julia Patt and Kiran Kaur Saini Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 796: Beech, Please is a PodCastle original. […]
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Author : E. Catherine Tobler Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 795: The Indigo Mantis is a PodCastle original. CW for insects, arachnids, and beheadings PG-13 The Indigo Mantis by E. Catherine Tobler Indi walked into the bar, seeds crunching under tarsus. The bar […]
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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrators : Dave Thompson, Jen R. Albert, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Rachael K. Jones, Alasdair Stuart, Marguerite Kenner and Graeme Dunlop Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally published in Fireside Fiction Magazine. Originally aired in PodCastle 413 Rated G This is Not a Wardrobe Door by […]
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Author : Celeste Rita Baker Narrator : Derrick O’Neal Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 793: Dip and Roll is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Dip and Roll by Celeste Rita Baker On de largest beach of de smallest island in de Tania archipelago in de Caribbean Sea […]
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Author : Scott Lynch Narrators : Norm Sherman, Pria Wood, Dave Thompson, Anna Schwind, Wilson Fowlie, M.K. Hobson, Graeme Dunlop, Ann Leckie, Alasdair Stuart, Rachel Swirsky and Marshal Latham Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally Published in Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, Originally PodCastle 200 […]
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Author : Adele Gardner Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Aidan Doyle Discuss on Forums Previously published in the anthology Twisted Cat Tales, edited by Esther Schrader. Rated G Originally aired as PodCastle 260 Fine Flying Things by Adele Gardner Frankie watched, open-mouthed, as the cats soared up into the sky. All he could think […]
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Author : Samantha Henderson Narrator : Tina Connolly Hosts : Matt Dovey, Dave Thompson, Anna Schwind and Pria Wood Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Helix. Content Warnings for carnivorous mermaids, sexual shenanigans in the presence of a minor, and near death experiences. Rated R The Mermaid’s Tea Party by Samantha […]
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Author : Lauren Ring Narrator : Rebecca Fraimow Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fantasy and Science Fiction Content Warnings for racial discrimination, terminal illness, and the death of a parent PG-13 (emet) by Lauren Ring i. detection When protesters take out the power at her […]
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Author : Chaitanya Murali Narrator : M. L. Krishnan Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 788: An Anklet Broken is a PodCastle original. An Anklet Broken by Chaitanya Murali There is a man I am meant to love. He is the son of a sea-merchant, wealthy and […]
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Authors : Tanya Aydelott, M.K. Hutchins and Lindsey Godfrey Eccles Narrators : Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Sofía Barker and Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums “The Greenhouse Bargain” was previously published by Flash Fiction Online, September 2022 “Shattered Petals of Celadon” was previously published by Daily Science […]
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Authors : M. Stevenson and Jo Miles Narrators : Andrew K. Hoe, Eric Valdes and Valerie Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums “My Custom Monster” was previously published by Fireside Fiction August 2021 “Scales” is a PodCastle original. “Scales” has a content warning for child abuse “My Custom […]
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Author : Benjamin Rosenbaum Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Hosts : Matt Dovey and Ann Leckie Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Originally published in All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories, edited by David Moles and Jay Lake. Rated PG Episode 785 is part of our 15th Anniversary special and includes an interview with Ann Leckie, the first assistant […]
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Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Kae Mills Host : Sofía Barker Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by “The Book of Dragons” edited by Jonathan Strahan Content Warnings for children in peril and references to sexual assault Rated PG-13 La Vitesse By Kelly Robson March 2, 1983, 30 kilometers southwest […]
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Author : Eugenia Triantafyllou Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Content Warnings for animal death and themes of infant death Rated PG-13 Of the Body By Eugenia Triantafyllou When Osarah and I finally lie sweaty in […]
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Author : Harold R. Thompson Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 782: The Girl Who Never Was is a PodCastle original. Content Warning for the death of a spouse. Rated PG The Girl Who Never Was Harold R. Thompson I met Kate Krimple […]
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Author : Kij Johnson Narrator : Heather Lindsley Hosts : Matt Dovey and Rachel Swirsky Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 781: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: Interview with Rachel Swirsky is a PodCastle original. Episode 781 is part of our 15th Anniversary special and includes an interview with Rachel Swirsky, the founding editor of Podcastle […]
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Author : Kij Johnson Narrator : Heather Lindsley Hosts : Matt Dovey and Rachel Swirsky Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 781: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the Change is a PodCastle original. Rated PG This episode is part of our 15th […]
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Author : Chido Muchemwa Narrator : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Augur Issue 4.2 Rated PG-13 The Captive River By C.T. Muchemwa It was Siba’s eighteenth birthday, but instead of having a party to celebrate, she was standing by the Zambezi […]
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Author : K. Tempest Bradford Narrator : Amal El-Mohtar Host : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Originally published in Interfictions Rated PG “Black Feather” originally aired as PodCastle 123 Black Feather by K. Tempest Bradford Exactly one year before she saw the raven, Brenna began to dream of flying. Sometimes […]
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Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Overcast Rated PG-13 A Thousand Echoes in One Voice by Deborah L. Davitt You’ve snuck through doors that should have been locked to get here. Here, the subway station […]
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Author : Nibedita Sen Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Originally published in Anathema Magazine. Rated PG-13 “Never Yawn Under a Banyan Tree” originally aired as PodCastle 523 . Never Yawn Under a Banyan Tree By Nibedita Sen The moment I swallowed the pret, I […]
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Author : Somto Ihezue Narrator : Pemi Aguda Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by Rain Dance: Afritondo Prize 2022 Anthology Strong Content Warning for assault, violence, and female genital mutilation Rated R A Girl Is Blood, Spirit, and Fire by Somto Ihezue Scattering through the […]
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Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Eleanor R. Wood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Deadlands #12 Contents Warning for the death of a child Rated PG-13 The Morthouse by Maria Haskins In her forty-two years on God’s wide Earth, Gerda has read no […]
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Author : Alex Fox Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 774: Yung Lich and the Dance of Death is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Yung Lich and the Dance of Death By Alex Fox My Christian name was Thomas Kanfor but ever since […]
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Authors : C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Narrator : John Bell Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Housing Problem by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner Jacqueline said it was a canary, but I contended that there were a couple of lovebirds in the covered cage. One canary could never make […]
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Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The […]
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Author : Z. K. Abraham Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 772: “Mama uat-ur” is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for references to torture and suicide Rated PG-13 Mama uat-ur By Z. K. Abraham Pressing her forearms against the first-floor window’s metal frame, […]
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Author : Tiffany Morris Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 771: Wapnintu’tijig They Sang Until Dawn is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Wapnintu’tijig: They Sang Until Dawn By Tiffany Morris In the time of fever, the marks of the animals changed. Waterbirds shone […]
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Author : MacKenzie R. Snead Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin The Dragon Killer’s Daughter by MacKenzie R. Snead Gayamiza was no stranger to pilgrims, but these two were not welcome — an old man and his daughter, foreignness sewn into their clothes, engraved in the blades they […]
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Author : Victor Forna Narrators : Moustapha Mbacké Diop, Ada Nnadi and Somto Ihezue Host : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Bad Form (African History Issue) Rated PG-13 In The Woods Somewhere (or Stories Never Leave) by Victor Forna Gods Slap Those Who Summon Them. […]
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Author : Leah Ning Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 768: The Consequences of Microwaving Styrofoam is a PodCastle original. Content warning for terminal illness Rated PG-13 The consequences of microwaving styrofoam by Leah Ning We meet when we’re sixteen, and the […]
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Author : Benjamin Rosenbaum Narrator : Steve Eley Host : Eric Valdes Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums First appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction (Prime Books). Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode to highlight […]
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Authors : Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt Narrators : Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Eleanor R. Wood, Matt Dovey, Devin Martin, Eric Valdes and Sofía Barker Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 766: “Lockdown Around the Christmas Tree” is a PodCastle original. Content warning for loss of a loved one […]
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Author : Timothy Mudie Narrator : Jairus Durnett Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Rated PG-13 The soundtrack featured in this story was composed by our audio engineer Eric Valdes [Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part novelette. Visit our previous post to […]
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Author : Timothy Mudie Narrator : Jairus Durnett Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Rated PG-13 The soundtrack featured in this story was composed by our audio engineer Eric Valdes The Science and Artistry of Snake Oil Salesmanship by Timothy Mudie […]
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Author : Gabriella Buba Narrator : Vida Cruz Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Artist : Cindy Fan Discuss on Forums Previously published by Strange Religion: Speculative Fiction of Spirituality, Belief, & Practice (Strange Concepts: Big Ideas Explored Through Speculative Fiction) Rated PG-13 Dying Rivers and Broken Hearts by Gabriella Buba Manila, […]
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Author : Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Narrator : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Artist : Cindy Fan Discuss on Forums Previously published by Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores Rated PG-13 The Witching Hour By Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki I stood balanced at the top of the oldest palm tree, the […]
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Hello everyone! Escape Artists is excited to announce that we are launching our first-ever audience survey between November 15th and 30th! We are interested in learning more about you, our audience, including how you engage with our shows, your access needs, what content you enjoy and want to see more of, and how you think […]
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Author : Kelsey Hutton Narrator : Laurie McDougall Host : Sofía Barker Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Artist : Cindy Fan Discuss on Forums PodCastle 761: INDIGENOUS MAGIC – The Bone Pickers is a PodCastle original. Content Warning for themes of genocide Rated PG The Bone Pickers by Kelsey Hutton My last day picking […]
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Author : Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe Narrator : Somto Ihezue Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Artist : Cindy Fan Discuss on Forums Previously published by Xenocultivars: Stories Of Queer Growth Rated PG-13 The Tree Whisperer by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe The trees are getting restless. I walk down the beaten forest path, trying my […]
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Author : Srikripa Krishna Prasad Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Artist : Cindy Fan Discuss on Forums PodCastle 759: INDIGENOUS MAGIC – Anu and the Vetala is a PodCastle original. Content Warnings for references to sexual assault PG-13 Anu and the Vetala by Srikripa Krishna Prasad […]
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PodCastle is very proud to present Indigenous Magic, our special month of stories featuring Indigenous themes by Indigenous authors. Every week during November 2022, we will be bringing you a new Indigenous Magic story, and we can’t wait to share them all! We have five fabulous stories coming up: “Anu and the Vetala” by […]
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Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Sara S. Messenger Audio Producers : Eric Valdes and Pria Wood Discuss on Forums First appeared in Shimmer Magazine. Read it here! Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a […]
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Author : Jennifer Hykes Narrator : Laurice White Host : Hamilton Perez Audio Producers : Eric Valdes and Pria Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 757: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – Harlequin Moon is a PodCastle original. Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member […]
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Author : Tim Major Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in “And the House Lights Dim”, from Luna Press Content Warning for postnatal depression Rated PG-13 O Cul-de-Sac! by Tim Major O neighbours! If only we might speak! Do you feel as […]
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Author : L. P. Kindred Narrator : Brent Lambert Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Queer Blades Anthology 1 Content Warning for violence Rated R Aurum & Indigo By LP Kindred Aurum sits on a wooden stool, hunched over the oakwood bar, stained darker by shellac and low lights. […]
