Toasted Cake Podcast

Toasted Cake Podcast episodes:

• 12.21.2020

  Toasted Cake 261: Symphony for the Space Between the Stars by Jenn Reese

  Toasted Cake 261! In which we sing. At 0600 hours, Aurora brews coffee, intensifies the lights to 800 lumens, and heats the ship to an optimal 70.2 degrees, all according to protocol. This story first appeared right here in Fireside.Jenn...

  
• 12.14.2020

  Toasted Cake 260: Just One More Kitten GIF by Effie Seiberg

  Toasted Cake 260! In which maybe we procrastinate? Just a little?Jen's final sociology paper was due tomorrow, so she was procrastinating.This story first appeared in Galaxy's Edge, and a slightly longer version is available to read on Curious Fictions.Effie Seiberg...

  
• 12.06.2020

  Toasted Cake 259: The Snow Queen's Discount Skate Rental and Half-Off Magical Workings by Kristen Koopman

  Toasted Cake 259! In which we skate the spell.I fell the first time I tried the spell. The magic broke, snapping a crack into the ice and getting me a three-day ban from the rink by the angry ex-almost-pro who...

  
• 11.30.2020

  Toasted Cake 258 - Fear of Lying by M. Darusha Wehm

  Toasted Cake 258! In which we arrange our features in a neutral expression."I am experiencing an unpleasant digestive reaction to something I ingested this morning and my primary spousal relationship is suffering a breakdown which is causing me emotional distress."...

  
• 11.23.2020

  Toasted Cake 257: Learner's Permit by Laurence Raphael Brothers

  Toasted Cake #257! In which we attempt the parallel parking maneuver.360-degree camera coverage. Radar, inertial compass, GPS. Independent all-wheel drive, nanoceramic brakes. 5G, sat-phone, and UHF communications. Air bags everywhere. And the worst student driver in the history of the...

  
• 11.16.2020

  Toasted Cake 256: Wind-Lashed Vehicles of Bone by Bogi Takács

  Toasted Cake 256! In which we ride.Araana picked a sticky seedpod off his coat and stepped out of the brambles, onto the surface of the wide and flat road left over by an empire long past.This story first appeared on Bogi's...

  
• 11.02.2020

  Toasted Cake 255: Unwrapping the Moon by Curtis C. Chen

  Toasted Cake #255! In which we make breathable air.It wasn't a new idea. But as soon as mother said out loud "we should wrap the Moon"--so close, so dead, but with resources hidden under dust and rock--father and his scientists...

  
• 10.25.2020

  Toasted Cake 254: Packet C by Christi Nogle

  Toasted Cake Podcast #254! In which we hold our breath.When we rounded everybody up for the register, Maude and Julie were sheepish. They only wanted this one thing, this battered white box of . . . craft parts?This story first...

  
• 10.19.2020

  Toasted Cake 253: So You've Decided to Adopt a Zeptonian Baby! by David Steffen

  Toasted Cake Podcast #253! in which we try to raise fully functioning adults.Whether you are adopting by chance because you found the smoking crater on your property or whether you volunteered for the Zeptonian Childcare Service, congratulations and thank you!This...

  
• 10.13.2020

  Toasted Cake 252: Exchange (A Coral Study) by Katherine Quevedo

  Toasted Cake #252! In which we connect.When I got to Mario Reyes's dorm room, I heard him scuffling around, opening and closing drawers as if he had a girl coming over.This story first appeared in Factor Four Magazine.Katherine Quevedo was...

  
• 10.05.2020

  Toasted Cake 251: Moon Errata by Megan Lee Beals

  Toasted Cake #251! In which we get out the hard-boiled egg.This one November my mom went missing and me and Andy and his other friend Meg tried to fill in for her because my mom is the moon.This story is...

  
• 09.28.2020

  Toasted Cake 250: The Unmaker of Cakes by Liam Hogan

  Toasted Cake #250! In which we celebrate.Tommy's sixth birthday was ruined due to a mix-up at the bakery.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Liam Hogan is an award winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction...

