Cast of Wonders

Author : Sydney Paige Guerrero Narrator : Tala Wong Host : Andrew K. Hoe Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in Translunar Travellers Lounge issue 4, February 2021 Prophecy Girls by Sydney Paige Guerrero Sen was the twenty-third Chosen One to save the world. She knew she would not be the last. Sen remembered […] Source

Author : Sydney Rivers Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 489: My Hilt Itches is a Cast of Wonders original. My Hilt Itches by Sydney Rivers ‘Innkeeper, another round!’ roared the Hero. Cheers of approval came from the other men at his table, dressed in […] Source

Authors : B Myers and Graham Robert Scott Narrators : Jeremy Carter and Josh Roseman Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Katherine Inskip Cast of Wonders 488: Little Wonders 32 – the Power of Imagination is a Cast of Wonders original. Interview with a Sixth Grade Science Fiction Food Stylist […] Source

Author : Michelle Ann King Narrator : Eve Upton Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Katherine Inskip Previously published in Kaleidotrope, July 2021 Let the Buyer Beware by Michelle Ann King ‘Is it done yet? Is it done, Gran? Is it?’ Willa Rafferty ignores the hopping child at her elbow […] Source

Author : Angela Teagardner Narrator : Barry Deutsch Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Katherine Inskip Cast of Wonders 486: Eight Arms to Hold You is a Cast of Wonders original. Eight Arms to Hold You by Angela Teagardner Oscar woke with the sun. He turned one glassy eye toward […] Source

Author : Ana Gardner Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 485: Simons, Far and Near is a Cast of Wonders original. Character death; Radiation sickness Simons, Far and Near by Ana Gardner Days after a solar hurricane fried Western Europe, nations […] Source

Author : Nadia Mikail Narrator : Fash Wahab Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Original published as Cast of Wonders Episode 453 on May 26, 2021 This story features stillbirth, death, murder, abuse, rape, slavery and misogyny. Langsuir by Nadia Mikail The langsuir is a woman who has […] Source

Author : Evan Marcroft Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Original published as Cast of Wonders Episode 456 on June 13, 2021 Multiple profanities Armed With Such Stories, I Roamed Into The Woods by Evan Marcroft Never trust a wolf’s promise, Atticus, my mother […] Source

Author : Avra Margariti Narrator : Julzerator Host : Emma Smailes Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Original published as Cast of Wonders Episode 465 on September 12, 2021 In Real Time by Avra Margariti The kites frozen across the sky dapple the lawn like stained glass. Human statues dot the park, […] Source

Author : Sid Jain Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Discuss on Forums Previously published as Cast of Wonders episode 461 on August 11, 2021 Factory Mother by Sid Jain The mushroom mycelia sundering in the pale, hot fermentation medium reminded Hanifa of her […] Source

Author : Johnny Caputo Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 480: The Umbra is a Cast of Wonders original. The Umbra by Johnny Caputo The Umbra glided from rooftop to rooftop, his footing sure and light. The soles of his […] Source

Author : Marie Vibbert Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Discuss on Forums Originally published in Cast of Wonders episode 463 Suicidal ideation; death; divorce An incomplete selection of support charities: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://www.save.org/ https://www.papyrus-uk.org https://www.samaritans.org https://www.opencou...

Author : Ivy Grimes Narrator : KB Sluss Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Discuss on Forums Previously published as Cast of Wonders episode 464 Cats of Fortune by Ivy Grimes When I was a little girl, I thought Aunt Dee had everything. She had her own trailer, […] Source

Author : Dani Atkinson Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Jeremy Carter Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Discuss on Forums Previously published as part of Cast of Wonders episode 450 Three monsters that are not metaphors by Dani Atkinson 1. The kelpie is not a metaphor for depression. “You’re kind of […] Source

Author : Darcie Little Badger Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published in The Colored Lens, January 2016 When Whales Fall by Darcie Little Badger As the whale corpse landed, Discordant Hum felt auspicious vibrations in the cold abyssal water. “A giant fell,” […] Source

Author : T Kingfisher Narrator : Amy Brennan Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally published at the author’s website Miss Tansybaum’s Circus of the Moderately Peculiar by T Kingfisher By all accounts, Miss Tansybaum’s Circus of the Moderately Peculiar should not have continued to operate. They were […] Source

Author : Naomi Kritzer Narrator : Diane Severson Mori Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Previously published in Tor.com, April 2020 “Little Free Library® is a registered trademark of Little Free Library LTD, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.” Little Free Library by Naomi Kritzer Meigan built her Little Free […] Source

Author : Hailey Piper Narrator : Julia Hawkes-Reed Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 473: IF Trans THEN Mogrify is a Cast of Wonders original. Transphobia IF trans THEN mogrify by Hailey Piper Rosalyn almost has the ladies’ room to herself when an intrusive hand […] Source

Author : Isabel J. Kim Narrator : Andrew K. Hoe Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 472: AP Practical Literary Theory Suggests This Is A Quest (Or: What Danny Did Over Spring Break) is a Cast of Wonders original. Death The Annual Migration of Clouds […] Source

Author : Eugie Foster Narrator : Xander M. Odell Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble “The Storyteller’s Wife” was originally published in the June, 2005, issue of Realms of Fantasy Bereavement; illness The Storyteller’s Wife by Eugie Foster Janie Harper felt strange driving home with the sun so high, […] Source

Author : Sydney Paige Guerrero Narrator : Tala Wong Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble This story originally appeared in The Philippines Graphic Magazine in February 2019 and won First Prize in the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards for fiction. Matches by Sydney Paige Guerrero Madge used to make […] Source

Authors : Ash Beker, Summer Fletcher and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Imogen Harris, Marty Perrett, Wilson Fowlie, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Mur Lafferty, M. M. Schill, Alex Hofelich, Shawn Garrett, Scott Campbell, Kat Day, Graeme Dunlop and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Marguerite Kenner, Ciaran ‘Zalia’ Roberts, Lillian Boyd and Peter Wood Artist : […] Source

Author : Amadin Ogbewe Narrator : Solomon Osadolo Host : Andrew K. Hoe Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 469: What If We Remembered? is a Cast of Wonders original. What If We Remembered? by Amadin Ogbewe “Osi, my boy, you’ve got it all wrong. Magic is simply physics […] Source

Author : Ember Randall Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 468: On the Tip of Her Tongue is a Cast of Wonders original. On the Tip of Her Tongue by Ember Randall The days when new books arrived were Aquila’s favorite. […] Source

Author : Chelsea Obodoechina Narrator : Hamdalah Lawal Host : Andrew K. Hoe Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Cast of Wonders 467: They Shall Find Home Once More is a Cast of Wonders original. They Shall Find Home Once More by Chelsea Obodoechina The body is hidden beneath the yam plants. […] Source