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Author : Kelly Sandoval Narrator : Eleiece Krawiec Host : Tarver Nova Audio Producers : Devin Martin and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First appeared in Shimmer Magazine Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode to highlight and discuss. […]
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Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Andrew K. Hoe Audio Producers : Peter Wood and Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 753: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – Piety, Prayer, Peacekeeper, Apocalypse is a PodCastle original. Content warning for suicidal ideation. Rated PG-13 This episode is a part of our Tales […]
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Author : Saki (the pen name of H. H. Munro) Narrator : Kat Day Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums First published in 1911 in “The Chronicles of Clovis” Content Warning for an outdated racial term Rated PG-13 “Traveler’s Guide to the City of Intrigue” advert voiced, scored, and […]
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Authors : Samantha Murray, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles and Stewart C Baker Narrators : Emma Osborne, Dave Robison and Eleanor R. Wood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums “On the Corner of Fulton and West” is a PodCastle Original! “The Stars That Fall” was previously published at Flash Fiction Online. […]
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Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by NewMyths #51 Content Warning for loss of a spouse Rated PG-13 We Are All of Us by Deborah L. Davitt They wore white armor, sleek and chitinous — […]
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Author : Uchechukwu Nwaka Narrator : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously Published by Cossmass Infinities Rated PG-13 The music for the promotion intro is “Sneaky Snitch” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hey everyone, Alasdair here […]
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Author : Caroline M. Yoachim Narrator : Miyuki Jane Pinckard Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Devin Martin and Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Magazine Rated R “The Traveler’s Guide to the Goblin Fells is an expansion book for the 5th edition of the world’s most litigious roleplaying game, about […]
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Author : Caroline M. Yoachim Narrator : Miyuki Jane Pinckard Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Devin Martin and Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Magazine Rated R “The Traveler’s Guide to the Goblin Fells is an expansion book for the 5th edition of the world’s most litigious roleplaying game, […]
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Author : Caroline M. Yoachim Narrator : Miyuki Jane Pinckard Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Devin Martin and Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Magazine Rated R The music for the promotion intro is “Sneaky Snitch” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ […]
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Author : Shannon Peavey Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Apex Rated PG-13 The music for the promotion intro is “Sneaky Snitch” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hey everyone, Alasdair here – hope […]
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Authors : Dafydd McKimm and Timothy Mudie Narrators : Alasdair Stuart and Kyle Akers Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums “I Will You Back to Time and Space” was originally published by Flash Fiction Online “The Ocean-Eyed Boy” was originally published by Deep Magic “I Will You Back to […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : A. F. Grappin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Magazine Rated R Ribbons by Natalia Theodoridou Monday’s lover tugs at Jan’s ribbon with his teeth. Jan doesn’t yell at the lover to stop. The guy just received bad news […]
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Author : Kate Heartfield Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 742: The Morning House is a PodCastle original. Content warning for dementia Rated PG-13 The Morning House By Kate Heartfield “This B&B is frankly unacceptable,” Dad says. “I want to go home.” Sylvia […]
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Author : Jaxon Tempest Narrator : Soleil Knowles Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 741: Between The Island and the Deep Blue Sea is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Between The Island and the Deep Blue Sea By Jaxon Tempest No one knew how the island floated, […]
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Author : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 740: Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Beck’s Pest Control and the Case of the Drag Show Downer by Abra Staffin-Wiebe I […]
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Author : C.J. Lavigne Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 739: ‘Til Death is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for grief Rated PG-13 ‘Til Death by C. J. Lavigne My dear Clarinda, They tell me that when you heard of my wedding, you […]
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Author : Vanessa Fogg Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums PodCastle 738: The Bones Beneath is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for violence and death Rated PG-13 The Bones Beneath by Vanessa Fogg Four years ago, the bones began pushing up from the earth. […]
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Author : Renan Bernardo Narrator : Diogo Ramos Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums PodCastle 737: The Eight Hundred Legs of the Rio-Niterói Bridge is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for death of a parent, grief, and brief mentions of torture Rated PG-13 The Eight Hundred Legs of the […]
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Author : M. E. Bronstein Narrators : Rachael K. Jones and Dave Thompson Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 736: The Gorgon’s Glass is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Gorgon’s Glass by M.E. Bronstein There are people who try to blame Oken’s unhappy demise on […]
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Author : Patrick Freyne Narrator : Eleanor R. Wood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Winter Papers Volume 5 Content warning for drowning, malnourishment, and extreme peril Rated PG-13 The Artists’ Colony Patrick Freyne Dear ______, I think you would love it here. It’s […]
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Author : Eleanna Castroianni Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fireside Content warnings for war, imprisonment, and torture Rated PG-13 An Incomplete Account of the Case of the Bird-Talker of Yaros by Eleanna Castroianni PANAYOTIS M., interviewed by Eleni […]
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Authors : Marisca Pichette, Dafydd McKimm and Devin Miller Narrators : Scott Campbell, Matt Dovey and Kelly Robson Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums “Water We Made to Breathe” and “A Partial Record of Enchanted Cheeses I’ve Fed My Wife” are PodCastle originals “Secret Keepers” was previously published […]
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Author : R.S.A. Garcia Narrator : Omega Francis Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Devil’s Ways anthology Content warning for domestic violence Rated R Fire In His Eyes, Blood On His Teeth By R.S.A. Garcia He comes to me with fire in his eyes […]
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Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 731: The Travel Guide to the Dimension of Lost Things is a PodCastle original. Content warning for depression Rated PG-13 The Travel Guide to the Dimension of Lost Things By Effie Seiberg […]
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Author : Greta Hayer Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Rated PG-13 The Augur and the Girl Left at His Door by Greta Hayer The augur looked at the bridegroom’s back and sighed. He bent close to the […]
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We’re over the moon to announce that PodCastle has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for the second year running. We’re once again honoured to share this nomination with our spacefaring sister, Escape Pod, and we’re humbled and delighted at this recognition of our hard work over the past year. We’re amongst […]
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Author : M. L. Krishnan Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Apparition Lit Rated PG-13 Bride, Knife, Flaming Horse by M. L. Krishnan To Kalavati, it was well known that if one reached marriageable age, parents and aunties and cousins […]
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PodCastle is incredibly excited to announce our call for Indigenous Magic stories of Global homegrown mythologies and legends. We want stories that center Black, Brown, and Indigenous cultures, histories, belief systems, philosophies, and perspectives. These are the stories of fireside tellings that are tied to the land on which they are written, the stories that reflect our cultural and […]
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Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie The Cat Lady and the Petitioner by Jennifer Hudak Laurie stands in front of a door. It’s old but solid, as many old things are. Whatever paint once covered it has long since worn away, and the wood […]
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Author : Christoph Weber Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 728: The Fireman is a PodCastle original. Content warning for fire and child harm. Rated R The Fireman by Christoph Weber I face the forested mountains, raise my hands like a conductor […]
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Author : Rebecca Zahabi Narrator : Mahtab Chenevix-Trench Host : Peter Adrian Behravesh Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 727: [NOWRUZ SPECIAL] “Two Siblings, Seven Fish” is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Two Siblings, Seven Fish by Rebecca Zahabi Maybe this story started when Dad inherited the calabash; or maybe […]
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Author : Marina Ermakova Narrator : Srikripa Krishna Prasad Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 726: The Elixary of the Evanescent Market is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Elixary of the Evanescent Market by Marina Ermakova Iris eyed the interior of the carriage with caution as […]
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Author : Louis Evans Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by GigaNotoSaurus Content warning for torture/bodily harm Rated R Miss Bulletproof Comes Out of Retirement by Louis Evans Miss Bulletproof comes home and there’s a god sitting at her kitchen table […]
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Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 724: The Cinnamon Thread is a PodCastle original. Content warning for the death of a parent Rated PG The Cinnamon Thread by Beth Goder Anna is grateful to lie on the bed in the […]
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Author : Chaitanya Murali Narrator : Prashanth Srivatsa Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 723: Just One Last Mango is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Just One Last Mango by Chaitanya Murali “Do you want one?” Meghna asked between bites. She was sitting in the upper branches […]
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Author : Dani Atkinson Narrators : Andrew K. Hoe, Kitty Sarkozy and Katherine Inskip Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Daily Science Fiction Rated PG-13 Said the Princess by Dani Atkinson Once upon a time in a far-off land, in a tiny room, in […]
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Author : Michelle Denham Narrator : Isabel Kim Host : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 721: A Chestnut, A Persimmon, A Cunning Lie is a PodCastle original. Content warning for the loss of a child. Rated PG-13 A Chestnut, A Persimmon, A Cunning Lie By Michelle M. […]
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Author : Thomas Ha Narrator : Eleiece Krawiec Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Metaphorosis. Content warnings for fire and bodily harm. Rated R Where the Old Neighbors Go by Thomas Ha The man standing on the porch that night seemed like an ordinary […]
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Author : Chip Houser Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Bourbon Penn 20 Content warnings for bullying, injury, and child peril. Rated R Smilers by Chip Houser Aiden rests his chin on the back of the living room couch, watching […]
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Author : Julia Knowles Narrator : A.J. Fitzwater Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 718: Memoirs of a Magic Mirror is a PodCastle original. Content warning: mild gore. Rated PG-13 Memoirs of a Magic Mirror by Julia Knowles It started when three magicians, two fairies, a couple […]
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Author : Nicole D. Sconiers Narrator : Laurice White Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Nightlight Podcast Rated PG-13 The Stiffening by Nicole D. Sconiers I was eight years old when I realized that I never saw my mother sitting. Ever. Or lying in bed […]
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Author : Avi Burton Narrator : Sarah Griffin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 716: Tadpole Prophecy is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Tadpole Prophecy Avi Burton It is cold, twilight on the cusp of true night, and they have sent you down to kill a monster. […]
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Author : Nathaniel Lee Narrator : Dave Thompson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3 Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist […]
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Author : Claire Humphrey Narrator : Kara Grace Host : Srikripa Krishna Prasad Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode […]
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Author : Gary McKay Narrator : Sarah McGowan Host : Shingai Njeri Kagunda Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Underneath the Tree: Twelve Christmas stories from Writers in Northern Ireland Rated PG Candy Canes, Comics, and Christmas by Gary McKay I met Marlene atop Lily Hill on December 17th […]
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Author : Martha Wells Narrator : C.S.E. Cooney Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Realms of Fantasy Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode […]
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Author : Dirk Flinthart Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producers : Peter Wood and Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine This episode was previously unrated by PodCastle staff. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member […]
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Author : Amal El-Mohtar Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Devin Martin Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in the Glitter & Mayhem anthology, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damien Thomas, and John Klima. Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, […]
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Author : Alter S. Reiss Narrator : John Michnya Host : Hamilton Perez Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode […]
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Author : E. Lily Yu Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Ziv Wities Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Apex Magazine Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode […]
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Author : Alex Dally MacFarlane Narrator : Eleiece Krawiec Host : Tierney Bailey Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons Content warning: violence. Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses […]