  
• 09.21.2020

  Toasted Cake 249: In Which a Demonic Printer Sparks an Office Romance by Diane Callahan

  Toasted Cake 249! In which we feed the printer. Everyone in the office called the supply room printer a "giant plastic sack of crap that deserved to rot in the underworld for all eternity."This story is original to Toasted Cake. Diane Callahan...

  
• 09.14.2020

  Toasted Cake 248: Heart Stitch by José Pablo Iriarte

  Toasted Cake 248! In which we mend the tear in the fabric.You pieced it together decades ago; so far back that you don't remember not knowing.This story first appeared in Daily SF.José Pablo Iriarte is a Cuban-American writer, high school...

  
• 09.06.2020

  Toasted Cake 247: A Wedding Gown of Autumn Leaves by Caroline M. Yoachim

  Toasted Cake 247! In which we use the unicorn-mane thread.The day before my wedding, my dress is a pile of birch leaves.This story first appeared in Daily SF.Caroline M. Yoachim is a prolific author of short stories, appearing in Asimov's,...

  
• 08.23.2020

  Toasted Cake 246: How to Confront the Sphinx Haunting Your Garden by Alexei Collier

  Toasted Cake 246! In which we contemplate the ineffable beauty of impermanent things.If you are consulting this guide, you live alone in the house at the end of the lane, and a sphinx has been haunting your overgrown garden.This story...

  
• 08.17.2020

  Toasted Cake 245: The Butterfly Effect by Edward Ashton

  Toasted Cake 245! In which we try to fix things.First Human Trial: August 12th, 2023. Well, today's the day. This story first appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.Edward Ashton lives in Rochester, NY with his wife, a variable number of daughters, and...

  
• 08.09.2020

  Toasted Cake 244: The Kind and the Unkind Girls by Kristiana Willsey

  Toasted Cake 244! In which the story pours out like honey.For some girls it was lustrous hair, twice as long and twice as thick every time it was cut.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Kristiana Willsey is a writer...

  
• 08.03.2020

  Toasted Cake 243: Saving the World by Annie Percik

  Toasted Cake #243! In which we clean the nunchucks."Saviour Ltd.  How may I help you?"This story is original to Toasted Cake.Annie Percik lives in London with her husband, Dave, where she writes novels and short stories, whilst working as a...

  
• 07.26.2020

  Toasted Cake 242: Aardvark Says Moo by Cat Rambo

  Toasted Cake 242! In which we had to start being all whimsical."Aardvark says moo," says the clown, handing over the balloon animal.This story first appeared on Cat's Patreon.Cat Rambo lives, writes, and teaches somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Her...

  
• 07.19.2020

  Toasted Cake 241: A Lifetime Supply of Exactly What You Need by Elizabeth Walker

  Toasted Cake 241! In which we win the diapers.It's not the usual thing nowadays, but when I was born my fairy godmother gave me a blessing. This story is original to Toasted Cake.Elizabeth Walker lives in sunny Southern California with her...

  
• 07.12.2020

  Toasted Cake 240: Writing for the End of the World by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez

  Toasted Cake 240! In which we toss fistfuls of crumpled paper.What apocalypse am I creating today?This story first appeared right here in Nature.Karlo Yeager Rodríguez's fiction has appeared in Nature, Uncanny, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. He hails from the enchanted...

  
• 06.29.2020

  Toasted Cake 239: Griffins Don't Respect Bouncies' Returns Policy by Matt Dovey

  Toasted Cake 239! In which we knit the booties.Jordan recognised the griffin waiting outside the chicken cage as she stepped out, holding three dead hens by the neck; his chest had that unmistakeable stripe of velvet-black feathers among the russet.This...

  
• 06.22.2020

  Toasted Cake 238: The Girl Who Climbed Up and Away by Lyndsie Manusos

  Toasted Cake 238! In which we are not in sight.The giant spruce trees behind Grandma's house had the best climbing branches, despite the pine needles.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Lyndsie Manusos's work has appeared or is forthcoming in...

  
• 06.15.2020

  Toasted Cake 236: The Nine Bajillion and One Names of God by Aimee Ogden

  Toasted Cake 236! In which we pick up a chisel.So, on paper the project was called the Supersimulation, but privately, we called it "The Nine Bajillion Names of God". This story first appeared right here in Daily SF.Aimee Ogden is a...

