Author : Lauren M. Roy Narrator : Laura Denson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle Miniature 57: Apex is a PodCastle original. Rated PG: Contains riddles Apex by Lauren M. Roy Bronze-plated dragons with snapping shrapnel teeth guarded the landings. Those who weren’t eaten faced a wind-up Sphinx that spat out ticker-tape riddles. […]

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Author : Nathaniel Lee Narrators : Wilson Fowlie and Pria Wood Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Rated G: Happy Thanksgiving! For this week’s episode, we have something a little bit different for you: PodCastle is proud to present the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest, as voted by members of our forum. […]

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Author : Pete M. Butler Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums PodCastle 124: Squonk and the Horde of Apprentices is a PodCastle original. Rated G: Contains Dragons, Wizards, School, and Fire (which is Awesome) Squonk and the Horde of Apprentices by P.M. Butler Most dragons learn […]

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Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Rachel Swirsky Host : M.K. Hobson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally Published in Fantasy Magazine Rated PG: Contains a Rush of Sugary Sweetness (No Corn Syrup or Artificial Flavoring!) Sugar by Cat Rambo They line up before Laurana, forty baked-clay heads atop forty bodies built of […]

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Author : Greg van Eekhout Narrator : Dave Thompson Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally Printed in Starlight 3. Read the text at Ideomancer! Rated R: Contains Violence and some gore. Wolves Till the World Goes Down by Greg van Eekhout “Hey,” said my brother. “Down there.” Without waiting, he […]

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Author : Lord Dunsany Narrator : Steve Anderson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Rated PG: Contains Riddles, Greed, and Death by Lord Dunsany, who is dead. Read by Steve Anderson, who is not. The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) by Lord Dunsany There was a woman in a steel-built city who had all that money could […]

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Author : Israel Zangwill  Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Ann Leckie Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in The King of Schnorrers : grotesques and fantasies. Rated G for the travails of princes who seek to be kings and much astonished reproofing. Colloquially referred to as Ann Leckie month, February 2010 […]

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by Russell William Asplund. Read by Wilson Fowlie. Avram had no more talent for wonder working than for farming. No matter how hard he prayed, he could not call even a sparrow down from a tree. His Sabbaths were spent at a small synagog in the town, and the rabbi there had no idea of […]

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Author : Benjamin Rosenbaum Narrator : Paul S. Jenkins Discuss on Forums Rated G. with playful, fruity flavors. The Orange by Benjamin Rosenbaum It was an unexpected thing, the temporary abdication of Heavenly Providence, entrusting the whole matter to a simple orange.

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Author : Ann Leckie Narrator : Chris Furst Discuss on Forums Rated G. — but don’t listen while chopping onions. This story was one of the honorable mentions named and purchased by Stephen Eley after the Escape Pod Flash Fiction contest for short fiction under 300 words. The Sad tale of the Tearless Onion by Ann […]

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