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Author : Krystal Claxton Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Sofía Barker Audio Producers : Peter Wood and Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3 Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist […]
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Author : Kenneth Schneyer Narrator : Peter Wood Host : Emmalia Harrington Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 4, edited by Mike Allen. Contains references to murder and child abuse. Rated R This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, […]
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Author : Saladin Ahmed Narrator : Rajan Khanna Host : Peter Adrian Behravesh Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode […]
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Author : Tina Connolly Narrators : C.S.E. Cooney, Amal El-Mohtar, M.K. Hobson, Tina Connolly, LaShawn M. Wanak, Dave Thompson, Marguerite Kenner and Anna Schwind Host : Aidan Doyle Audio Producers : Peter Wood and Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3 Rated PG This episode is a part of […]
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Authors : Summer Fletcher, Ash Beker and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Imogen Harris, Marty Perrett, Wilson Fowlie, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Mur Lafferty, M. M. Schill, Alex Hofelich, Shawn Garrett, Scott Campbell, Kat Day, Graeme Dunlop and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Marguerite Kenner, Ciaran ‘Zalia’ Roberts, Lillian Boyd and Peter Wood Artist : […]
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Authors : Eisuke Aikawa and Toshiya Kamei Narrator : Miyuki Jane Pinckard Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Samovar Rated PG Hummingbird by Eisuke Aikawa and Toshiya Kamei The translucent Ōe-san steps out of the bathroom and sits at the table as usual. He spreads […]
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Authors : Sylvia Heike, Ally Chua, Aleks Wittkamp and Drew Czernik Narrators : Andrew K. Hoe, Graeme Dunlop, Srikripa Krishna Prasad and Lalana Dara Host : Craig Jackson Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 701: Flash Fiction Extravaganza — Flash Fiction Contest VI is a PodCastle original. Rated PG. Catch By […]
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Author : Tashan Mehta Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Magical Women, an Indian speculative fiction feminist anthology, published by Hachette India Rated PG Novel promotion! The Annual Migration of Clouds is a “cli-fi” post-apocalyptic novella by author Premee […]
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Author : Anna Madden Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in DreamForge Magazine. Rated PG The Last Petal by Anna Madden Miss Lily Dale preferred hands to faces. Hands told a story that faces could hide. Her father’s hands had become so […]
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Author : Woody Dismukes Narrator : Roberto Suarez Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 698: Solace of the Keeper is a PodCastle original. Content warning: Arachnids Rated PG-13 Solace of the Keeper by Woody Dismukes If you watch the wind for long enough, you may find yourself […]
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Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Eleanor R. Wood Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Kaleidotrope. Rated PG-13 Down to Niflhel Deep by Maria Haskins The dog’s name is Roan. He doesn’t know how long he’s been running. Maybe it’s been hours, or days, or […]
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Author : Kristina Ten Narrator : Nicola Seaton-Clark Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Lightspeed. Rated PG-13 Tend to Me by Kristina Ten Nora is a serial becomer. She has become many things in her life, though rarely on purpose. The first time, it just […]
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Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 695: Black Wings, White Kheer is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Black Wings, White Kheer by Rati Mehrotra The wings knock against the closet door on full moon nights, trying to escape. The […]
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Author : Melody Gordon Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums FIYAH Literary Magazine Content warning for racism, oppression, and intergenerational trauma. Rated PG-13 Excavate by Melody Gordon The airplane hatch opened and the Pearsons, with guns on their hips and jetpacks on their […]
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Author : Louis Evans Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Translunar Travelers Lounge Sexual content Rated R Everybody’s Got a Hungry Heart by Louis Evans Agent Heartbreak and the Misery Muse meet cute on a lonely-hearts cruise. Their gazes lock above the brunch buffet. […]
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Author : KT Bryski Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Auger Magazine Disordered eating, food deprivation Rated R When the White Bird Sings by KT Bryski Bones show best in cold weather. Sharp lines cut under skin; bare branches crack against the sky; snow […]
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Author : C. A. Barrett Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 691: The Healer of Branford is a PodCastle original. Content warning for animal cruelty. Rated PG-13 The Healer of Branford by C. A. Barrett After twenty years, Maud decided that it was […]
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Author : Frances Rowat Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by On Spec magazine. Rated PG The Gannet Girl by Frances Rowat They said Castermay’s mother had held sea-glass in her mouth when she’d lain with the girl’s father, and that was […]
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The 2021 British Fantasy Award shortlist has been announced, and we’re honoured to have been nominated once again in the Best Audio category! Our tentacled sister, PseudoPod, has also been nominated again in this category, so we’re in the very best company. As if that wasn’t enough lovely news, one of our stories has also […]
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Author : Rebecca Fraimow Narrator : Barbara Krasnoff Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Jim Freund Discuss on Forums PodCastle 689: Gitl Schneiderman Learns to Live With Her In-Laws is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Gitl Schneiderman Learns to Live With Her In-Laws by Rebecca Fraimow Shprintze, you nudnik, […]
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Author : Hester J. Rook Narrator : Danielle Imara Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Making Monsters: A Speculative and Classical Anthology Rated PG-13 Aeaea on the Seas by Hester J. Rook “Oh, go to the crows,” I snarled under my breath as the knocker […]
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Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Daily Science Fiction Rated PG In September by Aimee Ogden On a humid night in mid-July, Emily can’t sleep. Her hand keeps sliding into the cool open space on the far […]
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Author : Tobi Ogundiran Narrator : Tobi Ogundiran Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in FIYAH Literary Magazine Guardian of the Gods by Tobi Ogundiran Ashâke shed her priestly raiment and slid into the river. The water was surprisingly warm against her skin, like falling into […]
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Author : Stephanie Burgis Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Consolation Songs: Speculative Fiction for a Time of Coronavirus Rated PG-13. Love, Your Flatmate by Stephanie Burgis From: Emmeline.Heatherton@gmail.com To: faevix@hotmail.com Subject: HELP Mum, I understand that you didn’t actually […]
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Author : Teresa Milbrodt Narrator : Alexis Goble Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Guernica in 2015 Bombings, and the offscreen death of children. Rated PG-13. In the Dim Below by Teresa Milbrodt This had been the routine since I was born, bombs coming every […]
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Author : Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 683: Three for Hers is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for gore and coercive violence. Rated R. Three For Hers by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko The second time one of […]
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Author : Saladin Ahmed Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Rags & Bones, edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt. Contains violence, including gore. Rated R. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, […]
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Author : Eleanor R. Wood Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Diabolical Plots, and The Best of British Fantasy 2019, edited by Jared Shurin and NewCon Press. What the Sea Reaps, We Must Provide by Eleanor R. Wood The ball bounces […]
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Author : Erin Roberts Narrator : Maui Threv Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 681: TALES FROM THE VAULTS —Wolfy Things is a PodCastle original. Rated R. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member […]
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Author : Robert Luke Wilkins Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in On Spec, Issue #107 in April 2018. A content warning for rituals for the dead, including children. Rated PG-13, with a content warning for rituals for the dead, including children. […]
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Author : Leah Ning Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 679: Pull is a PodCastle original. A content warning for end of life care. Rated PG-13 with a content warning for end of life care. Pull by Leah Ning I could already […]
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Author : Dan Micklethwaite Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by NewMyths. Rated PG-13. Once and Future Dan Micklethwaite Early mornings, before the tourists show up, Gordon Barrow likes to lean against the hotel roof and watch the trains. There are […]
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Author : Lora Gray Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Apparition Literary Magazine. Violence, including child abuse. Rated PG-13 for violence, including child abuse. Our Roots Devour by Lora Gray Momma always told us the Tree ain’t got a taste for […]
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Author : Rachel Kolar Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 676: #BloodBossBabes is a PodCastle original. Warnings for blood and violence Rated R for bloody sacrifices to thirsty gods. #BloodBossBabes By Rachel Kolar Hey Girl! From: Amy Shearer (serpentsisteramy@sotesh.com) To: Heather […]
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Author : E. Catherine Tobler Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in No Shit, There I Was (2017), an anthology edited by Alex Acks Rated PG-13. Blush Response by E. Catherine Tobler No shit, there I was, behind the wet curves of […]
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Author : Beth Goder Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by MYTHIC in June 2017. Rated PG-13. Pulling Secrets from Stones by Beth Goder In the lakebed by the mountains slept stones full of secrets. Waiting memories. Dissipating memories. Rachel could feel […]
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Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 673: Jenny Come Up the Well is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Jenny Come Up the Well by A.C. Wise Jenny come up th’ water Jenny come up th’ well Ne’er let […]
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Author : Sarah Gailey Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums “Bargain” first appeared in Mothership Zeta (Dec 2015) Bargain by Sarah Gailey Malachai loved his work. He loved wandering among the trappings of enormous wealth and influence, seeing the baubles that humans excreted to […]
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Author : Josh Rountree Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in the Eighteen anthology from Underland Press. Rated PG-13. Rated PG-13. Rewind By Josh Rountree MONDAY The dust biker comes into the video store that afternoon looking for slasher flicks. He […]
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Authors : Jenn Reese, Kate Heartfield and John Wiswell Narrators : Tina Connolly, Kim Rogers and C. L. Clark Host : Ziv Wities Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh “A Mindreader’s Guide to Surviving Your First Year at the All-Girls Superhero Academy” was originally published by Uncanny Magazine, Dec 2019. “Chameleon” was originally published by Daily […]
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Author : J.T. Greathouse Narrator : Carlo Matos Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Deep Magic. Rated PG-13. An Empty Cup by J.T. Greathouse 1 Eshi the Boy As for every child of the Islands, when Eshi was born a zephyr descended from the Upper […]
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Authors : C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez Narrators : C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clockwork Phoenix. Content warning: illness and death Rated Pg-13. The Book of May By C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez From: Morgan W. Jamwant […]
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Author : Jessica Meats Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 668: Circle of Memories is a PodCastle original. Content warning: plague Rated PG-13. Circle of Memories By Jessica Meats Cara brought her hand up to her face and was surprised to find […]
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Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Matthew James Hamblin Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 667: Clouds in a Clear Blue Sky is a PodCastle original. Content warning: death, grief Rated PG-13. Clouds in a Clear Blue Sky By Matt Dovey It were a clear blue day, […]
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Author : Dustin Steinacker Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. death, animated corpses, violence against children Rated R. [Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part novelette. Visit our previous post to read Part 1.] Reading […]
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Author : Dustin Steinacker Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. Content warnings: death, animated corpses, violence against children Rated R. Reading Dead Lips By Dustin Steinacker Nouelle had always thought that she’d feel a sense […]
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Author : Lori J. Torone Narrator : Simon Meddings Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Metaphorosis. Wytchen Wood by Lori J. Torone A decade of shavings covered the floor of Lewys’s carpentry shop. He didn’t bother sweeping any more, although he probably should — wood […]
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Author : Hamilton Perez Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Dark. Rated R. Our Mortal Undressing by Hamilton Perez I. Discovery I suppose I’m chasing the wildflowers. I first found them while digging for worms. It’s not very often an […]
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Author : dave ring Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities. Rated R. La Camaraderie du Cirque By dave ring Gather round, and let me tell you the story of Veronica’s Oiseau de Feu. They were […]
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Author : Varsha Dinesh Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 661: The Engineer of the Undersea Railways is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. The Engineer of the Undersea Railway By Varsha Dinesh The undersea engineer Persis Makhanwala cut a solitary figure to all […]