  
• 06.15.2020

  Toasted Cake 237: The Curious Case of the Cat's Clandestine Collection by Michael M. Jones

  Toasted Cake #237! In which we check out Goblin's stash."That's one more shambling patchwork monstrosity which won't be terrorizing our fair city any longer." This story is original to Toasted Cake.Michael M. Jones lives in southwest Virginia with too many books,...

  
• 05.31.2020

  Toasted Cake 235: Taco Shells Like Falling Stars by Kate Ristau

  Toasted Cake 235! In which things get a little messy.The taco beach was a mistake.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Kate Ristau is a folklorist, an author, and the Executive Director of Willamette Writers. You can find her essays in...

  
• 05.17.2020

  Toasted Cake 234: Through the Shelter Door by Samuel Poots

  Toasted Cake #234! In which we find the daffodils.A witch's garden. Agnes had read about them in fairy stories. This story is original to Toasted Cake.Samuel Poots is a writer from N. Ireland who communicates primarily by means of Pratchett quotes....

  
• 05.11.2020

  Toasted Cake 233: The Terrible by John Wiswell

  Toasted Cake 233! In which we finally come up with the perfect doom, no really this time. The Terrible installed a conveyor belt exclusively for her.This story first appeared right here in Daily SF.John (@wiswell) is a disabled writer who lives...

  
• 05.03.2020

  Toasted Cake 232: Bird, Rose, Witch by Avra Margariti

  Toasted Cake #232! In which we aren't sure what kind of a bird we are.Justin is ten feet tall, so I give myself a pair of wings with which to reach him.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Avra Margariti is...

  
• 04.26.2020

  Toasted Cake 231: How to Identify an Alien Shark by Beth Goder

  Toasted Cake 231! In which we discuss certain economic systems.Honored guests, thank you for attending this seminar on the Tucabal-Gor, colloquially known as alien sharks.This story first appeared right here in Fireside.Beth Goder works as an archivist, processing the papers of...

  
• 04.19.2020

  Toasted Cake 230: Clouds Gleam Across Her Eyes by Beth Cato

  Toasted Cake 230! In which we end up becoming one of those portal mothers.I held my newborn in the hospital delivery room, and I saw fluffy cumulus clouds billow across Ivanova's eyes.First appeared right here in Daily SF.Nebula Award-nominated Beth...

  
• 04.12.2020

  Toasted Cake 229: How Melba REALLY Got Her Groove Back by Tara Campbell

  Toasted Cake 229! In which we ruin our favorite blouse, but maybe we have good reasons. Melba had thought she was too old to be possessed by a demon. . . . A shorter version of this story, entitled "How...

  
• 04.12.2020

  Toasted Cake 228: Emergency Scenarios by Kelly Sandoval

  Toasted Cake 228! In which we consider all the possibilities.It was two weeks until the ship landed back on earth, and Trisha figured that meant now or never. She had to tell Jazz how she felt.First appeared right here on...

  
• 03.22.2020

  Toasted Cake 227: Quality Control by Marissa Lingen

  Toasted Cake 227! In which we had hoped to be working on other problems.The video conferencing at the United Nations was finally at a level where they could take supervillains' calls without having to consult with three different secretaries to...

  
• 05.26.2019

  Toasted Cake 226: Submission Guidelines for the Fairyland Gazette by Effie Seiberg

  Toasted Cake #226! In which we are really truly a fully law-abiding publication please do not think otherwiseThank you for your interest in submitting to the re-opened Fairyland Gazette. Please take careful note of our new guidelines.This story first appeared...

  
• 05.19.2019

  Toasted Cake 225: Dear Captain Continuum: I Quit by Aimee Picchi

  Toasted Cake 225! In which we quit.After jumping through 57 portals under your command, it's time to say goodbye.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Aimee Picchi is a journalist and SFF writer who lives in Burlington, Vermont. Her short fiction...

  
• 05.12.2019

  Toasted Cake 224: Sometimes You're the Windscreen, Sometimes You're the Fly by Michelle Ann King

  Toasted Cake 224! In which we try to score points, sometimes violently.On Monday evening, my sister got decapitated by a tube on the Northern Line at King's CrossThis story first appeared in Outlook Springs.This story has a content warning for...

