PodCastle 627: We Are the Flower
Author : Claire Humphrey
Narrator : Jen R. Albert
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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PodCastle 627: We Are the Flower is a PodCastle original.
Rated PG-13. Includes copious F…
I didn't clue in until I saw the ghost bike chained to a signpost on Adelaide, near a corner. I was stopped up close, and I looked down and the angles of the frame were familiar. A Cannondale CAAD 5, just like mine. via Pocket
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PodCastle is an SFWA short fiction market. We're in need of associate editors who can read and …
We're recruiting! PodCastle is looking to add additional associate editors (also referred to as slush readers) to our team. PodCastle is an SFWA short fiction market. via Pocket
PodCastle 617: The Dead-Wagon
Author : Greye La Spina
Narrator : Wilson Fowlie
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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CW: illness and plague; references to violence and sexual assault
Rated R.
The Dead-Wagon
G…
The Dead-Wagon Greye La Spina "Someone's been chalking up the front door." The speaker stepped off the terrace into the library through the open French window. From his padded armchair Lord Melverson rose with an involuntary exclamation of startled …
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PodCastle 629: Though She Be But Little
Author : C.S.E. Cooney
Narrator : Julia Rios
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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Originally published in Uncanny Magazine. Previously published in Jonathan Strahan's The…
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Though She Be But Little By C.S.E. Cooney Emma Anne had a tin can attached by a string to her belt. via Pocket
PodCastle 620: When Hope Is Lost, Touch Remains
Author : Nin Harris
Narrator : Chang Yiun Yee
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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When Hope Is Lost, Touch Remains By Nin Harris Chowrasta Market was where Maria had learned to love books - upstairs in the claustrophobic crush of second-hand book stalls, where the musty smell of old paperbacks was drowned in a panoply of aromas f…
PodCastle 622: Spoken For
Author : Evan Kennedy
Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
Host : Jen R. Albert
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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PodCastle 622: Spoken For is a PodCastle original.
Rated PG-13.
Spoken For
by Evan Ken…
Twenty-five years after the magic came back, Auden's wife got turned to stone. It was the dog's fault. A cockatrice had been wandering Harlan County for the past few weeks, ever since some damn fool two towns over let a cock's egg hatch instead of c…
PodCastle 614: White Noon
Author : Aidan Doyle
Narrator : Julie Hoverson
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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PodCastle 614: White Noon is a PodCastle original.
Rated PG-13.
White Noon
By Aidan Doyle
The do…
The dogs' barking let me know I had visitors. I reluctantly left my chair by the fire, pulled on my boots, and took my thundergun from its place on the wall. I rarely had any visitors apart from Magnus, which was how the dogs and I liked it. via Poc…
PodCastle 656: What My Flies Keep for Me
Author : Shaoni C. White
Narrator : Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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What My Flies Keep For Me By Shaoni C. White There's a dead body on the floor. This is a bad thing. I'm having trouble recalling why that's the case, but I'm sure it'll come back to me soon. via Pocket
PodCastle 537: To the Moon
Author : Ken Liu
Narrators : Curtis C. Chen, Dagny Paul, Eleanor Wood, Stefani Cox, Wilson Fowlie, Matt Dovey, Jen R Albert, Peter Behravesh, Setsu Uzume and Craig Jackson
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behr…
Long ago, when you were just a baby, we went to the Moon. Summer nights in Beijing were brutal: hot, muggy, the air thick as the puddles left on the road after a shower, covered in iridescent patches of gasoline. We felt like dumplings being steamed…
PodCastle 538: Itself at the Heart of Things
Author : Andrea Corbin
Narrator : Blythe Haynes
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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Originally published in Shimmer.
Rated PG-13.
Itself at the Heart of Things
b…
"The acts of life have no beginning or end. Everything happens in a completely idiotic way. That is why everything is alike." - Tristan Tzara, 1922 On the floor, I hiked my skirts up and began to disassemble myself, starting with my left knee. via P…
PodCastle 544: Waters of Versailles - Part 3
Author : Kelly Robson
Narrator : Heath Miller
Host : Jen R. Albert
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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Originally publishing at tor.com.