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Author : Carmen Maria Machado Narrator : Gabrielle de Cuir Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First appeared in Granta. A Nebula and Shirley Jackson Award nominee. Content warnings for sexual content and domestic abuse Rated R. This episode is a part of our Tales from the […]
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Author : Eugenia Triantafyllou Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Uncanny Magazine. Rated PG-13. My Country is a Ghost By Eugenia Triantafyllou When Niovi tried to smuggle her mother’s ghost into the new country, she found herself being passed from one […]
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Authors : Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw Narrators : Jen R. Albert and Dominik Parisien Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 658: The Cursed Noel is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. The Cursed Noel By Tim Pratt & Heather Shaw It was supposed to be a Very […]
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Author : Teresa Milbrodt Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Sofía Barker Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Pleiades: Literature in Context. Rated PG-13 White as Soap By Teresa Milbrodt I’m not sure what to think when the people from the soap company call and ask about filming a […]
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Author : Shaoni C. White Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 656: What My Flies Keep for Me is a PodCastle original. Content Warning: Insects, mild gore, and death. Rated R. What My Flies Keep For Me By Shaoni C. White There’s a […]
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Author : Damini Kane Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Srikripa Krishna Prasad Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 655: Mariska and Major is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Mariska and Major By Damini Kane Mariska is not an Indian name. I think that’s what caught my attention. She looked Indian […]
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Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Hosts : Matt Dovey and Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 654: 8-Bit Free Will is a PodCastle original. Rated PG. 8-Bit Free Will By John Wiswell They exist, then don’t exist, then exist again. They are monsters where the game’s […]
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Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Peter Adrian Behravesh Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Diabolical Plots. CW: Some violence, sexual content Rated R. Why Aren’t Millennials Continuing Traditional Worship of the Elder Dark? By Matt Dovey In a generational shift that some claim threatens […]
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Author : L. S. Johnson Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by F Is for Fairy, from Poise and Pen Press Content warning: sexual assault, gender-based slurs Rated R. Apple By L. S. Johnson Her Names They were twelve, and between them […]
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Author : Shannon Peavey Narrator : Avi Silver Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Daily Science Fiction. Rated R for strong language. At First Glance By Shannon Peavey On a narrow highway in western Texas, an old Ford pickup hurtles through a curve at eighty-five […]
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Author : Mary Wilkens Freeman Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Dominik Parisien Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums This story is in the public domain and was published in Wilkens’s 1903 collection The Wind in the Rose-Bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural. Rated PG. Close to the village street […]
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Author : Maya Chhabra Narrator : Eleiece Krawiec Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Anathema. CW: Plague, illness, and death Rated R. The Plague-House by Maya Chhabra When the plague returned in a rash of aching joints and toxic, pink-froth coughs, Catia did not wait […]
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Author : Morgan Al-Moor Narrator : Laurice White Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop The Beast Weeps with One Eye By Morgan Al-Moor After three days of breathless escape across the grasslands and no less than thirty of our people lost, the waters of the Nyamba river finally sparkled before my weary […]
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Author : Z.M. Quỳnh Narrator : Z.M. Quỳnh Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Z.M. Quỳnh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Genius Loci. Rated R. The South China Sea By Z.M. Quỳnh They are in the fragmentation of raindrops during monsoon season and the quivering of evaporating dew in […]
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Author : Pamela Rentz Narrator : Ada Milenkovic Brown Host : Emmalia Harrington Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Red Tape. Rated PG. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode to rerun and […]
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Author : Doretta Lau Narrator : Andrea Bang Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun? Published by Nightwood Editions in 2014, audiobook version of this produced by ECW Press. CW: strong language, including racist and […]
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Author : H. Pueyo Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by The Dark. CW: Domestic abuse Rated R. Sea-Crowned By H. Pueyo Water — there’s water everywhere, water covering my feet, my knees, my hips. Water, foam, salt, sand in my mouth, […]
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Author : Tori Curtis Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 643: Strange Things Done is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for sexual content, mild gore, mention of injections, and imagery related to body changes. Rated R. Strange Things Done By Tori Curtis Audra […]
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Author : Aimee Picchi Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Rated PG-13. In a Field of Bone-Bonnets Aimee Picchi The hut shuffled to face the sunrise, a habit that pleased its old witch, and kindled […]
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Author : Amal El-Mohtar Narrator : N.K. Jemisin Host : Tierney Bailey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode to rerun and discuss. This week’s […]
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Author : Sid Jain Narrator : Amal Singh Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 640: Mist Songs of Delhi is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Mist Songs of Delhi By Sid Jain Rajaji had listened to three songs of the deceased that morning. He couldn’t help himself. […]
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Author : Samantha Mills Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Translunar Travelers Lounge. Rated PG-13. The destinies of two women — one, a soldier; the other, a princess — become intertwined in C. L. Clark’s debut, The Unbroken. This is a […]
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Author : Dan Micklethwaite Narrator : Austin Malone Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 638: Slipping the Leash is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Slipping the Leash Dan Micklethwaite It is 1958, and Aloysius Proctor has survived a war, and survived the clap, and he is married […]
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Author : Frances Rowat Narrator : James Thomson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums First published in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. Rated PG-13. Ink, and Breath, and Spring by Frances Rowat The wheelbarrow thumped a jolt into Palwick’s arms with every third step as he led Mattish […]
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Author : Jen Brown Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Emmalia Harrington Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in FIYAH. Rated PG. While Dragons Claim the Sky By Jen Brown [Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part novelette. Please visit last week’s post to read Part 1.] When […]
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Discuss on Forums Originally published in FIYAH. Rated PG. While Dragons Claim the Sky By Jen Brown When a breeze shook the reed curtains in mama’s salon, I thought it might be another dragon gliding low, stopping to drink from Lake Mritil. ‘Course, mama and I weren’t afraid; we loved watching them soar overhead, wings […]
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Author : Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrator : Anaea Lay Host : Kitty Sarkozy Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Gilman’s collection When I Was a Witch and reprinted in Fantasy Magazine. This story is in the public domain. Rated PG. When I Was a Witch By Charlotte Perkins Gilman […]
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Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG-13. The Night Bazaar for Women Becoming Reptiles By Rachael K. Jones In the desert, all the footprints lead into Oasis, and none lead out again. […]
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Author : Tony Pi Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Clockwork Canada: Steampunk Fiction. CW: Grief and mentions of suicide. Rated PG-13. Our Chymical Séance By Tony Pi To thoroughly inspect the spacious Silverbirch Room before the séance would take […]
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Author : Tim Pratt Host : Hamilton Perez Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at Strange Horizons. Rated PG for superseded oracles, despots past their expiration dates and probability witches. Another End of the Empire By Tim Pratt “I am here,” Mogrash said. “Give me the bad news.” “A child dwells […]
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Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Elizabeth Green Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in the Hidden Menagerie Vol. 2 anthology and reprinted in The Dark. Content warning: domestic violence, violence against a child, gore Rated R. A Cruelty That Cut Both Ways By Aimee Ogden […]
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Author : C.S.E. Cooney Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Uncanny Magazine. Previously published in Jonathan Strahan’s The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Twelve, and Subterranean Press’s The Best of Uncanny Magazine (2020). Rated PG-13. A statement from […]
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Author : Chris Barnham Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Dimension6, Issue 16 (April 2019). Rated PG. Vincent’s Penny By Chris Barnham May 1941 I’m a child this time. Five or six years old. Fully clothed under a bed, on a wooden floor. I […]
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Author : Claire Humphrey Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 627: We Are the Flower is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Includes copious F-bombs. We Are the Flower By Claire Humphrey I didn’t clue in until I saw the ghost bike chained […]
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Authors : Tina Connolly and A.C. Wise Narrators : Tina Connolly and Dani Daly Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums “A Sharp Breath of Birds” was originally published in Uncanny Magazine. “A Guide to Birds by Song (After Death)” was originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 5. Rated PG-13. […]
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Author : Gem Isherwood Narrator : Eve Upton Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 625: Salt and Iron is a PodCastle original. Rated R. Salt and Iron By Gem Isherwood There’s a gash across her cheekbone, glass in her arm and her lower lip is twice the […]
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Author : Eden Royce Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums This story was a PodCastle original back when we ran it for the first time in 2017. Rated PG-13. Crickets Sing for Naomi By Eden Royce “If these danggone crickets don’t stop following […]
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Author : Allison Thai Narrator : Jennifer Tran Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 623: Caring For Dragons and Growing a Flower is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13, for found footage and lost loves. Author’s dedication I dedicate this story to my grandfather and father: one who […]
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Author : Evan Kennedy Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 622: Spoken For is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Spoken For by Evan Kennedy Twenty-five years after the magic came back, Auden’s wife got turned to stone. It was the dog’s fault. […]
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Author : Emma Osborne Narrator : Megan Leigh Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Uncanny Magazine. Rated R. A Salt and Sterling Tongue By Emma Osborne I found my dying boy curled up in a pile of straw wet with his blood. Seamus rolled over […]
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Author : Gerri Leen Narrator : Tina C. Connolly Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Artist : Matt Dovey The Thing in the Basement by Gerri Leen You can hear it, in the basement, behind the metal boxes that your human puts her outer-coverings in just when they start to smell […]
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Author : Nin Harris Narrator : Chang Yiun Yee Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 620: When Hope Is Lost, Touch Remains is a PodCastle original. Content warning for violence and sexual content. Rated R for steamy friction, physical and ethical. When Hope Is Lost, Touch Remains […]
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Transcript (Alasdair) Hi everyone, Alasdair here. We’re not going to ask how you are right now, because we have a pretty good idea. You’re fine. You’re FINE. You’re the same version of fine as everyone right now, the one Aerosmith sang about. The one where you’re alternately anxious, terrified, furious and calm. We empathise. We’re […]
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Author : Sofia Samatar Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Peter Adrian Behravesh Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Starlit Wood. Rated PG-13. The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle By Sofia Samatar This story is at least a thousand years old. Its complete […]
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Author : Vida Cruz Narrator : Don Pizarro Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Writers of the Future vol. 34. Rated PG-13. Odd and Ugly By Vida Cruz I. You come to my tree at high noon in July, sweating, panting, young. So very, very […]
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Author : Greye La Spina Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums September 1927 issue of Weird Tales. This story is in the public domain. CW: illness and plague; references to violence and sexual assault Rated R. The Dead-Wagon Greye La Spina I “Someone’s been […]
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Authors : Ian Muneshwar and Eleanor R. Wood Narrators : Sienna Tristen and Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 616: DOUBLE FEATURE! Telomerase; Mycelium is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. “Telomerase” was previously published in An Alphabet of Embers. “Mycelium” is a PodCastle original. Telomerase […]
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Author : L. Chan Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Future Fire in the Making Monsters anthology. Content warning for domestic abuse and violence. Rated R, for a rowdy band of righteous monsters. Field Reports from the Department of Monster […]
