Author : G. Scott Huggins Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Fantastical Visions IV, edited by William H. Horner. (Still available on Amazon.) Rated PG-13 Abandoned Responsibility by G. Scott Huggins “Ah, Captain.” The pirate bowed. His accent was crisp and strange, and the crowd […]

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Author : Mari Ness Narrator : Rish Outfield Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First appeared in Daily Science Fiction in March of 2015. Rated PG-13 The Fox Bride by Mari Ness He carried the squirming animal to his – no, their, he had to remember that now, their – bedroom, struggling to avoid […]

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Author : Megan E. O’Keefe Narrator : Jacquie Duckworth Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Shimmer magazine in Jan 2015. Rated PG Of Blood and Brine by Megan E. O’Keefe Child walked the edge of the cold shore, bare feet sinking in rough sand. The red […]

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Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrator : Ian Stuart Host : M.K. Hobson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Spark: A Creative Anthology Vol. IV. Rated R for adult themes, disturbing imagery The Vandalists by Natalia Theodoridou It always starts the same way. First, a tiny feeling of unease. You breathe. Then, […]

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Author : Bogi Takács Narrator : Setsu Uzume Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Sword and Mythos Spirit Forms of the Sea by Bogi Takács Réka steps forward from between two tents. She looks dazed and one of her braids is partly undone; the guard must’ve found her asleep. […]

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Author : Amal El-Mohtar Narrator : Amal El-Mohtar Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Twelfth Planet Press, 2014), edited by Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein. Read it here! Rated PG Winner of the 2015 Locus Award for Best Short Story.  Reprinted […]

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Authors : Eileen Wiedbrauk, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam and Stephanie Burgis Narrators : Alasdair Stuart, Marguerite Kenner, Elizabeth Tennant and Kim Mintz Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Rated PG “Yaga Dreams of Growing Up,” by Eileen Wiedbrauk Read by Elizabeth Tennant Originally published in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. No. 29 When […]

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Author : Mario Milosevic Narrator : Joe Scalora Host : Rachael K. Jones Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Space and Time Magazine, Spring 2013 Rated PG-13 Ray by Mario Milosevic You know that episode of M*A*S*H, the one where they have to pick up stakes, pack everything up and move […]

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Author : Sandra M. Odell Narrator : Sean D. Sorrentino Host : M.K. Hobson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 376: Ink is a PodCastle original. Rated R. THE TWELVE WAYS OF CHRISTMAS, her collection of speculative fiction holiday stories, is available from Hydra House Books. Ink by Sandra M. Odell A […]

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Author : Spencer Ellsworth Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Rachael K. Jones Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Want to read the full story? Check it out at Lightspeed! Rated R The Child Support of Cromdor the Condemned by Spencer Ellsworth Cromdor the Calderian, thrice-cursed, thrice-condemned, (I’ve forgotten the rest, but believe you […]

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