Authors : Rachael K. Jones, Katherine Inskip and J. Lily Corbie Narrators : Katherine Inskip, Alasdair Stuart and Dani Daly Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums The Little Wonders theme, “Neversus” is by Alexye Nov, available from Promo DJ or his Facebook page. More Than Machines Will Fall to […]

• Authors: Rachael K. Jones, Katherine Inskip, J. Lily Corbie • Narrators: Katherine Inskip, Alasdair Stuart, Dani Daly • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • All three stories are Cast of Wonders originals! • Read along with More Than Machines Will Fall to Rust • Read along with A Coat of Salt and Sand • Read along with She and I • 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 More Than Machines Will Fall to Rust Rachael K. Jones grew up in various cities across Europe and North America, picked up (and mostly forgot) six languages, an addiction to running, and a couple of degrees. Now she writes speculative fiction in Athens, Georgia, where she lives with her husband. Her work has appeared in dozens of venues including Shimmer, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, EscapePod, PodCastle, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and The Drabblecast. She is an editor, a SFWA member, and a secret android. Follow her on online or on Twitter. The story is narrated by Katherine Inskip.   A Coat […]

Author : Brent C. Smith Narrator : Rachael K. Jones Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 236: Beats is a Cast of Wonders original. February is Women in Horror Month, an international, grassroots initiative, which encourages supporters to learn about and showcase the underrepresented work of […]

• Narrated by Rachael K. Jones • 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 Brent C. Smith is a transplant to the frigid north of Portland, Maine where he lives with his girlfriend (and Cast of Wonders alum, Jen Welch) and his faithful hound. When he’s not trying to keep warm, he writes industrial automation software by day, and made-up stories at night. Brent’s fiction has appeared previously at Daily Science Fiction, New Myths, and the Unidentified Funny Objects 4 anthology. You can follow him online or on Twitter.       Rachael K. Jones grew up in various cities across Europe and North America, picked up (and mostly forgot) six languages, an addiction to running, and a couple of degrees. Now she writes speculative fiction in Athens, Georgia, where she lives with her husband. Her work has appeared in dozens of venues including Shimmer, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange […]

Author : Rick Kennett Narrator : Barry Haworth Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Fifth Book of After Midnight Stories (1991) Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, available at MusicAlley.com. Isle of the Dancing Dead by Rick Kennett “Is it true,” said […]

• Narrated by Barry Haworth • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • Originally published in The Fifth Book of After Midnight Stories (1991) • 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 Rick Kennett has had horror and SF stories published in several magazines, anthologies and podcasts including Dunesteef, Pseudopod, and here at Cast of Wonders. He won two Parsec Awards for podcast stories in 2013, a year that also saw the publication of his novel The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. One of those Parsec Awards was for Cast of Wonders Episode 71, Now Cydonia, one of the several Martian Ranger Cy De Gurch stories. When not toiling at the day job in the transport industry, he can be found wandering cemeteries – necrotourism – or working as the podcast reporter for the Ghosts & Scholars M R James Newsletter. You can follow him online. Barry Haworth works as a statistician for the Australian Taxation Office which is more interesting than […]

Author : Jennifer Hykes Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 234: Why I’m Asking For An Extension On My Paper is a Cast of Wonders original. February is Women in Horror Month, an international, grassroots initiative, which encourages supporters to learn about and […]

• Narrated by 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 Jennifer Hykes has previously had stories appear in Betwixt, Abyss & Apex, PodCastle, and Apex Magazine. She lives with her husband and two cats just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. She is fairly certain that the cats are not enchanted princes, but it is sometimes hard to tell with these things.         Your narrator is our own assistant editor, community manager, and flash fiction contest runner Dani Daly. You can follow her on Twitter or say hello over at the EA forum.           February is Women in Horror Month, an international, grassroots initiative, which encourages supporters to learn about and showcase the underrepresented work of women in the horror industries. Whether they are on the screen, behind the scenes, or contributing in their other various artistic ways, it is clear […]

Author : Craig Delancey Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 233: Saurs (Staff Pick 2016) is a Cast of Wonders original. Every year in January, Cast of Wonders takes the month off to recharge, plan the year ahead and highlight some of our favourite episodes. […]

• Narrated by Marguerite Kenner • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • A Cast of Wonders original! • 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 Every year in January, Cast of Wonders takes the month off to recharge, plan the year ahead and highlight some of our favourite episodes. A different member of the Cast of Wonders crew will present their favorite story of 2016 each week in January. We hope you enjoy editor and host Marguerite Kenner’s favorite story from 2016, Saurs by Craig Delancey. The story originally aired March 13, 2016 as part of our Dinovember special, Episode 218. Craig Delancey’s YA novel Gods of Earth is available from 47 North Press. He lives in upstate New York and, in addition to writing, teaches philosophy at Oswego State, part of the State University of New York. Stop by his web site, of follow him on Twitter.         Marguerite Kenner is a native Californian who has forsaken sunny paradise to live with her true love in Merrye […]