Cast of Wonders

Author : Audrey Obuobisa-Darko Narrator : Tsiddi Can-Tamakloe Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in A Mind to Silence – 2022 Caine Prize Anthology in August 2022 Blood, violence, abusive families, self harm, murder and death. Not suitable for all audiences. Nnome by Audrey Obuobisa-Darko Onyankopɔn is a woman. And […] Source

Author : Greta Hayer Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter This story was first published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine in June 2021 Swearing: one f-word More Real Than Real by Greta Hayer The marketing team’s representative met us at a tavern in-game. Or his avatar did, wearing […] Source

Authors : Priya Sridhar and Risa T H Wolf Narrators : S.B. Divya and Cat Rambo Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 536: Little Wonders 38 – Advice is a Cast of Wonders original. A Letter to A Bully’s Mother by Priya Sridhar Dear Opal’s Mom: This is Jem, […] Source

Author : Barbara A. Barnett Narrator : Katrin Kania Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter This story was first published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, issue 124, June 2013 Death, bereavement, harm to animals The Girl Who Welcomed Death to Svalgearyen by Barbara A. Barnett In the town of Svalgearyen, on the thirty-third […] Source

Author : Alyson Grauer Narrator : Alyson Grauer Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter  First published in Apparition Lit Magazine on October 15, 2021 Bullying Lavender, Juniper, Gunpowder, Smoke by Alyson Grauer They are always at my heels, this pack of girls who might as well be wolves. No matter how hard […] Source

Author : Angela Liu Narrator : May Chong Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 533: The Time Traveler’s Cookbook is a Cast of Wonders original. The Time Traveler’s Cookbook by Angela Liu Day: 4202 Place: Northern Laurasia (later known as Mongolia) Time: 66,000,000 BC (late-Cretaceous Period) Meal: Magnolia and […] Source

Author : Anna Zumbro Narrator : Melissa Bugaj Host : Sarah Kumari Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 532: The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars is a Cast of Wonders original. climate change and ecological collapse The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars by Anna Zumbro Seventeen hours before some of us […] Source

Author : Melissa Mead Narrator : Jordan Kurella Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 531: Crown Prince is a Cast of Wonders original. Ableism Cerebral Palsy Awareness Crown Prince by Melissa Mead Behind a gauze screen, Crown Prince Manu slumps in his cushions. He’s grateful for the screen, hiding […] Source

Author : Charlie Jane Anders Narrator : Serah Eley Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter originally published in Lightspeed Magazine in December 2017 swearing (including the f-word), and references to drug use Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived By Her Mercy by Charlie Jane Anders 1. This was sacred, this […] Source

Authors : Marie Vibbert and Sylvia Heike Narrators : Roderick Aust and Samuel Poots Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 529: Little Wonders 37 – Seeking Connections is a Cast of Wonders original. Birding With My Human was originally published in Nature Futures on July 7th, 2021. Haunting the […] Source

Author : Ember Randall Narrator : Jordan Kurella Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 528: Notes from a trans-inclusive gender apocalypse is a Cast of Wonders original. Use of the f-word, gender dysphoria, mild elements of body-horror Notes from a Trans-Inclusive Gender Apocalypse by Ember Randall May 10 Firestorm […] Source

Author : Riley Tao Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 527: Both Hope and Breath is a Cast of Wonders original. Transphobia, misgendering, rejection Both Hope and Breath by Riley Tao It’s perfectly normal for breath to fog up mirrors. Everyone knows that. For most […] Source

Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The […] Source

Author : Ren Braueri Narrator : J. M. Bueno Host : Cup Jacob Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 517, 11th December 2022 La Puerta by Ren Braueri La puerta siempre estaba abierta. Just in case Javier ever came back. But let me not begin there, because…if I started there […] Source

Author : Louis Evans Narrator : Kevin M. Hayes Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 495, 27th May 2022 Content warnings: religion, Abrahamic monotheism, God, mentions of war and genocide, religious humor. And I Will Make Thy Name Great by Louis Evans Abraham, the potter’s son, […] Source

Author : E J Delaney Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 510, 29th September 2022 Forbidden Voices by E.J. Delaney The package isn’t for me. Perfectly wrapped, it sits there in its velvet carry box–like a war medal or engagement ring–even its […] Source

Author : Marguerite Sheffer Narrator : Laura Hobbs Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 512, 23rd October 2022 Natural Disasters A Full Set of Specials by Marguerite Sheffer I’m not used to holding strangers’ hands, the way Miss Tina is. I don’t like how they go […] Source

Author : Simon Pan Narrator : Karlo Yeager Rodríguez Host : Simon Pan Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 500, 17th July 2022 Ysarin by Simon Pan On days when I came home crying, my grandmother was always there with her song. It was a tune friendly and old as […] Source

Author : Stephen Granade Narrator : Miyuki Jane Pinckard Host : Ryn Yee Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 511, 14th October 2022 Dysfunctional family and working relationships Bereavement Wind Settles in the Bones by Stephen Granade Syn hated pre-race press conferences. Instead of mentally preparing for competition, she had […] Source

Author : Monte Lin Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Tanya Aydelott Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 504, 20th September 2022 Shrine to the Ink Goddess by Monte Lin Dana Liu took her weekly ten-minute walk to what she called the Shrine to the Ink Goddess. Stepping through […] Source

Author : Y.M. Resnik. Narrator : Victoria Marklew Host : Samuel Poots Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 509, 28th September 2022 Queerphobic families Far From The Home I Love by Y.M. Resnik “Let me get this straight. You were born on Earth, but your passport is Venusian?” The condescension […] Source

Author : Ana Gardner Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally broadcast as Cast of Wonders 485, 6th February 2022 Character death; Radiation sickness Simons, Far and Near by Ana Gardner Days after a solar hurricane fried Western Europe, nations across the world gathered their brightest grade-schoolers, and […] Source

Author : Ren Braueri Narrator : J. M. Bueno Host : Cup Jacob Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 517: La Puerta is a Cast of Wonders original. La Puerta by Ren Braueri La puerta siempre estaba abierta. Just in case Javier ever came back. But let me not begin there, because…if I […] Source

Author : Megan Chee Narrator : Su Ling Chan Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 516: The Cat of Lin Villa is a Cast of Wonders original. Background mentions of an abusive relationship; infidelity The Cat of Lin Villa by Megan Chee I did not care for Mr. Lin, […] Source

Authors : M. Shaw and Christopher Hawkins Narrators : Lisa Hicks and Alex Hofelich Host : Cup Jacob Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 515: Little Wonders 36 – Halloween is a Cast of Wonders original. Body horror, clowns, lack of acceptance As I Wait for the Killing Blow was previously published in […] Source