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Author: Aaron Canton Narrator: Eric Valdes Host: Tarver Nova Firecoat's Irreparable Witch by Aaron Canton There had been a time when the world had reshaped itself at Firecoat's command. A snap of his paw was all it had taken to drive a horde of mice out of their hidden warrens and send them scurrying away, a flick of his tail had forced potion ingredients to drop from their shelves into the hands...

Laura Pearlman (Host), Matt Dovey (Back cover art), Dave Robison (Audio production) Author  : Jennifer Lee Rossman Narrator  : Diane Severson Host  : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer  : Dave Robison This story originally appeared in From a Cat's View: An Anthology of Stories Told by Cats The Cemetery Cat by Jennifer Lee Rossman Night crept into the cemetery earlier than in the rest of town, and dawn...

Author : Y.M. Resnik Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison This story is a CatsCast Original Lost in Translation by Y.M. Resnik             The first sign of trouble came from the panda enclosure. Speak Now Zoo's headliner attraction spent most of her time munching bamboo and sleeping. Occasionally, she'd climb a tree. Never in Laura's ten-year tenure as propr...

Author : Jenny Hart Narrator : Katherine Inskip Hosts : Laura Pearlman and Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie This story is a Cast of Wonders and CatsCast original. The Gingerbread House by Jenny Hart The air has only just begun to smell of autumn as I head for Gingerbread Cottage, where I am to house sit two cats for the winter. I have packed warm clothes and antihistamines, and the...

August, 2024 Author : Carolina Valentine Narrator : Laura Pearlman Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison This story is a CatsCast original. The Invention of a Cat by Carolina Valentine  The haunting had started at 2 a.m., and my local Joann didn't open until nine. I was in the parking lot at 8:30, and while several Joann employees passed by my car on the way to the doors, I kept scro...

Author : Annie Reed Narrator : Summer Brooks Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie This story originally appeared in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Queen of the Mouse Riders  by Annie Reed Gurgling yowls echoed off the tiled floor in Sarah's bathroom. Bounced off the ceiling, gaining strength, and intruded on what was turning out to be a very, very nice dream featuring the star of a mo...

February, 2024. Author : Dana Vickerson Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison This story [originally appeared in Zooscape. A content note: this story deals with themes of grief and loss. The Best Way to Procure Breakfast  by Dana Vickerson. If Mama doesn't get up soon, we're going to miss our chance to get off Mars. Mama is a human, but I call her "M...

Blood Water by J.A. Bryson The blood on Zip's hands is dried the color of rust and sticks like clay under her fingernails. Mostly, it isn't hers. Mostly, it belongs to the man she shivved, the one who mistook her for an easy mark. Zip is gray-eyed and hunger-slight. She's a lot of things – fast, fierce, speechless since birth – but she isn't easy. The old timers know this. The man waiting at the p...

December, 2023. Author: K. M. Veohongs Narrator: Dave Robison Host: Laura Pearlman Audio Producer: Dave Robison This story originally appeared inTranslunar Traveler's Lounge, February 2022 A content note: there is some death in this one. Kindly, Stop for Me by K.M. Veohongs I rise from my spot by the window in Room 126 of the Sunny Glades Home for Health and Rehabilitation. The sun set an hour ago...

Author : Nicole Walsh Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producers : Wilson Fowlie and Dave Robison This month we're re-running The Cat by Nicole Walsh, which ran on our patron-only feed in June, 2022. Content note: although it's not a major theme, there is some domestic abuse in this story. This story originally appeared in Teleport Magazine in May, 2021. The Cat by Nicole Walsh Th...

Description Authors : Nathan Susnik and Monica Joyce Evans Narrators : George Fowlie and Sandy Parsons Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison The Tan One by Nathan Susnik originally appeared in Shoreline of Infinity. Alligators by Monica Joyce Evans originally appeared in Nature Futures The Tan One by Nathan Susnik Some days I pick the white pill. Other days it's the black. For some r...

Author : Ember Randall Narrator : Laura Pearlman Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie This story is a CatsCast original. Match. Cat by Ember Randall They say cats have nine lives, but that's not quite right. Nine is more of an average--in reality, you get as many as Death gives you, which means it behooves any sensible cat to suck up while they can. Or, at least, that's what I told...

