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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Author : Krystal Claxton Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : M.K. Hobson Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3. Rated PG The Newsboy’s Last Stand by Krystal Claxton She stood up on her tip-toes, extending a slightly wilted white daisy up to Romulus, her whole body pointed […]

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Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Rachael K. Jones Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally featured as part of Cat’s Patreon Campaign. Rated PG-13 Her Windowed Eyes, Her Chambered Heart by Cat Rambo Phlogiston, the most precious material in the world, capable of fueling marvelous machines like himself. Artemus carried a […]

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Author : Samantha Henderson Narrator : C.S.E. Cooney Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Peter Wood Discuss on Forums Originally featured in the Word Webber Press anthology of 2013, Allegories of the Tarot. Rated R L’Etoile Flamboyante by Samantha Henderson Last night I dreamed about the Painted Children: the Dragon Leviathan, the Boy made of […]

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