You can buy Kelly Robson's book, Gods, Monste…
Sylvain stood on the roof of the north wing, the gardens spread out before him. The fountains jetted high and strong, fifteen hundred nozzles ticking over reliably as clockwork, the water spouts throwing flickering shadows in the low evening light. …
PodCastle 567, ARTEMIS RISING: The Weaver Retires
Author : Kai Hudson
Narrator : Jen R. Albert
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
Artist : Yuumei
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PodCastle 567, ARTEMIS RISING: The Weaver Retires is a PodCas…
They come from all over: exotic, far-off places with names Weisa can barely pronounce. Australia. Japan. Venezuela. Last week, some alien-sounding place called Pen-sil-vay-ni-yah. Her grandson Ashti says they come because she's famous. via Pocket
British Fantasy Award Shortlist!
The dragon is getting stuffed on celebratory cake this week! The British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced and PodCastle and PseudoPod have both been nominated under the Best Audio category!
Also, Alasda…
The dragon is getting stuffed on celebratory cake this week! The British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced and PodCastle and PseudoPod have both been nominated under the Best Audio category! via Pocket
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PodCastle 545: The Aunties Return the Ocean
Author : Chris Kuriata
Narrator : Setsu Uzume
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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Previously published by Diabolical Plots.
Content warning: Some disturbing imagery…
Auntie Roberta landed badly on the roof of her escarpment house, scraping her knees across the flagstone shingles and splitting her pantyhose. Her arms were too full of black water to keep her balance so she nearly slid off the edge. She carried so …
PodCastle 541: Andromache and the Dragon
Author : Brittany Pladek
Narrator : Wilson Fowlie
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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Previously published by Ideomancer.
Rated PG-13.
Andromache and the Dragon
By B…
The dragon stood on the shore. "For every day, I will consume one of your desires," she told them. "You will not know which. You will not know whose. This is my tribute. Do you agree to its terms?" via Pocket
PodCastle 589: The Horrible Deaths of Helga Hrafnsdóttir
Author : Christine Tyler
Narrator : Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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PodCastle 589: The Horrible Deaths of Helga Hrafnsdóttir …
The day Helga Hrafnsdóttir went up the Ævilok tree, the entire village held its breath. From the time of her birth, the Ævilok that grew beside Helga's home had sprouted the most horrible flowers. via Pocket
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In the grayest hour of the evening of April 16th, 1699, when the sun had just vanished behind the great château that embraced the city of Caen but before her lantern-bearers had taken up the hooks of their trade, a gargantuan woman stooped to fit th…
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PodCastle 602: Franken-Puppy
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
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In the third yard, the puppy darted a suspicious look back at its tail. Then, as if remembering what he'd been doing, he swung his head forward, panted, and sat in the grass. Beyond the ratty picket fence, patched skyscrapers stood in the hazy blue …
PodCastle 616: DOUBLE FEATURE! Telomerase; Mycelium
Authors : Ian Muneshwar and Eleanor Wood
Narrators : Sienna Tristen and Jen R. Albert
Host : Setsu Uzume
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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PodCastle 616: DOUBLE FEATURE! Telo…
You lost your first word when I began to lose my hair. You brought a wicker basket to the hospital and opened it in the waiting room, taking out a blue-checkered blanket that you spread out over our laps. via Pocket
PodCastle 613: TALES FROM THE VAULTS - Hoywverch
Author : Heather Rose Jones
Narrator : Sarah Goleman
Host : C. L. Clark
Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh
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This story was a PodCastle original that aired back in 2015.
Rated PG.…
Elin verch Gwir Goch oed yn arglwydes ar Cantref Madruniawn wrth na bo i'w thad na meibion na brodyr. A threigylgweith dyvot yn y medwl vynet y hela. Ac wrth dilyt y cwn, hi a glywei llef gwylan. Ac edrych i fyny arni yn troi, a synnu wrthi. A'y the…