August, 2023. Author : Jolie Toomajan Narrator : Kat Day Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison This story will appear in Posthaste Manor by Tenebrous Press in October 2023. Content Note: This is a horror story. There's a little gore. No cats are harmed in this story, but I make no such promises regarding the humans. The Absolutely True and Correct Account of the Honorable Mlle. Cassa...

Author : Nikki Knight Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison This story is a CatsCast original. Don't Mess with The Boss Cat A Vermont Radio Story by Nikki Knight I didn't want to become the Boss Cat at some radio station in the middle of nowhere, and I definitely didn't want to have to kill some fool. But you mess with my family, you mess with me. Read the res...

Author : Sheryl R. Hayes Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie The Tenth Life by Sheryl R. Hayes I sit curled on my favorite pillow. My fluffy tail is tucked over my nose so I form a circle of perfect warmth. I am content. My servant is out of the apartment she keeps for me. Something has been wrong with her lately. She looks at my pillow and bursts into te...

April, 2023. Author : Rayne Hall Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison A Feline Familiar By Rayne Hall November wind rattles the windows and rain gusts against the panes. The cats have withdrawn to the kennel's heated indoor section and curled up in their cosy donut beds. Some doze with heads on paws, others watch my fingers dance across the keyboard, ears ti...

Author : Anya Ow Narrator : Ren Shin Hsieh Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie A Routine Vet Visit by Anya Ow "Murder! Arson! Kidnapping! Help! I'm being oppressed!" As a passing jogger slowed down and cast a suspicious look in their direction, Yunfeng dug her thumbnail into her index finger, drawing blood and pressing another droplet onto the yellow talisman she held in her palm....

Author : S. M. Hallow Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison Mandy and Lulu Welcome Walter by S. M. Hallow Just for the record, I was very clear. I was literally like, Lulu, I will become your vampire bride on one condition, and she got down on her knees--you know how she is--and she was like, Name the price I must pay for your love. It was super cute, actually...

Alasdair Stuart & Marguerite Kenner (publishers) Laura Pearlman (editor, CatsCast) Eleanor R. Wood & Shingai Njeri Kagunda (PodCastle Editors) Audio Production: Wilson Fowlie and Dave Robison Visit us at escapeartists.net Support us at: patreon.com/eapodcasts or at our website. Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International 4.0 license.

Author: Beth Cato Narrator: Valerie Valdes Host: Laura Pearlman Audio Producer: Wilson Fowlie This story originally appeared in the Cats in Space anthology, 2015. Headspace by Beth Cato Something was alive in the crawlspace above aft berthing, and damn it all, it was Akiko's job to slither up there and clear it out.  Desperate times called for desperate measures. In this case, illegal drugs. With...

December, 2022. Author : Christina Westcott Narrator : Dom Rabrun The Stray is a CatsCast original. Content Note: There are scenes of violence between humans, a dog, and a cat. As a kitten, my mam told me a cat could squeeze through any hole he could get his head in, but I hadn't accounted for my body armor. No cat worth his whiskers would travel north into the wilds of Georgia without that extra...

Author : Andrea M. Pawley Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie   The Kipnibbles Singularity originally appeared in Electric Spec.   The Kipnibbles Singularity by Andrea M. Pawley   We see their feet first. Some technician pointed our eyes to the ground long before we woke in our too-small confines. Three female humans, all young teenagers, step into view an...

Halloween 2022. Author : Constance Fay Narrator : Tatiana Gray Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Dave Robison Love Tokens is a CatsCast original. Content note: This story includes a little light dismemberment. It's fine.   Love Tokens by Constance Fay   The cat in my living room has a human finger in her mouth and love in her eyes. This is disturbingly wrong for a number of reasons. First and...

Four short stories, each one stranger than the last. "Lilly", by Melissa Mead. Originally published in "A Quiet Shelter There". "What Color Is a Cat by Moonlight?" by Bo Balder. A CatsCast original. "Your Lives of Uncertain Number" by Laura Blackwell. A CatsCast original. "Ruby Could Be a Cat" by Alexandra Grunberg. A CatsCast original. Read the full text on Patreon .

Rati Mehrotra (Author), Laura Pearlman (Host), Emily Compton (Front cover photograph), Matt Dovey (Back cover art), Dave Robison (Audio production) Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality by Rati Mehrotra   The tree has many names, in many languages: Yggdrasil, Kalpavriksha, Jian-Mu, Ashvattha. It stands at the nexus of worlds, dark matter coiling around its roots, the rim of the univer...