Author : Nibedita Sen Narrator : Laura Hobbs Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published in Issue 49 of The Dark Magazine, June 2019 We Sang You As Ours by Nibedita Sen The new egg was going to be a boy. Cadence had overheard Mother Reed and […]

Author : Frances Hardinge Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published in 2014 in Fearsome Magics, the second New Solaris Book of Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Rebellion Books) Violence; Harm to animals. Devil’s Bridge by Frances Hardinge “That man.” Lauren peered across the street, […]

Authors : Amanda Helms and Brad Preslar Narrators : Wilson Fowlie and Roberto Suarez Host : Austin Malone Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 419: Little Wonders 26: Fathers’ Day is a Cast of Wonders original. Grief The Last PoMatic by Amanda Helms Rain dripped down PoMatic!365’s chassis and […]

Author : Naomi Kritzer Narrator : Diane Severson Mori Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published in Clarkesworld Issue 110, November 2015 Pandemic So Much Cooking by Naomi Kritzer Carole’s Roast Chicken This is a food blog, not a disease blog, but of course the rumors all […]

Author : Fran Wilde Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published in The New York Times, in August 2019 Please, Stop Printing Unicorns by Fran Wilde It shouldn’t need to be said that home bioprinters are not toys. And yet, as The New […]

Author : T Kingfisher Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published on the author’s blog The Wolf and the Woodsman by T Kingfisher Here. Listen. I’ll tell you a story. Listen. Once upon a time there was a girl. She was probably about […]

Author : Lara Elena Donnelly Narrator : Nika Harper Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Discuss on Forums This story previously appeared at Strange Horizons, October 7, 2013. A statement from Cast of Wonders on the ongoing protests against police brutality and anti-Black racism. As you will no doubt […]

Author : Jamie Mason Narrator : Paul Cram Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producers : Allen Sale and Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Previously appeared in two parts in Cast of Wonders 134 and 135, August 2014 Abuse Flowers for the Dead by Jamie Mason “ … out the windows on the left you’ll […]

Authors : Kelly Sandoval and N.R. Lambert Narrators : Nichole Goodnight and Caroline Reid Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Discuss on Forums “The Half-Life of a Broken Heart” by N. R. Lambert previously appeared in Factor Four Magazine, Issue 2 (June 2018) “A Heart, An Egg, A […]

Author : Liam Hogan Narrator : Charvy Narain Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 412: Eight to the Eighth is a Cast of Wonders original. Spiders Eight, to the Eighth by Liam Hogan Spider was fed up. Fed up, and upside down. She hung from […]