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Author : Malon Edwards Narrator : Mandaly Louis-Charles Host : Wanini Kimemiah Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 555 and first published in Sword & Sonnet Rated PG-13 Candied Sweets, Cornbread, and Black-eyed Peas By Malon Edwards No one wanted to come out of their houses. Not at first. They could see […]

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Author : Audrey Zhou Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Nicola Chapman Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in The Tarot of Love, Flame Tree Press Rated PG How to Come Back to Yourself by Audrey Zhou Lilin is the kind of small divinity that doesn’t invite notice. She isn’t one of the […]

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Author : A. E. Lanier Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 966: Closing Aperture is a PodCastle original. Content note for grief Rated PG Closing Aperture By A. E. Lanier The shapes and colors in the picture solidified and the pile of fur in […]

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Author : Ferdison Cayetano Narrator : Trey Nakamura Host : Eric Valdes Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in The Map of Lost Places Anthology, Apex Book Company Rated PG-13 When I Cowboy in Puuwaawaa by Ferdison Cayetano When I cowboy in Puuwaawaa my toss is always true. When I cowboy in Puuwaawaa […]

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Author : Julian Mortimer Smith Narrator : M.K. Hobson Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously ran as episode 367 and first published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, May 2013 Content notes for elder abuse, kidnapping of a child and death of a child Rated PG The Washerwoman and the Troll by Julian […]

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Author : KJ Kabza Narrator : Elizabeth Green Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 963: The One I’m Waiting For is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The One I’m Waiting For by KJ Kabza For an eternity of days, I wait for her in the cabin. The light outside rises […]

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Author : Claire Humphrey Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously published by Pulp Literature, Issue 39, Summer 2023 Rated PG-13 THE DRINK WE SPILL OUT ON THE GROUND by Claire Humphrey The perfect day looks like this: I wake up in the spare room at my […]

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Author : Claire Jia-Wen Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 961: A Thousand Finer Foldings is a PodCastle original. Content note for terminal illness Rated PG A Thousand Finer Foldings By Claire Jia-Wen 1. Phoebe’s mom calls her while she’s in the self-checkout line at Safeway. “I’ve found […]

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Author : Angela Liu Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Raul Bimenyimana Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie Previously published in khōréō issue 3.2 (August 2023) Content note for references to suicide Rated PG-13 Kwong’s Bath by Angela Liu The visits start a week after Kwong’s first surgery. Despite the stinging January cold, the […]

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Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Devin Martin Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 959: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: The Travel Guide to the Dimension of Lost Things is a PodCastle original. Content note for depression Rated PG-13 The Travel Guide to the Dimension of Lost Things By Effie Seiberg […]

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Author : Chaitanya Murali Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published by Kaleidotrope, 2024 Contents Notes for colonisation, enslavement, torture, racism, and references to sexual assault Rated R Of Black Town’s Monster Part Two of Two Chaitanya Murali February 16th, 1695 I hurry home, leaving Devyani […]

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Author : Chaitanya Murali Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published by Kaleidotrope, 2024 Contents Notes for colonisation, enslavement, torture, racism, and references to sexual assault Rated R Of Black Town’s Monster Part One of Two Chaitanya Murali February 21st, 1695 We break at dawn. The […]

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Author : Lia Lao Narrator : Curtis C. Chen Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 956: Revolutions, as Told by a Humble Rice Farmer is a PodCastle original. Content notes for famine and sibling death Rated PG Revolutions, as Told by a Humble Rice Farmer by Lia Lao When the […]

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Author : Kai Ashante Wilson Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Wanini Kimemiah Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 534 and first published by Tor.com Content note for sex, drug use, graphic depictions of violence with blood and gore and all its wet and slippery trappings, and general horror. Rated X The […]

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Author : Erin Keating Narrator : Heather Thomas Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 954: The Grief Eaters is a PodCastle original. Rated PG The Grief Eaters By Erin Keating There was a time when grave dirt could summon grief eaters from the Isle of the Dead. As the midnight […]

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Author : P. H. Low Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously published in Fantasy Magazine, March 2023 Rated PG-13 The Will of the God of Music by P. H. Low You hear the door open as if in dreaming. Back when you were a conservatory […]

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Author : Emily Munro Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 952: Putti Call is a PodCastle original. Rated R Putti Call By Emily Munro Hopefully you’ve never tried to stuff a struggling toddler into a dog crate, but let me tell you, it’s even worse when […]

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Author : C. J. Lavigne Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Tarver Nova Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 951: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: ‘Til Death is a PodCastle original. Content note for grief Rated PG-13 ‘Til Death by C. J. Lavigne My dear Clarinda, They tell me that when you heard of my […]

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Authors : Gregory Marlow, RJ Aurand and Jeanna Cammarano Narrators : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer), Rosie Sentman and Dani Daly Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie PodCastle 950: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Reapings is a PodCastle original. “The Deading Veil” content note for suicide “Taking Root” content note for the death of a […]

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Author : Tony Dunnell Narrator : Devin Martin Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes PodCastle 949: The Troll Road is a PodCastle original. Rated PG-13 The Troll Road by Tony Dunnell Sir Lederick dismounted in the Humble Woods on the southern flank of the Hopewine Valley. Here, on the boundary between […]

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