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Author : Aidan Doyle Narrator : Julie Hoverson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 614: White Noon is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. White Noon By Aidan Doyle The dogs’ barking let me know I had visitors. I reluctantly left my chair by the fire, pulled on […]
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Author : Heather Rose Jones Narrator : Sarah Goleman Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums This story was a PodCastle original that aired back in 2015. Rated PG. Hoywverch By Heather Rose Jones Elin verch Gwir Goch oed yn arglwydes ar Cantref Madruniawn wrth na bo i’w […]
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Author : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Originally published in Sword and Sonnet. Content warning: domestic violence Rated PG-13. She Searches for God in the Storm Within By Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali When I arrived at my grandmother’s, in the stillness of predawn, like some […]
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Author : Kyle Kirrin Narrators : Alasdair Stuart, C. L. Clark, Summer Fletcher, Matt Dovey, Jen R. Albert, Peter Adrian Behravesh and Mur Lafferty Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 611: Yo, Rapunzel! is a PodCastle original. Rated R, for ridiculous, with sprinklings of boardgames, box wine, […]
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Author : Ranylt Richildis Narrator : Dominik Parisien Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums First published by Myths Inscribed. Rated PG. Charlemagne and Florent By Ranylt Richildis This is what happened to les deux bretons before I met them, back in the 70s when they were boys in […]
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Author : Shari Paul Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fiyah Lit Mag Issue 5. Rated PG-13. The Epic of Sakina By Shari Paul [Note: This is part 2 of a two-part novelette. Visit our previous post to read Part 1.] […]
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Author : Shari Paul Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Fiyah Lit Mag Issue 5. Rated PG-13. The Epic of Sakina By Shari Paul The moon was a pale, golden disc in a lavender sky. Sakina, in a brilliant blue caftan […]
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Author : Claire Humphrey Narrator : Julia Rios Hosts : Jen R. Albert and KT Bryski Audio Producer : KT Bryski Discuss on Forums Originally published by Strange Horizons. Previously appeared at PodCastle. Rated R. Who in Mortal Chains by Claire Humphrey I almost had friends in 1965. Ryder was a brewer in those days, […]
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Authors : Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt and River Shaw Narrator : Kyle Akers Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : KT Bryski Discuss on Forums PodCastle 606: River’s Giving is a PodCastle original. Rated PG for jolly old beasts of terror. River’s Giving Heather Shaw, River Shaw, and Tim Pratt Once upon a time, there […]
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Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Dani Daly Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Violence, sex, and graphic content related to child-rearing. Rated R for secrets, science, and sexuality. Blood, Bone, Seed, Spark By Aimee Ogden Upstairs, in the little rowhouse […]
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Author : Bennett North Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 604: No Mercy to the Rest is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 for super-villainous violence and attempts to raise the dead. No Mercy to the Rest by Bennett North Sadie parked in […]
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Authors : K. A. Teryna and Alex Shvartsman Narrator : Yaroslav Barsukov Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons. Rated PG-13 for cunning felines and strong language. Copy Cat K. A. Teryna and Alex Shvartsman Imagine a Russian cat. Not just any Russian cat, […]
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Author : Derek Künsken Narrators : Jay Odjick, Charlotte Ashley, J. M. Frey, Rati Mehrotra, Sylvain Neuvel, KT Bryski and Brandon Crilly Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : KT Bryski Discuss on Forums PodCastle 602: Franken-Puppy is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13, for revivified urges and the joys of transgression. Franken-Puppy By Derek […]
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Author : Kate Heartfield Narrator : Alyson Grauer Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Lackington’s. Rated PG-13. A Thousand Tongues of Silver By Kate Heartfield I am a book. My pages are purple. This is how they made me. First, they flayed the calves, stretched […]
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Authors : Nathan Susnik, Michelle Muenzler, KT Bryski and R. K. Duncan Narrators : Kai Hudson, Philippa Ballantine, Jen R. Albert and Wilson Fowlie Host : Craig Jackson Discuss on Forums PodCastle 600: Flash Fiction Extravaganza — Flash Fiction Contest V is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. The Cost of the Revolution in Three Marvelous […]
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Author : Tina Connolly Narrator : Julie Hoverson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2017. Rated PG-13. Please check out the Kickstarter for a new anthology, Vital: The Future of Healthcare, featuring work by David Brin, Seanan […]
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Author : L. Chan Narrator : Leeman Kessler Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Dark. Rated PG-13 for ghosts and the terrors that make them. The Sound of His Voice Like the Colour of Salt By L. Chan The ghost boy was the colour […]
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Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2018. Rated PG-13. The Satyr of Brandenburg By Charlotte Ashley [Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part novelette. Please visit last week’s […]
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Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April 2018. Rated PG-13. The Satyr of Brandenburg By Charlotte Ashley By the inebriated light of dawn, October the 23rd, 1700, a swarthy figure […]
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Author : K.C. Mead-Brewer Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Carve Magazine. Content warning for violence against women, suicide, and cannibalism Rated R. The Feast By K.C. Mead-Brewer We took Emmaline on what promised to be a particularly stormy night. […]
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Author : E. Nesbit Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums From Edith Nesbit’s classic collection The Book of Dragons, which is in the public domain. You can find the whole thing here. Rated PG. The Deliverers of Their Country By E. Nesbit It all began with […]
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Author : Shiv Ramdas Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Giganotosaurus. Rated PG. Balloon Man By Shiv Ramdas If it hadn’t been for the camel, Mithun might never have noticed the old balloon seller at all. He almost didn’t notice the […]
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Author : David W. Goldman Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Craig Jackson Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in The New Haven Review, Winter 2011. Rated R for language, violence and sexual content. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : C. A. Yates Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 591: His Giant Heartbeat is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. His Giant Heartbeat by Natalia Theodoridou I smoke with my back to the caravan while I wait for B and his client […]
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Author : A.E. Prevost Narrator : Lisa Hicks Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in Sword and Sonnet, edited by E Catherine Tobler, Aidan Doyle and Rachael K Jones. Rated PG-13. Labyrinth, Sanctuary By A.E. Prevost Constance carves her timeworn tracks into the thirsty rock. With […]
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Author : Celeste Tyler Narrator : Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 589: The Horrible Deaths of Helga Hrafnsdóttir is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 for the horrible deaths we hope won’t come to pass. The Horrible Deaths of Helga Hrafnsdóttir By Christine Tyler The […]
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Author : Premee Mohamed Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums First published in Principia Ponderosa anthology by Third Flatiron Press, March 2017. Rated: PG-13, for the harsh demands of gods. Bought bred, the new cow had cost three thousand dollars, and so as night […]
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Author : Samantha Mills Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons. Rated: PG, for a parent guiding herself home. Strange Waters By Samantha Mills Fisherwoman Mika Sandrigal was lost at sea. She knew where she was in relation to […]
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Author : Auston Habershaw Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Rated PG-13, incl blood, violence, and many deaths (sort of)! Make sure to check out Broadcasts from the Wasteland, a new podcast featuring chats […]
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Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 585: Getaway is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for disordered eating, body dysmorphia, and mild body horror. Rated PG-13. Getaway By Jennifer Hudak Ten days after her family installed themselves in their […]
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Author : An Owomoyela Narrator : MarBelle Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Eclipse Online. You can read it here! Rated R, for reference to war and wartime atrocities. In Metal, In Bone by An Owomoyela Colonel Gabriel met him in a circle of canvas-topped trucks, […]
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Author : J. P. Sullivan Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in the August 2017 issue of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. Rated PG-13 for waking the dead and disturbing their dreams. The Resurrectionist by J.P. Sullivan “Yes, I can bring […]
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Author : José Pablo Iriarte Narrator : Karlo Yeager Rodríguez Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Strange Horizons. Rated: PG-13, for harsh memories not one’s own. Life in Stone, Glass, and Plastic by José Pablo Iriarte Cleaning up graffiti was an everyday job for Sergio, […]
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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Brian Murphy Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Submerged anthology, edited by S.C. Butler and Joshua Palmatier. Content warning: sexual assault Rated R, for lustful magic. Note: Merc recently changed their name, so while the podcast lists an old name, they […]
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Author : G. V. Anderson Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Rated: R, for human parts sundered and sold. I Am Not I by G. V. Anderson [Note: This is part 2 of a […]
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Author : G. V. Anderson Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Rated R, for human parts sundered and sold. I Am Not I by G. V. Anderson I found the emporium on old Tanners Row. A prime location, […]
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Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Sword and Sonnet. Rated PG. The Bone Poet and God by Matt Dovey Ursula lifted her snout to look at the mountain. The meadowed foothills she stood in were dotted with […]
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Author : Karuna Riazi Narrator : Farah Naz Rishi Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 577: Temptation is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. A special episode in celebration of Eid al-Fitr, guest edited by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali. Temptation By Karuna Riazi “We must not look at goblin men, […]
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Author : Vajra Chandrasekera Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Liminal. Rated: PG-13, for cursing at heaven’s door. When Leopard’s-Bane Came to the Door of Third Heaven By Vajra Chandrasekera We stand at attention all day at the top of […]
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Author : Mary de Morgan Narrator : Eleanor R. Wood Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh This story is in the public domain. Rated G. A Toy Princess By Mary de Morgan (1850–1907) More than a thousand years ago, in a country quite on the other side of the world, it […]
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Author : Alex Jennings Narrator : Laurice White Host : Eden Royce Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 574: Mister Dog is a PodCastle original. Drug use; abuse to animals Rated R, for sex, drugs, and haunted souls. Mister Dog By Alex Jennings Trenice felt the car more than she saw […]
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Author : Sarah Pinsker Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Lightspeed and a 2019 Hugo Finalist for Best Short Story. Rated PG-13. The Court Magician By Sarah Pinsker The Boy Who Will Become Court Magician The boy who will become court magician […]
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Author : Marie Brennan Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Children of a Different Sky, edited by Alma Alexander. Rated PG. Into the Wind by Marie Brennan The tenements presented a blank face to the border: an unbroken expanse of wall, windowless, gapless, resolutely […]
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Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Hamilton Perez Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Kaleidotrope. Rated PG-13. The first time Bella, Alice, and I exorcised a demon it was an accident: a pentagram doodled backstage, some quotes from The Exorcist, and suddenly that vocalist from […]
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Author : Rafaela Ferraz Narrator : Carlo Matos Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 570: Elegy for a Slaughtered Swine is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. The PodCastle forums flash fiction contest is on! Visit our Submittable for more details. Submissions are open until April 30. Elegy for a […]
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Author : Francesca Forrest Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Strange Horizons. Rated R. This episode is a part of our Tales from the Vaults series, in which a member of PodCastle’s staff chooses a backlist episode […]
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Author : Suzan Palumbo Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at Anathema. Content warning for violence against women. Rated: PG-13, for predators and prey. The Pull of the Herd By: Suzan Palumbo My doeskin calls to me from under the woollen blankets […]
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Author : Kai Hudson Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums PodCastle 567: The Weaver Retires (Artemis Rising) is a PodCastle original. Content warnings for domestic abuse and fatphobia. PG-13, for needles and blackest thread. The Weaver Retires by Kai Hudson They […]
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Authors : Amanda Helms and Hester J. Rook Narrators : Maxine L. Moore and Nadia Niaz Host : Julian K. Jarboe Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums “Starr Striker Should Remain Capitol City’s Resident Superhero, by Keisha Cole, 10th Grade Student” was originally published by Daily Science Fiction. “All the […]
