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Author : Elise LeSage Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in Buckman Journal: Broad Spectrum Rated PG-13 Auto-Play by Elise LeSage   Maybe it started when I took on that second job, that internship. Or maybe it began much earlier, some fairytale-like fate. At any rate, […]

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Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Wanini Kimemiah Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 555 and first published in Sword & Sonnet Rated PG-13 Candied Sweets, Cornbread, and Black-eyed Peas By Malon Edwards No one wanted to come out of their houses. Not at first. They could see […]

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Author : Audrey Zhou Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Nicola Chapman Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in The Tarot of Love, Flame Tree Press Rated PG How to Come Back to Yourself by Audrey Zhou   Lilin is the kind of small divinity that doesn’t invite notice. She isn’t one of the […]

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Author : A. E. Lanier Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 966: Closing Aperture is a PodCastle original. Content note for grief Rated PG Closing Aperture By A. E. Lanier     The shapes and colors in the picture solidified and the pile of fur in […]

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Author : Ferdison Cayetano Narrator : Trey Nakamura Host : Eric Valdes Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in The Map of Lost Places Anthology, Apex Book Company Rated PG-13 When I Cowboy in Puuwaawaa by Ferdison Cayetano   When I cowboy in Puuwaawaa my toss is always true. When I cowboy in Puuwaawaa […]

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Author : Julian Mortimer Smith Narrator : M.K. Hobson Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 367 and first published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, May 2013 Content notes for elder abuse, kidnapping of a child and death of a child Rated PG The Washerwoman and the Troll by Julian […]

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Author : KJ Kabza Narrator : Elizabeth Green Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 963: The One I’m Waiting For is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The One I’m Waiting For by KJ Kabza   For an eternity of days, I wait for her in the cabin. The light outside rises […]

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Author : Claire Humphrey Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously published by Pulp Literature, Issue 39, Summer 2023 Rated PG-13 THE DRINK WE SPILL OUT ON THE GROUND by Claire Humphrey   The perfect day looks like this: I wake up in the spare room at my […]

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Author : Claire Jia-Wen Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 961: A Thousand Finer Foldings is a PodCastle original. Content note for terminal illness Rated PG A Thousand Finer Foldings By Claire Jia-Wen 1. Phoebe’s mom calls her while she’s in the self-checkout line at Safeway. “I’ve found […]

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Author : Angela Liu Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Raul Bimenyimana Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously published in khōréō issue 3.2 (August 2023) Content note for references to suicide Rated PG-13 Kwong’s Bath by Angela Liu     The visits start a week after Kwong’s first surgery. Despite the stinging January cold, the […]

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