  
• 05.05.2019

  Toasted Cake 223: How I Got Published (12 Tips from a Bestselling Author) by Dominica Phetteplace

  Toasted Cake 223! In which we have many valuable insider tips to share.First I wrote a book. Don't skip this step.This story first appeared in Fireside.Dominica Phetteplace is a writer and math tutor. Her work has appeared in Asimov's, Analog,...

  
• 04.28.2019

  Toasted Cake 222: The Unattached House by M. J. Pettit

  Toasted Cake 222! In which we try to find just the right inhabitants.It is a truth universally acknowledged that a house in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a family so, with the dawn warming my...

  
• 04.22.2019

  Toasted Cake 221 - Murderbunny's Magical Moonlight Ride by Nin Harris

  Toasted Cake 221! In which we long for the candied carrots.Occasionally, I dream of moonlit meadows illuminated by the light of the eagle moon and the courtesan moon.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Nin Harris is an author, poet, and...

  
• 04.14.2019

  Toasted Cake 220: Gift Wrapped by Liam Hogan

  Toasted Cake 220! In which we really just want an iPhone.On my 16th birthday, dad bought me a nuke.This story first appeared in the Worthing Herald.Liam Hogan is an Oxford Physics graduate and award winning London based writer. His short...

  
• 04.08.2019

  Toasted Cake 219: A Rabbit Egg for Flora by Caroline M. Yoachim

  Toasted Cake 219! In which we hatch an ecosystem.The back door is tinged purple when I go out to throw my morning coffee grounds onto the compost heap.This story first appeared at Fireside.Hugo and three-time Nebula Award finalist Caroline M....

  
• 04.01.2019

  Toasted Cake 218: The Delicacy of Laughter by Steve Toase

  Toasted Cake #218! In which we consider the noses on the eggs.After the faces appeared on the egg shells I could no longer bring myself to cook with them.This story originally appeared at The Colored Lens.Steve Toase lives in Munich,...

  
• 03.24.2019

  Toasted Cake 217: To Dine in the Court of Beasts and Birds by Aimee Ogden

  Toasted Cake 217! In which we try not to fall into the sweetmeats.Lord Seetseet Reetseetseet, Earl of Breakaday, alit on the rim of the sweetmeat chalice and pecked at the candied plum atop the pile.This story is original to Toasted...

  
• 03.17.2019

  Toasted Cake 216: Cleanroom Vices by S. Hutson Blount

  Toasted Cake 216! In which we unwrap the Impermex.Kurt Gasman hurried home to his wife, eyes on every moving shadow and flicker of light.This story first appeared in Every Day Fiction.S. Hutson Blount has had the usual odd employment...

  
• 03.10.2019

  Toasted Cake 215: Erasure by D.A. Xiaolin Spires

  Toasted Cake 215! In which we delete.The basket scratches my skin, but I hold onto it, dreaming of the smell of freshly boiled bamboo and my mom's humming as she turns the ladle.This story is original to Toasted Cake.D.A. Xiaolin...

  
• 03.03.2019

  Toasted Cake 214: Another Damn Cottage by Tara Campbell and Well-Behaved Mermaids Rarely Make Fairy Tales by Alethea Kontis

  Toasted Cake 214! In which we nope out of the story.It was another damn cottage, another damn grandmother, frail and helpless, waiting for a handout sent via grandchild.Tara Campbell's story Another Damn Cottage first appeared in Spelk.Every mermaid's mother warned...

  
• 02.24.2019

  Toasted Cake 213: Concerning Your Recent Creation of Sentient Horse-things on the Next Planet Over

  Toasted Cake 213! In which we totally clear our upliftings for safety and sociability.Dear Dr. Higglebottem, The board has received troubling reports from a group of hyper-dolphins about your recent activities on Tau Ceti f.This story first appeared in Flash...

  
• 02.17.2019

  Toasted Cake 212: Marking the Witch by Lina Rather

  Toasted Cake 212! In which we split our lifeline in two.Alina's family had a history with witches.This story first appeared in Flash Fiction Online.Lina Rather is a speculative fiction author from Michigan now living in Washington, DC. Her work has...