Author : Courtney Farr Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Ryn Yee Audio Producers : Andrew Jack and Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 665, November 2025 Content note: transphobia and queerphobia, family intolerance A Siren Stranded in a Sea of Grass by Courtney Farr 1. Sowing The Great Plains can be disorientatingly […]

Author : Juliette Beauchamp Narrator : Alexis Goble Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producers : Andrew Jack and Jeremy Carter Image by Kohji Asakawa from Pixabay First published as Cast of Wonders 652, September 2025 spider-like creatures Habitat by Juliette Beauchamp The orb appeared on a Friday. Just popped up in the northeast corner of […]

Author : Nadav Schul-Kutas Narrator : Alicia Atkins Host : Adri Joy Audio Producers : Jeremy Carter and Andrew Jack Image adapted from a photo by JAMES OKAJA from Pixabay First published as Cast of Wonders 650, August 2025 Witches Racing Cars by Nadav Schul-Kutas A small crew is waiting at the starting line. They’re […]

Author : Olivia B. Chan Narrator : S. Qiouyi Lu Host : Rebecca Ahn Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 645 in July 2025. Image by Camila Denleschi from Pixabay Chloe Chew and the Museum of Undead Art by Olivia B. Chan In Chloe Chew’s suffocating hometown, there’s only one […]

Author : Emmi Khor Narrator : Tanya Jade Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 642, June 2025 Friendly haunting, bereavement Feeding Spirits by Emmi Khor What does one feed a hungry ancestor? Fish and chips, chicken parmi, or steak pie didn’t seem like something my recently […]

Author : Kate Francia Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Augur Magazine issue 6.2 in December 2023. Poets of Painswick by Kate Francia Monday, 1st of June Dear Mama, I am sorry to tell you that Fanny is out hunting Poets again. It’s such a […]

Authors : Anne Wilkins and K T Wagner Narrators : Alexis Goble and Jen Zink Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 670: Little Wonders 47 – We Wish You a Creepy Christmas is a Cast of Wonders original. Implied harm to animals; Cannibalism Episode art adapted from an image […]

Author : Dan Peacock Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Katherine Inskip Cast of Wonders 669: The Cat that went to Uranus is a Cast of Wonders original. Allergies Art created by Katherine Inskip from images by Gerd Altmann, Daniel Roberts, and Bianca Van Dijk from […]

Author : Craig Church Narrator : Bria Strothers Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 668: The Sundress and the Serpent is a Cast of Wonders original. Death of a parent The Sundress and the Serpent by Craig Church Tears burn my eyes as I crack open the sliding door […]

Author : Tehnuka Narrator : Shweta Adhyam Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 667: Amudha Surabhi is a Cast of Wonders original. Content note: references to historical famine and colonisation Amudha Surabhi by Tehnuka Mallika beat her skirt against the washing rock twice more and wrung it out a […]