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* Author : WC Dunlap
* Narrator : Kimberly Taylor
* Hosts : Matt Dovey and Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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PodCastle 808: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Settlement is a PodCastle original.
Content warnings for violence and adult themes
Rated R
The Settlement
by WC Dunlap
They file out into the predawn chill before the rest of the settlement is awake. Cloaked by a thick...
Published 10/09/23
* Authors : Thomas Ha and Stephen Granade
* Narrators : Stephen Granade and Lucy McLoughlin
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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“Gentler Things” is a PodCastle Original
“The Sigilist’s Notes on the Fell Lord’s Staff” was previously published by Baffling Magazine
Content warning for the death of a parent in “Gentler Things”
Rated PG
Gentler Things
by Thomas...
Published 10/03/23
* Author : JL George
* Narrator : Jordan Price Williams
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Previously published by Fireside
Rated R
Diamonds and Pearls
by JL George
Diamonds are two a penny, but everybody wants them anyway.
At first, Osian thinks it’s because they hurt. Every time he speaks a new word in the common tongue and a diamond comes up, it feels like dying,...
Published 09/26/23
* Author : Sam W. Pisciotta
* Narrator : Nicola Chapman
* Host : Matt Dovey
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PodCastle 805: The Somnambulant is a PodCastle original.
CW for assault
Rated PG-13
The Somnambulant
by Sam W. Pisciotta
The moon sits plump within a windowpane as if plucked from the sky and framed for safekeeping. Bound by forces beyond our control, the moon and I share a yearning to pull free. I touch my finger on...
Published 09/19/23
* Author : Natalia Theodoridou
* Narrators : Peter Adrian Behravesh, Jen R. Albert and Tina Connolly
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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Previously published by Shimmer.
Rated PG-13
Fixer, Worker, Singer
by Natalia Theodoridou
Fixer Turns on the Stars
The sky creaks as Fixer makes his way across the steel ramp that is suspended under the firmament. It’s time to turn on the...
Published 09/12/23
* Authors : C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
* Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Previously published by Weird Tales, November 1937
CW for torture
PG-13
Quest of the Starstone – Part Two
by C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
Yarol landed on his feet like the cat he was, gun still gripped and ready, black eyes blinking in the starry dark....
Published 09/05/23
* Authors : C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
* Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Previously published by Weird Tales, November 1937
CW for torture
PG-13
Quest of the Starstone
by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
Jirel of Joiry is riding down with a score of men at her back,
For none is safe in the outer lands from Jirel’s outlaw...
Published 08/29/23
* Author : Taryn Frazier
* Narrator : Dani Daly
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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PodCastle 801: Point of Order is a PodCastle original.
Rated PG-13
Point of Order
by Taryn Frazier
Behind his screen, the game master cracks his knuckles. “OK, folks. This is session zero of a shiny new campaign, so let’s go around and introduce your characters. Bob, since you’re hosting, how about...
Published 08/22/23
* Author : John Wiswell
* Narrator : Sarah Griffin
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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Previously Published in Tor
CW for self harm and chronic illness
Rated PG-13
D.I.Y.
By John Wiswell
People ask how Noah could possibly turn down the Ozymandias Academy. All they know about him is the headlines, and they think he’s ungrateful. What you don’t get is that...
Published 08/15/23
* Author : Derek Des Anges
* Narrator : Isaac Harwood
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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PodCastle 799: A Change of Clothes is a PodCastle original.
CW for references to child abuse and looooots of swearing
Rated PG-13
A Change of Clothes
By Derek Des Anges
Security at the Bellside Gym and Leisure Centre was, in the opinion of Ivan Kles, a joke. Just as an example,...
Published 08/08/23
* Author : Matt Dovey
* Narrator : Louise Ratcliffe
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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First published in Writers of the Future volume 32, May 2016
Originally aired as PodCastle 427
Originally aired as PodCastle 427
Rated PG-13
Squalor and Sympathy
by Matt Dovey
Anna concentrated on the cold, on the freezing water around her feet and the bruising sensation in her...
Published 08/01/23
* Author : Gregory Marlow
* Narrator : Scott Campbell
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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PodCastle 797: A Jar of Malice is a PodCastle original.
CW for cruelty and references to homophobia
Rated PG-13
A Jar of Malice
By Gregory Marlow
1982
The morning light woke me as Mamaw slid in through the front door carrying a small flour sack. Mamaw’s couch was made of...
Published 07/25/23
* Author : Maria Brekke
* Narrators : Eleanor R. Wood, Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Eric Valdes, Devin Martin, Srikripa Krishna Prasad, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Matt Dovey, Tierney Bailey, Emmalia Harrington, Sofía Barker, Julia Patt and Kiran Kaur Saini
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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PodCastle 796: Beech, Please is a PodCastle original.
Rated PG
Beech, Please
by Maria Paige...
