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PodCastle 556: Shadow Boy Author : Lora Gray Narrator : Setsu Uzume Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Shimmer. Rated R.  Shadow Boy By Lora Gray I am sixteen and sitting on the ed… I am sixteen and sitting on the edge of an empty subway platform when Peter, forever small, reappears. His black eyes are bright, and he smells like licorice and cinnamon. He is wearing purple mittens and a pigeon-feather skirt. "Don't call me Prude…

PodCastle 539: Godfall Author : Sandra M. Odell Narrator : Anson Mount Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at GigaNotoSaurus. This story also appears in Sandra's collection Godfall and Oth… Tully brought the skiff in from the south. The blue mountains of Maya's feet rose against the sky, each toe adorned with a massive gold ring inlaid with cobras crowned with lotus blossoms. By the looks of the gold and white flags, the feet had alrea…

PodCastle 557: The Griffin and the Minor Canon Author : Frank Stockton Narrator : Jen R. Albert Hosts : Setsu Uzume and Peter Behravesh Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in 1885 and is in th… Over the great door of an old, old church which stood in a quiet town of a faraway land there was carved in stone the figure of a large griffin. The old-time sculptor had done his work with great care, but the image he had made was not a pleasant on…

PodCastle 540: Flash Fiction Extravaganza! The Three Phases of Equinox Authors : Y.M. Pang, Lynne M. MacLean and A.C. MacLachlan Narrators : Setsu Uzume, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali and Jen R Albert Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh… The mooncakes of my childhood were hard as rocks. I killed a man with them, in the fall of '68. He didn't deserve it. He was just the grain seller. But Mother had been killed by Red Guards and Father had hung himself after delivering his self-critic…

PodCastle 558: A Place to Grow Author : A. T. Greenblatt Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG. SFX used in the host spot of th… A Place to Grow By A. T. Greenblatt Lillian was wearing one of her uncles' old suits again. Her family always wore suits when they were going to tear down a world. Trouble was that this world, unlike the dozens before it, had started to feel like ho…

PodCastle 542: Waters of Versailles - Part 1 Author : Kelly Robson Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Jen R. Albert Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published at tor.com. Rated R for adult themes. Help resurrect the … Sylvain had just pulled up Annette's skirts when the drips started. The first one landed on her wig, displacing a puff of rose-pink powder. Sylvain ignored it and leaned Annette back on the sofa. Her breath sharpened to gasps that blew more powder f…

PodCastle 576: When Leopard's-Bane Came to the Door of Third Heaven Author : Vajra Chandrasekera Narrator : Peter Behravesh Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Liminal. Rated: PG-13, f… We stand at attention all day at the top of the green tower. L and I stand on either side of the door to the third nonsensual heaven. The rifle is heavy and I develop a lean as the day wears on, until L hisses at me from the far side of the door and…

PodCastle 560: Suddenwall Author : Sara Saab Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Rated PG-13. Suddenwall By Sara Saab In the amnesty-… In the amnesty-city of Vannat, Aln Panette has let guilt go. The city of Vannat is a strict and inscrutable rulemaster, so Panette doesn't question the rules. She lives a plain, clean life. Keeps her recollections as free of the war as she can. via …

PodCastle 562: Cooking Creole Author : A. M. Dellamonica Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Mojo: Conjure Stories, edited by Nalo Hopkinson. Content … At seventeen, it was music. Guitar. Then, at twenty-four: speechmaking. Rabble-rousing, his mother had called it. Binding a group of listeners - big, small, middling - with his voice. Inspiring the local grocery clerk to dump her useless husband. Se…

PodCastle 563: El Cantar de la Reina Bruja Author : Victoria Sandbrook Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Sword & Sonnet. Rated PG-13. El Cantar de la Reina… Mothers, hear me! I am alone but for your graces. My mistakes have bound me. My weaknesses have hobbled me. My pride has torn me from you. Alejandra pricked her finger on her rough iron chains and whispered lilting iambs until all appearance of fati…

Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest V The Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest is back for a fifth time, and it's PodCastle's turn! The contest will be taking submissions beginning April 15, 2019, and ending on April 30, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. EST. E… The Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest is back for a fifth time, and it's PodCastle's turn! The contest will be taking submissions beginning April 15, 2019, and ending on April 30, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Each author may submit one original fanta…

PodCastle 564, ARTEMIS RISING: One More Song Author : Eliza Chan Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Elora Gatts Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums Previously published by World Weaver Press in their Sirens anthol… After Mira closed the door the selkie shed her skin, leaving the mottled grey fur in a heap like stepped-out-of work clothes. Mira handed her one of the many robes hanging on the hat stand and kept her eyes on her blue and green rug, only catching g… via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io PodCastle 564, ARTEMIS RISING One More Song - PodCastle via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2SPd5vt

PodCastle 596: The Satyr of Brandenburg - Part 1 Author : Charlotte Ashley Narrator : Setsu Uzume Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-Apr… By the inebriated light of dawn, October the 23rd, 1700, a swarthy figure skulked in the rosebushes lining the Villa del Sulcis, outside the Sardinian town of Soleminis. The lurker clambered onto the tavern's windowsill muttering badly hushed curses… via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io PodCastle 596 The Satyr of Brandenburg - Part 1 - PodCastle via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2MMfDt9

PodCastle 600: Flash Fiction Extravaganza - Flash Fiction Contest V 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 … The Cost of the Revolution in Three Marvelous Confections By R. K. Duncan . . . Do you know what we really lost when Tarvagost's corpse went over the railing and we got the republic? I managed an invitation to the Spire that last night. I was out on…

PodCastle 601: A Thousand Tongues of Silver Author : Kate Heartfield Narrator : Alyson Grauer Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Originally published in Lackington's. Rated PG-13. A Thousand Tongues of Silv… PodCastle 601 A Thousand Tongues of Silver - PodCastle via Instapaper https://ift.tt/332TgWL I am a book. My pages are purple. This is how they made me. First, they flayed the calves, stretched and scraped their wet skins. Then they mixed lichen and leaves, rotted in human urine, to mimic the purple that comes of torturing sea snails to for… via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io

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 Discuss on Forums PodCastle 6… 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 604: No Mercy to the Rest Author : Bennett North Narrator : C. L. Clark Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums PodCastle 604: No Mercy to the Rest is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 for super-villain… Sadie parked in the lee of Castle Inferno, where she would be spared from the wind, and sat while the engine ticked, trying to convince herself to let go of the steering wheel. The castle stood stark against the sky, dark stone walls leaching the sa… PodCastle 604 No Mercy to the Rest - PodCastle via Instapaper https://ift.tt/36pB6ka

PodCastle 605: Blood, Bone, Seed, Spark Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Dani Daly Host : C. L. Clark Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Discuss on Forums Previously published by Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Violence, sex, and graphic content relate… Upstairs, in the little rowhouse on the thirty-sixth meridian of the city of Leth Marno, the scuffling grows louder. Heels ring out against the floorboards, and shouts are muffled; by the rugs, perhaps, or a hand that grasps to cover a mouth. via Po…

PodCastle 606: River's Giving Authors : Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt and River Shaw Narrator : Kyle Akers Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : KT Bryski Discuss on Forums PodCastle 606: River's Giving is a PodCastle original. Rated PG for jolly old… Once upon a time, there was a boy named Alexander who lived in a village by a river in a valley in the shadow of a mountain. Every year when the days grew short and the air grew cold and the snow fell, the village would hold a celebration called Riv… PodCastle 606 River's Giving - PodCastle via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2ER9ngo

PodCastle 612: She Searches for God in the Storm Within Author : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Setsu Uzume Audio Producer : Peter Behravesh Originally published in Sword and Sonnet. Content warning: domestic v… When I arrived at my grandmother's, in the stillness of predawn, like some restless cat stalking, she was waiting for me on the front porch. It was as if she'd been expecting me. I suppose if she had been watching the sky, she was, because I could b…