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Author : Wendy Nikel Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : Ace Ratcliff Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums PodCastle 565, ARTEMIS RISING: I Am Fire; I Am Tears is a PodCastle original. PG, for dragon-sisters and bones picked clean. Ulykke crouched in the darkness, just beyond the sunray’s reach. […]
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Author : Eliza Chan Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Elora Gatts Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums Previously published by World Weaver Press in their Sirens anthology. Rated: R, for the vengeful justice of seafolk. One More Song By Eliza Chan After Mira closed the door the selkie […]
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Author : Victoria Sandbrook Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Sword & Sonnet. Rated PG-13. El Cantar de la Reina Bruja By Victoria Sandbrook Mothers, hear me! I am alone but for your graces. My mistakes have bound me. My weaknesses […]
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Author : A. M. Dellamonica Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Mojo: Conjure Stories, edited by Nalo Hopkinson. Content warning for violence and gore. Rated R. Cooking Creole by A. M. Dellamonica At seventeen, it was music. Guitar. Then, at twenty-four: speechmaking. […]
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Author : Lina Rather Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Gamut. Rated R. Baby Teeth By Lina Rather Laura watched from the window while Mama took the salt packets they’d pocketed from a Speedway and sprinkled a circle around the house […]
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Author : Sara Saab Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG-13. Suddenwall By Sara Saab In the amnesty-city of Vannat, Aln Panette has let guilt go. The city of Vannat is a strict and inscrutable […]
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Author : Troy Wiggins Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Hosts : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Jen R. Albert, Summer Fletcher, Peter Adrian Behravesh and C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at Strange Horizons. Content warnings for violence and racism. Rated R. Sound clips used in the introduction can be found […]
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Author : A. T. Greenblatt Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG. SFX used in the host spot of this episode can be found here: https://freesound.org/people/univ_lyon3/sounds/250589 https://freesound.org/people/zimbot/sounds/122983 https://freesound.org/people/alanmcki/sounds/401324 A Place to Grow By A. T. Greenblatt Lillian […]
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Author : Frank Stockton Narrator : Jen R. Albert Hosts : Summer Fletcher and Peter Adrian Behravesh Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in 1885 and is in the public domain. The sound effects used in the host spot can be found here. The Griffin and the […]
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Author : Lora Gray Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Shimmer. Content warnings for self-harm, suicide, and body dysmorphia. Rated R. Shadow Boy By Lora Gray I am sixteen and sitting on the edge of an empty subway platform when Peter, forever […]
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Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Aidan Doyle Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Sword & Sonnet. Rated PG-13. Previous PodCastle episodes in this series: PodCastle 387: The Half Dark Promise PodCastle 495: Shadow Man, Sack Man, Half Dark, Half Light Candied Sweets, Cornbread, and […]
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Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Brie Code Hosts : Summer Fletcher and Peter Adrian Behravesh Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 554: Hosting the Solstice is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Sound effects used in the host spot are in the public domain and can be found here. Hosting the Solstice […]
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Author : Stefani Cox Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 553: Grounded Women Never Fly is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Sound effects used in the host spot are in the public domain and can be found here. Grounded Women Never Fly by […]
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Author : Shelly Jones Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Luna Station Quarterly. Rated PG. The Watchers by Shelly Jones He did not know why he had agreed to marry her. For a long time he thought it was because she […]
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Author : J. P. Sullivan Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Baen Books, grand prize winner of their 2017 Fantasy Adventure Contest. Rated PG-13, for betrayal and vengeance. A word from host Setsu Uzume: In the host outro for “The […]
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Author : Danny Lore Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in FIYAH. Rated R for strong language and violence. The Last Exorcist by Danny Lore Author’s Note: This piece was commissioned and then declined by a prominent magazine. The only information that […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrators : Peter Adrian Behravesh, Tina Connolly and Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at Shimmer. Rated PG-13. Fixer, Worker, Singer by Natalia Theodoridou Fixer Turns on the Stars The sky creaks as Fixer makes his way across the steel […]
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Author : Ashley Blooms Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by On Spec (under the title “Second Born”). Content warning: Death of a child Rated R. Daniel by Ashley Blooms Ellie watches her husband from the front porch. He makes a lean […]
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Author : Evan Dicken Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in the Utter Fabrication anthology by Mad Scientist Journal. Rated PG-13, for the weird ways of houses. Every House, a Home By Evan Dicken “I guess nobody wants haunted houses, anymore.” Derek checked […]
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Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Dave Thompson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre edited by Paula Guran. Rated PG. Sounds effects used in this episodes under Creative Commons 3.0: freesound.org/people/rivernile7/sounds/249573 freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/149925 freesound.org/people/jacobalcook/sounds/195577 freesound.org/people/Stevious42/sounds/259614 freesound.org/people/Kyster/sounds/85145 freesound.org/people/Suz_Soundcreations/sounds/180543 freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/128659 freesound.org/people/YourFriendJesse/sounds/131201 freesound.org/people/desdur/sounds/347707 […]
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Author : Chris Kuriata Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Diabolical Plots. Content warning: Some disturbing imagery. Rated R. The Aunties Return the Ocean By Chris Kuriata Auntie Roberta landed badly on the roof of her escarpment house, scraping her knees across […]
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Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally publishing at tor.com. You can buy Kelly Robson’s book, Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, now. It’s also available in audio. Below are a few links from Kelly’s recommendations and comments during […]
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Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at tor.com. Rated R for adult themes. Waters of Versailles by Kelly Robson [Note: This is Part 2 of a three-part novella. Please visit last week’s post to read Part 1. Click […]
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Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at tor.com. Rated R for adult themes. The Drabblecast is relaunching! Help resurrect them by contributing to their Kickstarter. Catch Norm Sherman’s message about the launch at the end of today’s […]
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Author : Brittany Pladek Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Ideomancer. Rated PG-13. Andromache and the Dragon By Brittany Pladek The dragon stood on the shore. “For every day, I will consume one of your desires,” she told them. “You will […]
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Authors : Y.M. Pang, Lynne M. MacLean and A.C. MacLachlan Narrators : Summer Fletcher, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali and Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 540: Flash Fiction Extravaganza! The Three Phases of Equinox is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. The Mooncakes of My Childhood by […]
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Author : Xander M. Odell Narrator : Anson Mount Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at GigaNotoSaurus. This story also appears in Sandra’s collection Godfall and Other Stories. Content Warning: Gore, mild body horror. Rated R. Tully brought the skiff in from the south. The blue […]
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Author : Andrea Corbin Narrator : Blythe Haynes Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Shimmer. Rated PG-13. Itself at the Heart Of – Poetry Generator! Itself at the Heart of Things by Andrea Corbin “The acts of life have no beginning or end. Everything happens […]
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Author : Ken Liu Narrators : Curtis C. Chen, Dagny Paul, Eleanor R. Wood, Stefani Cox, Wilson Fowlie, Matt Dovey, Jen R. Albert, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Summer Fletcher and Craig Jackson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Fireside. Rated: PG-13, for inhumanity and painful truths. […]
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Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums Originally published in Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place. Note that this is one part of a two-part episode. You can read and listen to the first part here. Rated R, for cursing wizards […]
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Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place. Note that this is one part of a two-part episode. The second part will release on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Rated R, for cursing […]
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Author : Kai Ashante Wilson Narrator : Sofia Quintero Hosts : Erin Roberts, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali and Justina Ireland Audio Producers : Peter Adrian Behravesh and Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums This story was originally published by TOR.com. Content warning: graphic violence and mature content Rated X for sex, drug use, graphic depictions of violence with […]
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Author : Eden Royce Narrator : Laurice White Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums First published in Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror. Rated PG-13, for the donning of gory suits. An old man sat behind the dilapidated counter of the country store humming Negro spirituals as Grace walked […]
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Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Srikripa Krishna Prasad Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published in the anthology Those Who Make Us: Canadian Creature, Myth, and Monster Stories. Content Warning: domestic violence. Rated R for brutal visions. The night I was to leave Delhi for Toronto, […]
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Author : E. Nesbit Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums From Edith Nesbit’s classic collection The Book of Dragons, which is in the public domain. You can find the whole thing here. The Island of the Nine Whirlpools by Edith Nesbit The dark arch […]
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Author : Penny Stirling Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Lackington’s. Rated PG-13. This episode is run in honor of Non-Binary People’s Day on July 14. If you are interested in reading more fiction by non-binary authors, check out A.C. Wise’s […]
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Author : L. D. Lewis Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by FIYAH Literary Magazine #1 Rated PG-13 for violent captivity and violent rebirth. Chesirah By L. D. Lewis “It is almost time.” Chesirah smiled despite her screaming fingers. They were […]
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Author : L. S. Johnson Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously Published by New Haven Review Issue 20. Rated PG-13 for hard choices and the treasures they produce. Properties of Obligate Pearls By L. S. Johnson You have to know what to look for. Younger, […]
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Authors : Effie Seiberg, Paul Alex Gray and Ellen Klages Narrators : Wilson Fowlie, Kaylin Norman-Slack and M.K. Hobson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums “Recipe: 1 Universe” was previously published by Galaxy’s Edge. “Of the Dreams Yet to Come” was originally published in Entropy Magazine. Rated G, for […]
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Author : Farah Naz Rishi Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : S. A. Chakraborty Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 526: When Shadow Confronts Sun is a PodCastle original. Rated: PG-13. When Shadow Confronts Sun By Farah Naz Rishi [Allah] will say, “Enter among nations which had passed on before you […]
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Author : Kelly Stewart Narrator : Julie Hoverson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG-13. Rabbit Grass by Kelly Stewart Mama says, “Never let Rabbits into the garden, Aril, or they’ll eat up everything.” This makes working in the garden troublesome […]
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Author : Kathryn McMahon Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Flame Tree’s gothic fantasy anthology Pirates & Ghosts: Short Stories. Rated R for blood, guts, and monstrous appetites. A shadow passes overhead and mermaids rise from where they were playing hide-and-seek among the jellyfish. […]
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Author : Nibedita Sen Narrator : S.B. Divya Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Anathema Magazine. Rated PG-13 for greedy ghosts squishing internal organs. Never Yawn Under a Banyan Tree By Nibedita Sen The moment I swallowed the pret, I knew I should have taken […]
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Author : Lina Rather Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Shimmer Magazine in March 2017. Rated R. Extinctions By Lina Rather Your mother taught you three things, up in the great white wilderness, before she went and shot that man: How to kill […]
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Author : L. S. Johnson Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in the Sirens anthology by World Weaver Press. Rated R, for all the weaknesses of flesh (and how it tears between teeth). 1. We roll into town on a bright sunny […]
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Author : Langley Hyde Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 520: One Day, My Dear, I’ll Shower You with Rubies is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 for broken hearts and rolling heads. One Day, My Dear, I’ll Shower You With Rubies by […]
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Author : C. L. Clark Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh PodCastle 519: Burning Season is a PodCastle original. Rating: PG-13, for things unspeakable. Burning Season By C. L. Clark It was burning season in Rashid. Again. Even in the shop, I could smell the smoke. Can […]
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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums First published in Fireside Fiction. Rated PG for vengeful mountains and the accursed dead. Iron Aria Merc Rustad The mountain dreams pain. Cold iron vibrates purple-blue deep in the stone, while tongues made from […]
