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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Author : M.K. Hutchins Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 374: Poet-Scholars of the Necropolis is a PodCastle original. Rated PG Poet-Scholars of the Necropolis by M.K. Hutchins Hedrana, the Lord-Governor’s aunt, arrived the next morning. She banged on the necropolis door as if she’d […]

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Author : Chris Barnes Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM) #28, in 2007. Rated PG Sweet Potato Woman by Chris Barnes The voice hummed the tune again, softer. George blinked, rubbed his eyes and focused on the bedside […]

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Author : Tony Pi Narrator : John Chu Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in The Dragon and the Stars, a DAW anthology that appeared in 2010. Rated PG The Character of the Hound by Tony Pi Unlike the other wheel-ships in the fleet, which had been rigged with […]

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Author : Joe Pitkin Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 371: The Fairy Ring is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Fairy Ring by Joe Pitkin I noticed another person in the room, the only other person, peering at me through a monocle. That was […]

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Author : Michelle Ann King Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums First published in the anthology Unidentified Funny Objects 2, from UFO Publishing. Rated PG Congratulations On Your Apotheosis by Michelle Ann King As a life coach, Abby Fowler strongly discouraged magical thinking. It was […]

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Author : Thoraiya Dyer Narrator : Pamila Payne Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 369: The Chimney-Borer and the Tanner is a PodCastle original. Rated R The Chimney-Borer and the Tanner by Thoraiya Dyer Hoping I’d steal their souls instead of hers, my birth mother hid me in a chimney-borer’s home. […]

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Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in “Fierce Family”, a Crossed Genres anthology showing positive representations of QUILTBAG families, in January of 2014. Rated G Dinkley’s Ice Cream by Effie Seiberg Shanti squirmed with anticipation, trying to wriggle away from […]

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Author : Julian Mortimer Smith Narrator : M.K. Hobson Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, May 2013. Rated PG The Washerwoman and the Troll by Julian Mortimer Smith Bunchunkle was magnificently ugly. The trollmothers said there hadn’t been such an ugly child since Grimshik’s […]

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Author : Nathaniel Lee Narrator : Tatiana Gomberg Host : Rachael K. Jones Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Crossed Genres. Rated PG-13 Sticks and Stones by Nathaniel Lee The dead body was ugly, as dead bodies tended to be. The man’s face was swollen and purple-black with the blood that […]

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