Author : Francesca Forrest Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 223: The Oulough is a Cast of Wonders original. The Oulough by Francesca Forrest “Are there any bandages in this house?” Tina asked. “I’ve found an oulough, but it’s hurt.” She likes […]

• Narrated by Julia Rios • 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 Francesca Forrest has lived in the United States, England, and Japan and used to boast about having given birth to children on three continents. If she’d started earlier, she might have tried for births on the rest. Currently she works as a copy editor, spending as much of her free time writing as possible. She’s had short stories and poems published both online and in print, along with one novel, Pen Pal. She also volunteers as a tutor in a medium-security jail. She loves knowing which plants in a landscape are edible and the folk names of wildflowers. You can follow her online and on Twitter.     Julia Rios is a writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator. Her fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in several places, including Daily Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, and Goblin Fruit. She is a fiction editor for the Hugo-nominated magazine, Strange […]

Author : Roger Joseph Zelazny Narrators : Cheyenne Wright, Wilson Fowlie and Phil Lunt Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Originally published in Dragons of Light (October 1980) Image is “Saint George And The Dragon” in Alexander Gardens, Moscow The George Business by Roger Zelazny Deep in his lair, […]

• Narrated by Wilson Fowlie, Phil Lunt and Cheyenne Wright • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • Originally published in Dragons of Light (October 1980) • 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 Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber. He won the Nebula award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ‘…And Call Me Conrad’ in 1965 (subsequently published under the title This Immortal the following year). He won for best novel again in 1967 for his arguable other best known work, Lord of Light. Special thanks to his son, executor and damn fine author in his own right, Trent Zelazny, for allowing us rights to this story.     Wilson Fowlie has been reading stories out loud since the age of 4, and credits any talent […]

Author : Holly Schofield Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 221: The Jungle Between (Dinovember!) is a Cast of Wonders original. A special thank you to our audio producer Jeremy Carter for the excellent photo in this […]

• Narrated by Amy Sturgis • 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 A special thank you to our audio producer Jeremy Carter for the excellent photo in this week’s episode artwork. Check out his Etsy shop, On The Edge Photos. Holly Schofield’s stories have appeared in dozens of publications including Lightspeed, Crossed Genres, and Tesseracts. She travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of a prairie farmhouse and her remote writing cabin in the wilds of North America. For more of her work (including free stories!) and a list of forthcoming publications, see her website. Amy H. Sturgis holds a Ph.D. in Intellectual History and specializes in the fields of Science Fiction/Fantasy and Native American Studies. She lives with her husband, Dr. Larry M. Hall, and their best friend, Virginia the Boston terrier, in the foothills of North Carolina. You can follow her on Twitter, or check our her […]

Author : Elise Forier Edie Narrator : Alex Hofelich Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Cast of Wonders 220: Raptor Boy (Dinovember!) is a Cast of Wonders original. A special thank you to our audio producer Jeremy Carter for the excellent photo in this week’s […]

• Narrated by Alex Hofelich • Guest host Setsu Uzume • 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 A special thank you to our audio producer Jeremy Carter for the excellent photo in this week’s episode artwork. Check out his Etsy shop, On The Edge Photos. Elise Forier Edie is an author and playwright based in Los Angeles. Her speculative fiction has been published in anthologies and magazines, and her plays have been performed throughout the US and Canada. Recent works include the short story Lucy in the Sky, about a little girl at war with the fairy queen, published this summer in The Enchanted Conversation, and the forthcoming, Backwater Saints, about rock bands and necromancers in the Florida everglades, due out in Disturbed Digest in December. Her play The Pink Unicorn, about a Christian widow grappling with her teenaged daughter’s announcement that she is genderqueer, will be playing in Pittsburgh in January 2017 at Off the Wall. You […]

Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Originally published Writers of the Future Vol 32 A special thank you to Preston Stone for his generous permission in using this week’s episode artwork! Theme music is “Appeal to Heavens” by Alexye Nov, […]

• Narrated by Dani Daly • Audio production by Jeremy Carter • Originally published Writers of the Future Vol 32 • 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 A special thank you to Preston Stone for his generous permission in using this week’s episode artwork! 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 or is forthcoming in many venues including Shimmer, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, EscapePod, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and The Drabblecast. She is a SFWA member and a secret android. Follow her on online or on Twitter.       Your narrator is our own wonderful 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.         Issue 5 of Mothership […]