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Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Previously published in Fantasy & Science Fiction. Rated PG-13 for honorable duelists and some less honorable warfare. A Fine Balance By Charlotte Ashley My mistress, Shoanna Yildirim, was the greatest shot in the city. Each […]
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Author : Ken Liu Narrator : Rajan Khanna Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Rated PG. Editors’ note: This episode originally aired as PodCastle 165. We are reissuing it to celebrate PodCastle’s 10th anniversary. This story was in first […]
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Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : K. Tempest Bradford Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Originally published in Crossed Genres, Issue #20, August 2014. Read it here. Rated R: Contains violence. Editors’ note: This episode originally aired as PodCastle 345. We are reissuing it to celebrate PodCastle’s 10th anniversary. This story was in second […]
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Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Laurice White Host : Eden Royce Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Postscripts. Rated R: Contains Language, Violence, and Disturbing Imagery circa Hurricane Katrina. Editors’ note: This episode originally aired as PodCastle 154. We are reissuing it to celebrate PodCastle’s 10th anniversary. This story was in […]
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Author : Scott Lynch Narrators : Norm Sherman, Peter Wood, Dave Thompson, Wilson Fowlie, M.K. Hobson, Graeme Dunlop, Anna Schwind, Ann Leckie, Alasdair Stuart, Rachel Swirsky and Marshal Latham Host : Peter Wood Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally Published in Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery. Rated R: Contains violence, […]
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Author : Saladin Ahmed Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Rags & Bones, edited by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt. Rated R. Contains violence, including gore. Editors’ note: This episode originally aired as PodCastle 324. We are reissuing it to celebrate PodCastle’s 10th anniversary. […]
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Author : Suzan Palumbo Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : Elora Gatts Audio Producer : Peter Wood Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PodCastle 515, ARTEMIS RISING: Propagating Peonies is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Propagating Peonies By Suzan Palumbo This time, you were a burgeoning peony at the edge of a small cottage […]
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Author : Stephanie Charette Narrator : Robin McLeavy Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PodCastle 514, ARTEMIS RISING: My Heart the Bullet in the Chamber is a PodCastle original. Rated R, for shootin’, cussin’, and rollin’ in the hay. My Heart the Bullet in the […]
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Author : Eleanna Castroianni Narrator : Danielle Imara Host : Stefani Cox Audio Producer : Peter Wood Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PodCastle 513, ARTEMIS RISING: We Head for the Horizon and Return with Bloodshot Eyes is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13, for war and gore. We Head for the Horizon and Return with […]
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Author : Carrow Narby Narrator : Becky Stinemetze Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Peter Wood Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PodCastle 512, ARTEMIS RISING: Scar Clan is a PodCastle original. PG-13, for graphic monster gore. Find this year’s glorious ARTEMIS RISING art by Geneva Benton on her website here. Additional ARTEMIS RISING […]
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Author : Julian Mortimer Smith Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Previously published by Urban Fantasy Magazine (December 2014). Rated PG. Desperation was the worst thing you could bring to the Emporium, but there was nowhere else to go. The Emporium was the only place […]
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Author : Ryan Row Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Previously published by Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. Content warning for the death of a child. They make my heart out of stone. A slate-colored hunk of granite run through with thin veins of fool’s […]
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Author : A. T. Greenblatt Narrator : Mike Flinchum Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Previously published in Mothership Zeta. Rated PG for Mild Language and Bold Monsters. A Non-Hero’s Guide to The Road of Monsters By A.T. Greenblatt 1. The Siren There are three basic guidelines that any […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in KROnline. Rated PG-13, for war and all its wounds and sorrow. The Ravens’ Sister by Natalia Theodoridou There are many ways to tell this story. All of them are true. Verses of the House […]
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Author : Julie C. Day Narrator : Lisa Hicks Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Previous published in Interzone 271. Rated PG-13. Take cover: contains more than 5 F-bombs. Sarnai I sit at my kitchen table and watch as my soon-to-be ex-husband, David, assembles cardboard boxes and labels each […]
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Author : Sabrina Vourvoulias Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Fat Girl in a Strange Land. Contains nondescriptive references to sexual abuse. Rated PG-13 for noble luchadores and kickass luchadoras. La Gorda and the City of Silver by Sabrina Vourvoulias I. I was born on a Wednesday, in […]
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Author : LaShawn M. Wanak Narrators : Jen R. Albert and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Rated PG-13 for mild language. There Are No Wrong Answers by LaShawn M. Wanak Please select the answer below that feels most comfortable to you. There are no right or wrong answers. Your […]
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Author : DaVaun Sanders Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 504: Words Never Lost is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Words Never Lost by DaVaun Sanders Imala spat on the schoolhouse’s brittle timbers as she passed, slipping behind the Tyre Orphan School’s woeful outbuildings […]
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Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Laurice White Host : Tanya DePass Audio Producer : Peter Wood Originally published in Postscripts Rated R; contains language, violence, and disturbing imagery circa Hurricane Katrina. This episode is a reissue of PodCastle 154. Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Under the Still Waters by N.K. Jemisin Tookie […]
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Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Charlotte Ashley Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Wood Zilal and the Many-Folded Puzzle Ship By Charlotte Ashley When Zilal Saleebaan Kamal was six years old, she built her first ship in a bottle. It was a fully-articulated craft of sandalwood and brass with eighteen oars […]
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Authors : Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood PodCastle 501: The Christmas Abomination from Beyond the Back of the Stars is a PodCastle original. The Christmas Abomination from Beyond the Back of the Stars By Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt “Mele Kalikimaka!” Uncle […]
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Authors : Ann Leckie and Rachel Swirsky Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Hosts : Dave Thompson and Anna Schwind Audio Producer : Peter Wood Maiden, Mother, Crone By Ann Leckie and Rachel Swirsky The mule nipped at Marjan’s hand as she burdened it with her packs. She pushed its nose away, careful not to hurt it. […]
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Authors : Aimee Ogden, Shawn Proctor and Katherine Kendig Narrators : Alasdair Stuart, Tatiana Grey and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Three Cats at the End of the World By Aimee Ogden On the heath at the beginning and the end of the world, a witch once built a cottage where she could live with the past, the present, […]
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Author : Sarah Monette Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Wood National Geographic on Assignment: The Unicorn Enclosure by Sarah Monette In the unicorn enclosure, all five unicorns are clustered along the fence, batting their long eyelashes beguilingly at a troop of girl scouts. The girls ooh […]
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Author : L. Chan Narrator : Julia Patt Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Chasing Flowers by L. Chan Lian’s world is flat. Not just the landscape, which extends as far as the eye can see, horizon to horizon under the rolling twilight flux. Not just the houses, dotting the slate grey […]
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Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Six Jobs By Tim Pratt 1. Exterminator’s Helper I was eleven when a little man with watery eyes who blinked and sniffed all the time shuffled into my classroom, moving carefully, not brushing up against any […]
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Author : Suyi Davies Okungbowa Narrator : Solomon Osadolo Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood PodCastle 496: When You Find Such a Thing is a PodCastle original. When You Find Such a Thing By Suyi Davies Okungbowa Yes, I know meeting my girlfriend’s parents wasn’t on my to-do list for the next […]
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Hi there! A short metacast to tell you all about our new websites. Transcript follows for those who who prefer to read along. Transcript (Alasdair) Hi there! This is Alasdair! (Marguerite) And this is Marguerite! (Alasdair) And we’re looking a good deal shinier. The EA family of podcasts has all new websites, thanks to Jeremy Tolbert of Clockpunk Studios […]
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Author : Jessi Cole Jackson Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Wood Content Warning: Self-harm/suicide Seven Things That Oughtn’t Cut Me By Jessi Cole Jackson They say troll girls appear only in brilliant shades of armored green. Their skin is faceted, unpierceable, and gleams in the sunlight like […]
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Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Shadow Man, Sack Man, Half Dark, Half Light By Malon Edwards You keep running, even though you know you can’t escape the fifty-foot-tall Pogo. But you were built for this. You are taller than all of the girls […]
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Author : Eden Royce Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Upcoming anthology, “Sword and Sonnet” an anthology of stories devoted to the union of battle and poetry — lyrical, shimmery sonnet-slingers, grizzled, gritty poetpunks, and word nerds battling eldritch evil! Edited by E. Catherine Tobler of […]
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Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums The Fall Shall Further the Flight In Me By Rachael K. Jones There are things that fly and things that fall. You must remember this distinction, because they are not the same. Devils are […]
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Author : L.P. Lee Narrator : Alexa Ahn Host : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums Previously published by Eastlit March 2015. Rated PG-13 The White Fox by L. P. Lee Five days have passed since I was a prisoner in those red brick walls, but every night I return there. In my night time terrors […]
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Author : Joanne Anderton Narrator : A.J. Fitzwater Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Previously published by In Sunshine Bright and Darkness Deep. Rated R for adult content Bullets by Joanne Anderton It had once been a sheep, and it wasn’t dead yet. A mangle of smouldering wool, scorched […]
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Author : Matthew Claxton Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 490: The Names of the Sky is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. The Names of the Sky by Matthew Claxton Zoya wished one of her flying instructors could have seen her land on that […]
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Author : Anaea Lay Narrator : Cian Mac Mahon Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood PodCastle 489: Emshalur’s Hand Stays is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Emshalur’s Hand Stays By Anaea Lay I returned to Irishem with three sources of power: a letter from Kelian, a clear memory of why I left, […]
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Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : C. A. Yates Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Wood First published in Lamplight Vol. V Issue III. Rated PG-13 Crossing by A. C. Wise Emma Rose is four years old the first time she enters the ocean alone. All her life, she’s lived with the beach at […]
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Author : Alix E. Harrow Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Shimmer. Rated PG-13 A Whisper in the Weld By Alix E. Harrow Isa died in a sudden suffocation of boiling blood and iron cinder in her mouth; she returned to herself […]
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Author : Heather Rose Jones Narrator : Pip Hoskins Host : Rachael K. Jones Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 486: Hyddwen is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Hyddwen by Heather Rose Jones Morvyth verch Rys na vynnei wr, o achaws y serch, a’r caryat a dodassei hi ar Elin, Arglwyddes Madrunion. […]
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Author : Andrea Tang Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Wood PodCastle 485: Cassandra Writes Out of Order is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Cassandra Writes Out of Order By Andrea Tang NOTE: The story “Cassandra Writes out of Order” has been taken down at the author’s request. Sorry […]
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Authors : Aidan Doyle, Matt Dovey and Shveta Thakrar Narrators : Nina Brady, Ramakrishnan and Julie Hoverson Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood “In Spring, the Dawn. In Summer, the Night.” is a PodCastle original. “Autumn Jewels” was originally published in Sisterhood of the Moon. “Winter Witch” is a PodCastle original. In […]
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Author : Laurence Raphael Brothers Narrator : Austin Malone Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 483: Thirteen Bullets is a PodCastle original. Rated R for adult themes Thirteen Bullets by Laurence Raphael Brothers The stagecoach lurches to a halt in a clearing beside the road. Four wild-eyed black […]
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Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 482: The Family Ghost is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Family Ghost By Rati Mehrotra The day before she left for her husband’s village, Urmila got her dowry: a goat, two gold bangles, […]
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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Brian Murphy Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 481: What the Fires Burn is a PodCastle original. Rated R What the Fires Burn by A. Merc Rustad It’s near dusk when VanDrake Tage Rannheim trudges into the city to meet a friend. […]
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Author : J.J. Roth Narrators : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Jen R. Albert, Dagny Paul, Graeme Dunlop, Summer Fletcher, Matt Dovey, Alasdair Stuart, Marguerite Kenner, Eleanor R. Wood and Steven Capps Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood PodCastle 480: All of the Cuddles With None of the Pain is a PodCastle original. Rated PG […]
