Author : K. Tempest Bradford Host : Ann Leckie Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains a menagerie. Read by MA in PA. Posted a day early in honor of Fen of Color United. Change of Life by K. Tempest Bradford It all started because I wanted a pet. All of us younger kids did. But Mom always said […]

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Author : K. Tempest Bradford Narrator : Marguerite Croft Discuss on Forums Rated G. The last story of elf month. Elf Aware by K. Tempest Bradford “I am an elf,” you say to yourself. “I am an elf, I am an elf, I am an elf…” You keep saying it, first in your mind, then […]

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Author : Lucy A. Snyder Narrator : Rachel Swirsky Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains… well, faery cats. Which are killers, but you know. Cute. Faery Cats: The Cutest Killers by Lucy A. Snyder San Francisco, CA—From country homes to urban server farms, faery cats are taking America by storm as the hottest trend in […]

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Author : Cat Rambo Narrator : Cian Mac Mahon Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains cats and fairy land. Up the Chimney by Cat Rambo I should have known better. There we were dozing by the fireside, old Tom and me, and there’s a stranger telling some story of funerals and cats. Old Tom, he leaps […]

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Author : Sarah Prineas Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Rachel Swirsky Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains dragons, knights, and deputy archivists. Dragon Hunt by Sarah Prineas The king shrugged. “What news do you bring us from West Cornhold?” The peasant fell to his knees on the rush-covered floor before the high table. “Your Majesty, […]

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Author : Ellen Klages Narrator : Rachel Swirsky Host : Ann Leckie Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains a childhood made strange by books. In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages Once upon a time the Carnegie library sat on a wooded bluff on the east side of town.

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Author : Peter S. Beagle Narrator : Barry Deutsch Host : Ann Leckie Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains talking animals and peanut butter. Gordon, the Self-Made Cat by Peter Beagle One evening, when Gordon was only a few weeks old, his next-to-eldest sister was sent out to see if anything interesting had been left open […]

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Author : Ellen Klages Narrator : M.K. Hobson Discuss on Forums Rated G. Contains whimsy. Intelligent Design by Ellen Klages God cocked his thumb and aimed his index finger at the firmament. Ka-pow! Pow! Pow! A line of three perfect glowing pinpoints of light appeared in the black void. He squeezed his eyes almost shut and […]

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