Author : Alex Shvartsman Narrator : Rachel Swirsky Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in InterGalactic Medicine Show Issue 40 (July 2014) Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available at MusicAlley.com. The Golem of Deneb Seven By Alex Shvartsman I was eleven years old when the war came to the Deneb […]

• Narrated by Rachel Swirsky • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • Originally published in InterGalactic Medicine Show Issue 40 (July 2014) • Read along with the text of the story. • Discuss this story on our forum • For a list of all our stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia page • Come visit us on Facebook and Twitter   Listen above or download here. Show Notes Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator and game designer from Brooklyn, NY. Over 90 of his short stories have appeared in Nature, Galaxy’s Edge, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and many other magazines and anthologies. He won the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the 2015 and 2017 Canopus Awards for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction (more about this later). He is the editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series of humorous SF/F. His collection, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories and his steampunk humor novella H. G. Wells, Secret Agent were both published in 2015. Follow his work online or on Twitter.     Rachel Swirsky holds an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers Workshop, and she graduated from Clarion West in […]

Author : Kate Baker Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 246: Old Teacups and Kitchen Witches is a Cast of Wonders original. Content Warning: Grief Theme music “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available from Promo DJ or his Facebook page. Old Teacups and Kitchen Witches […]

• Content Warning: Grief • Narrated by Karen Bovenmyer • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • A Cast of Wonders original! • Read along with the text of the story. • Discuss this story on our forum • For a list of all our stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia page • Come visit us on Facebook and Twitter Listen above or download here. Show Notes Kate Baker is the Podcast Director and Non-fiction Editor for Clarkesworld Magazine. She has been very privileged to narrate over 350 short stories/poems by some of the biggest names in Science Fiction and Fantasy for multiple venues. Kate won the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine in 2011 and 2013, the British Fantasy Award for Best Magazine in 2014 and the World Fantasy Award for Special Award: Non Professional in 2014 alongside the wonderfully talented editorial staff of Clarkesworld Magazine. Kate is currently situated in Northern Connecticut with her first fans; her wonderful children. She is currently working as the Director of Operations for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Follow her online and on Twitter.   Karen Bovenmyer earned an MFA in Creative Writing: Popular Fiction from the University of Southern Maine. […]

Author : Desmond Warzel Narrator : Patrick Bazile Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First appeared in Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (UFO Publishing, 2013) Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available at MusicAlley.com. One Thing Leads to Your Mother by Desmond Warzel Yates propelled himself into the office. The door closed behind him, […]

• Narrated by Patrick Bazile • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • First appeared in Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (UFO Publishing, 2013) • Read along with the text of the story. • Discuss this story on our forum • For a list of all our stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia page • Come visit us on Facebook and Twitter Listen above or download here. Show Notes Desmond Warzel is the author of a few dozen short stories, four of which (including this one) have been featured at Cast of Wonders. He’s also particularly proud of his appearances in venerable magazines like Fantasy & Science Fiction, at nifty websites like Abyss & Apex, and in other quadrants of the vast podcasting galaxy, such as The Drabblecast. His most recent new work appears in the anthology Coven: Masterful Tales of Fantasy, from Purple Sun Press. He lives in Pennsylvania. You can follow him online. Patrick Bazile is an American Actor/Voice Over Talent and a distinct sound in the voice over industry. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Patrick has voiced everything from PSA’s to major product brands. With a deep, commanding voice often referred to as “The Voice of God”, […]

Author : Angela and Joel Enos Narrator : Tatiana Grey Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in NewMyths.com (Issue 35, June 2016) Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available at MusicAlley.com. Terminals By Joel and Angela Enos The Titan-Metropolis line was one of the most heavily traveled train routes of the […]

• Narrated by Tatiana Grey • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • Originally published in NewMyths.com (Issue 35, June 2016) • Read along with the text of the story. • Discuss this story on our forum • For a list of all our stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia page • Come visit us on Facebook and Twitter Listen above or download here. Show Notes Angela & Joel Enos were raised by the same two people though they sometimes think it was in differing parallel dimensions. The goose told them this was possible as it chased them down the path. Their work together tends to reflect this confounding combination of events. Angela Enos has been published in A Café in Space, Flapperhouse, Niteblade Magazine, Visibility Fiction, Nonbinary Review’s alphanumeric, and Body Parts Magazine. She is also a designer and artist whose work in theatre has been seen across the United States. Follow her on Twitter. Joel Enos is a writer and editor who has written comics (Sonic the Hedgehog) and graphic novels (Ben 10 Omniverse) and published short fiction in Whispers from the Abyss, Visibility Fiction, The Lorelei Signal, Theme of Absence and Flapperhouse. Follow him online and on […]

Author : J.W. Alden Narrator : Megan Leigh Host : Dani Daly Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 243: The Tentacles Never Lie is a Cast of Wonders original. Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available from Promo DJ or his Facebook page. The Tentacles Never Lie By J.W. Alden In […]

• Narrated by Megan Leigh • Guest host Dani Daly • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • A Cast of Wonders original! • Read along with the text of the story. • Discuss this story on our forum • For a list of all our stories, authors and narrators, visit our Wikia page • Come visit us on Facebook and Twitter Listen above or download here. Show Notes J.W. Alden lives near West Palm Beach, Florida with his wife Allison, who doesn’t mind the odd assortment of musical instruments and medieval weaponry that decorate his office (as long as he brandishes the former more often than the latter). Alden is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop, a 1st Place Writers of the Future winner, and an active member of SFWA. Read more from him at his website, or follow him on Twitter.       Megan Leigh is editor of pop culture blog Pop Verse and co-host of feminist speculative fiction podcast Breaking the Glass Slipper. Her writing has appeared on SFWA, SFF World, Pornokitsch, and Writers’ Workshop. You can follow Megan on Twitter.         Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available at MusicAlley.com.