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Author : Xander M. Odell Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Spirits Tincturek, June 2016 Rated R Ghost of the Shoals By Sandra M. Odell Pharah Dupree always wore her hair up tight. “You ever hear of Muscle Shoals, Manny?” she said one afternoon. We sat on the back porch steps of Rock Bottom Studios, her with […]
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Author : Cat Sparks Narrator : Dawn Meredith Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in The Never Never Land. Rated R Dragon Girl By Cat Sparks I fell in love with a dragon boy when I was seventeen. The dragon train—five creatures long—camped near Grimpiper in the […]
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Author : Naru Dames Sundar Narrator : Arun Jiwa Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 478: A Ghost Among The Mangroves is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 A Ghost Among the Mangroves By Naru Sundar They must have executed me while I waited in the mangrove shadows. Here, […]
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Author : Eden Royce Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PC 477: Crickets Sing for Naomi is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Crickets Sing for Naomi By Eden Royce “If these danggone crickets don’t stop following me,” Naomi grumbled as the insect bounded out of the path of her wedge […]
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Author : Saladin Ahmed Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Slate Magazine. Welcome to PodCastle’s first Eid issue! Rated PG-13 Clay and Smokeless Fire By Saladin Ahmed Qumqam stood upside-down atop a cell phone tower, twirling at its pinnacle on his fingertip. When […]
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Author : Eric Schwitzgebel Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Unlikely Story Rated PG-13. The Dauphin’s Metaphysics by Eric Schwitzgebel “—which suggests possible applications, if the cobbler is much younger. Don’t you think, Miss Professor?” The Dauphin sat twelve rows back—teenage heir […]
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Author : Kendra Fortmeyer Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Forge Journal Rated PG-13. Asymmetry by Kendra Fortmeyer She arrived at his apartment ten minutes late and discovered that she was already there. The woman was a champion worrier, but this was […]
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Author : Shane Halbach Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Rated PG-13. Flash Fiction Contest Submissions Portal The Wizard of 63rd Street by Shane Halbach 2016 Russell walked past the Check-’n-Go and the cell phone shops on either side of it. It was cold, […]
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Author : M.K. Hutchins Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PC 472: The Chaos Village — Part 2 is a PodCastle original. The Chaos Village – Part 2 By M.K. Hutchins Sarsa was cooking some kind of coarse flatbread — it appeared to be made […]
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Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Discuss on Forums First published in Strange Horizons. Rated PG. Traveling Mercies by Rachael K Jones In the old stories, strangers at the door could be disguised gods, so you had to invite them in. It was a sin to turn away a guest. Atithi devo […]
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Author : M.K. Hutchins Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PC 471: The Chaos Village — Part 1 is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Chaos Village — Part 1 By M.K. Hutchins The ground under Rob’s feet shifted from sand to jagged shale and […]
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Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Jen R. Albert Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PC 470: The Thirty-Seven Faces of Tokh-Bathon is a PodCastle original. Rated PG. The Thirty-Seven Faces of Tokh-Bathon by Effie Seiberg I’ve counted eleven thousand, six hundred and fifty-two tiny soldiers carved in marble […]
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Author : Ian Muneshwar Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PC 469: Ravana’s Children is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13. Ravana’s Children by Ian Muneshwar It was the end of a summer that burned through Queens quick as a fever, and Jamie couldn’t sleep. He […]
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Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Nina Niskanen Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in the Sockdolager. Sigrid Under the Mountain by Charlotte Ashley After Esja produced sour milk three days in a row, Sigrid knew she had a problem. Leaving the pail of greenish milk next to […]
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Author : Baker & Dovey Narrator : Aimee Kuzenski Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums No Sh!t, There I Was: An Anthology of Improbable Tales Rated R for adult content How I Became Coruscating Queen of All the Realms, Pierced the Obsidian Night, Destroyed a Legendary Sword, and Saved […]
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Author : Anna Yeatts Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Penumbra. Rated R for disturbing themes and imagery When I Had Eyes, I Didn’t See By Anna Yeatts I had eyes once. Before the Lift-man came. Now I have knobs, smooth and […]
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Author : A.J. Fitzwater Narrator : A.J. Fitzwater Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG-13 Blood Stone Water By A.J. Fitzwater Tau bit deeper with her paddle, and green water hushed beneath the oka hull. Nhia sat in the bow, serene as […]
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Author : Marion Deeds Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 465: Never Truly Yours is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Never Truly Yours By Marion Deeds October 13, 1931 Dear Neville – I remember you asked me once, darling, how I got my outrageous […]
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Author : Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PC 464: Needle Mouth is a PodCastle original. Needle Mouth by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam When Hana Samsa woke from a fevered nap one afternoon, she found that she had been transformed into an […]
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Author : Lord Dunsany Narrators : Wilson Fowlie, Summer Fletcher, Graeme Dunlop, Matt Dovey, Aidan Doyle, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Cheyenne Wright, Tina Connolly, Steve Anderson, Jen R. Albert, Eric Luke and Amal El-Mohtar Hosts : Peter Wood, M.K. Hobson and Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Fifty-One Tales in […]
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Author : K.C. Ball Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Kelly Robson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 462, ARTEMIS RISING: Stay is a PodCastle original. Stay by K.C. Ball An almost-bass voice said something I didn’t catch. Higher voices giggled, then five kids moved out of the shadows into the hard […]
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Author : Siobhan Gallagher Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Isabel Yap Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 461, ARTEMIS RISING: Fated Ink is a PodCastle original. Fated Ink by Siobhan Gallegher The front door goes ding-a-ling and in walks a young woman, with bouncing blonde curls, bright blue eyes, blemish-free skin. […]
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Author : Wendi Dunlap Narrator : Kimberly Taylor Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 460, ARTEMIS RISING: The Settlement is a PodCastle original. Violence, adult themes The Settlement by Wendi Dunlap They file out into the predawn chill before the rest of the settlement is awake. Cloaked by […]
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Author : Petra Kuppers Narrator : Marguerite Croft Host : Bogi Takács Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 459: Ice Bar (Artemis Rising) is a PodCastle original. Ice Bar by Petra Kuppers She emerged into the bright sunshine, some daynight after. She looked up to the sky, some daynight after. The sun […]
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Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 458: Home is a House That Loves You (Artemis Rising) is a PodCastle original. Welcome back to Artemis Rising 3! Home is a House That Loves You by Rachael K. Jones Before the […]
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Author : Spencer Ellsworth Narrators : Graeme Dunlop, Wilson Fowlie and Kay Steele Host : Matt Dovey Discuss on Forums First published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly read by Graeme Dunlop (as Lassan), Wilson Fowlie (as Dhar), Kay Steele (as Kahirun) Blade and Branch and Stone by Spencer Ellsworth Lassan The trees screamed. Mortars shattered white […]
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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : Thomas Busby Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Neon #42, February 2016 Mateus Goes Higher by Natalia Theodoridou Mateus can no longer see the ground from the top of his tower. He calls it a tower somewhat pompously, as in reality it is but a […]
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Author : Troy Wiggins Narrator : Kimberly Taylor Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in the Long Hidden Anthology in 2014 Rated PG-13 A Score of Roses by Troy Wiggins I. Sunshine flowed through the crowd, sliding between hooters and hungry-eyed applauders. A whiskey runner with a long, […]
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Author : Megan Branning Narrator : Louise Ratcliffe Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Wood PodCastle Miniature 96: Blackbird Pastry is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Blackbird Pastry by Megan Branning Sing a song of sixpence A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was […]
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Author : Megan Arkenberg Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Niteblade Magazine #27 in March of 2014. Godfather by Megan Arkenberg Today is your fourteenth birthday, and your godfather is coming to visit. You know because your mother is wearing a dress, a frilly […]
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Author : Kelly Sandoval Narrator : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Daily Science Fiction. Rated R. The Stories She Tells Herself by Kelly Sandoval He stole her skin. Yes, that’s the one. He stole her skin, so he had her heart. Or her soul. The part […]
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Author : Tony Pi Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Ricepaper 19.3 in 2014. A Spirited Education by Toni Pi Incense smoke drifted through the air in the apothecary like ribbons of kelp. The good doctor was brooding over an anatomy […]
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In our first 2017 metacast, we present the Escape Artists (EA) stories that ran in 2016 that are eligible in the upcoming nomination season. PodCastle’s Award Eligible stories from 2016 are all listed below. Give the metacast a listen and visit our sister podcasts Escape Pod, Pseudopod, Cast of Wonders, and our sister magazine Mothership Zeta to check […]
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Author : L.P. Lee Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Peter Wood Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Eastlit. For more links and information on butoh see here: Sankai Juku – Clips from Umusuna. Interview with Ushio Amagatsu (Artistic Director of Sankai Juku) and Theater Critic Tamotsu Watanabe Tatsumi Hijikata […]
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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Issue 49 of InterGalactic Medicine Show in February 2016. Or Be Forever Fallen by A. Merc Rustad The raven’s ghost follows first. It’s not a surprise, if I’m honest. I […]
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Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 450: Bonsai is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Bonsai by Shaenon K. Garrity Uterine cancer, the doctor is saying, and the world ends. Stage Four. That means advanced. It means bad. Your arms and […]
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Author : Rati Mehrotra Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 449: Piety, Prayer, Peacekeeper, Apocalypse is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 Piety, Prayer, Peacekeeper, Apocalypse by Rati Mehrotra Soru Khara had been hunting her death for many years before she arrived at the […]
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Author : Rebecca Fraimow Narrator : Barbara Krasnoff Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 448: Shaina Rubin Keeps Her Head Under Circumstances Nobody Could Have Expected is a PodCastle original. Rated PG This story is the sequel to “Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen’s Proposal to […]
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by Rebecca Fraimow read by Richard Dansky First published in Diabolical Plots. Read it here. Rated PG. Dear Bluma, I heard that Hershel Schmulewitz, that blockhead, has also presumed to ask for your hand in marriage, which gives you two proposals to consider. Now, you needn’t worry that this will be a sentimental or a […]
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Authors : Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 447: It’s a Wonderful Carol is a PodCastle original. Rated PG. It’s a Wonderful Carol by Heather Shaw & Tim Pratt “Who the hell are you?” The man is standing in […]
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Author : Thoraiya Dyer Narrators : Loulou Szal and Nathalie Cerin Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Rated PG-13 First published in Lightspeed Magazine’s People of Color Destroy Fantasy. The Rock in the Water by Thoriya Dyer Throw them in the water where nobody will see, the head cook […]
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Author : Charlie Allison Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published on the Aspiring Writer’s Society website in June 2016 In Mixcoatl’s Net by Charlie Allison Sunny abandoned her house the day after she buried Anna and struck out for the western metropolis of Palotl. She […]
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Author : Rowena Cory Daniells Narrator : Barry Haworth Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Rated PG-13 First published in the Legends 2 anthology, Stories In Honor of David Gemmell. Part of our Aurealis Month, celebrating the Australian Aurealis Awards. Rowena Cory Daniells’s series King Rolen’s Kin has just been released (with […]
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Author : Faith Mudge Narrator : Loulou Szal Host : Cat Sparks Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Hear Me Roar Rated PG-13. Part of our Aurealis Month, celebrating the Australian Aurealis Awards. Blueblood by Faith Mudge It is an insult to die at midday. In the mountain country where I […]
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by Suzanne J. Willis read by Graeme Dunlop Hosted by Aidan Doyle First published in SQ Mag. Spring had stretched the daylight hours and dried the damp-weather rot in my hands by the time the old woman, Emmeline, began visiting the orange grove. By then, I knew enough to see she wasn’t well. I had been […]
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by D.K. Mok read by Graeme Dunlop First published in Insert Title Here. Part of our Aurealis Month, celebrating the Australian Aurealis Awards. Hosted by Margo Lanagan. What is time? It’s a question I never asked myself while I was still alive, and now, I suppose time is something that happens to other people. Gainful employment, on […]
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