Published 07/18/23
* Author : E. Catherine Tobler
* Narrator : Christiana Ellis
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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PodCastle 795: The Indigo Mantis is a PodCastle original.
CW for insects, arachnids, and beheadings
PG-13
The Indigo Mantis
by E. Catherine Tobler
Indi walked into the bar, seeds crunching under tarsus. The bar was her usual hangout, but tonight a trio of mountain pine...
Published 07/11/23
* Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
* Narrators : Dave Thompson, Jen R. Albert, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Rachael K. Jones, Alasdair Stuart, Marguerite Kenner and Graeme Dunlop
* Hosts : Matt Dovey and Rachael K. Jones
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Originally published in Fireside Fiction Magazine.
Originally aired in PodCastle 413
Rated G
This is Not a Wardrobe Door
by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
Zera...
Published 07/04/23
* Author : Celeste Rita Baker
* Narrator : Derrick O’Neal
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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PodCastle 793: Dip and Roll is a PodCastle original.
Rated PG
Dip and Roll
by Celeste Rita Baker
On de largest beach of de smallest island in de Tania archipelago in de Caribbean Sea five shoreside metamorphic beachrocks sit chatting, as dey have done for de last hundred and sixty-odd...
Published 06/27/23
* Author : Scott Lynch
* Narrators : Norm Sherman, Pria Wood, Dave Thompson, Anna Schwind, Wilson Fowlie, M.K. Hobson, Graeme Dunlop, Ann Leckie, Alasdair Stuart, Rachel Swirsky and Marshal Latham
* Hosts : Matt Dovey, Anna Schwind, Dave Thompson and Pria Wood
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Originally Published in Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery,
Originally PodCastle...
Published 06/20/23
* Author : Adele Gardner
* Narrator : Elie Hirschman
* Host : Aidan Doyle
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Previously published in the anthology Twisted Cat Tales, edited by Esther Schrader.
Rated G
Originally aired as PodCastle 260
Fine Flying Things
by Adele Gardner
Frankie watched, open-mouthed, as the cats soared up into the sky.
All he could think of was Dali’s photograph, that crazy one where the
cat flew across a...
Published 06/13/23
* Author : Samantha Henderson
* Narrator : Tina Connolly
* Hosts : Matt Dovey, Dave Thompson, Anna Schwind and Pria Wood
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Originally appeared in Helix.
Content Warnings for carnivorous mermaids, sexual shenanigans in the presence of a minor, and near death experiences.
Rated R
The Mermaid’s Tea Party
by Samantha Henderson
The mermaid barely slowed...
Published 06/06/23
* Author : Lauren Ring
* Narrator : Rebecca Fraimow
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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Previously published by Fantasy and Science Fiction
Content Warnings for racial discrimination, terminal illness, and the death of a parent
PG-13
(emet)
by Lauren Ring
i. detection
When protesters take out the power at her Silicon Valley office, Chaya is at home,...
Published 05/30/23
* Author : Chaitanya Murali
* Narrator : M. L. Krishnan
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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PodCastle 788: An Anklet Broken is a PodCastle original.
An Anklet Broken
by Chaitanya Murali
There is a man I am meant to love. He is the son of a sea-merchant, wealthy and well-connected. A friend of Karikalan, the Chola King.
And this man is my husband and a wastrel.
A...
Published 05/23/23
* Authors : Tanya Aydelott, M.K. Hutchins and Lindsey Godfrey Eccles
* Narrators : Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Sofía Barker and Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer)
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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“The Greenhouse Bargain” was previously published by Flash Fiction Online, September 2022
“Shattered Petals of Celadon” was previously published by Daily Science Fiction
“War Doesn’t Know What It Wants” is...
Published 05/16/23
* Authors : M. Stevenson and Jo Miles
* Narrators : Andrew K. Hoe, Eric Valdes and Valerie Valdes
* Host : Matt Dovey
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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“My Custom Monster” was previously published by Fireside Fiction August 2021
“Scales” is a PodCastle original.
“Scales” has a content warning for child abuse
“My Custom Monster” has a content warning for depression
Rated...
Published 05/09/23
* Author : Benjamin Rosenbaum
* Narrator : Graeme Dunlop
* Hosts : Matt Dovey and Ann Leckie
* Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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Originally published in All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories, edited by David Moles and Jay Lake.
Rated PG
Episode 785 is part of our 15th Anniversary special and includes an interview with Ann Leckie, the first assistant editor of PodCastle.
Biographical Notes to “A...
Published 05/02/23
* Author : Kelly Robson
* Narrator : Kae Mills
* Host : Sofía Barker
* Audio Producer : Devin Martin
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Previously published by “The Book of Dragons” edited by Jonathan Strahan
Content Warnings for children in peril and references to sexual assault
Rated PG-13
La Vitesse
By Kelly Robson
March 2, 1983, 30 kilometers southwest of Hinton, Alberta
“Rosie,” Bea said under her...
Published 04/25/23