Author : Riley Tao Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published as Cast of Wonders 527, 1 February 2023 Transphobia, misgendering, rejection Both Hope and Breath by Riley Tao It’s perfectly normal for breath to fog up mirrors. Everyone knows that. For most of my childhood, I […]

Cast of Wonders 570: Both Hope and Breath (Staff Picks 2023)

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Author : Dan Peacock & Rachel Peacock Narrator : Mike Boris Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 583: The Cat that Worked from Home is a Cast of Wonders original. Image by Aleksandar Cvetanović from Pixabay The Cat That Worked From Home by Dan Peacock and Rachel Peacock Macaroni’s […]

Cast of Wonders 583: The Cat that Worked from Home

Author : Olivia B. Chan Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 582: Open Skies and Hellfire is a Cast of Wonders original. Bombs, terrorism Open Skies and Hellfire by Olivia B. Chan I liked to think of myself as a morally sound individual. It was […]

Cast of Wonders 582: Open Skies and Hellfire

Author : Francoise Harvey Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize anthology, and Best British Short Stories 2017 from Salt Publishing. Death of children; one instance of the f-word. Never Thought He’d Go by Francoise Harvey ‘Fell off the church […]

Cast of Wonders 581: Never Thought He’d Go

Author : Plangdi Neple Narrator : Brent Lambert Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 580: Bodies of Sand and Blood is a Cast of Wonders original. Transphobia, abusive parents Bodies of Sand and Blood by Plangdi Neple Sneaking into your father’s shrine is one of the most stupid things […]

Cast of Wonders 580: Bodies of Sand and Blood

Author : Jonathan Olfert Narrator : Tiernan Douieb Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Previously published in Wyngraf #2 October 2022 The Ivory Eagle by Jonathan Olfert Autumn winds chilled the late-harvest gathering, kept everyone huddling by fires or the warmest tidepools. Kerredi’s latest trade brought him down to crouch by the […]

Cast of Wonders 570: Both Hope and Breath (Staff Picks 2023)

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