Cast of Wonders

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The Young Adult Fiction Podcast featuring stories of the Fantastic

Episodes cross all speculative boundaries and if someone complains we are 'woke' or pandering to the liberals we are doing our job right!

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Cast of Wonders 594: In this Universe, Jon Flowers is a Story Author : Nathan Susnik Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 594: In this Universe, Jon Flowers is a Story is a Cast of Wonders original. www.castofwonders.org/2024/07/cast...

Cast of Wonders 594: In this Universe, Jon Flowers is a Story | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org As Lydia takes his hand, Jon Flowers’ heart skips a beat. No, literally. It skips a beat. He has a premature ventricular contraction. It’s not dangerous, but this is his first experience with it.

www.castofwonders.org/2024/07/cast... Cast of Wonders 593: The Bookstore at the End of America Author : Charlie Jane Anders Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter CW: war, political intolerance

Cast of Wonders 593: The Bookstore at the End of America | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org A bookshop on a hill. Two front doors, two walkways lined with blank slates and grass, two identical signs welcoming customers to the First and Last Page, and a great blue building in the middle…

Cast of Wonders 592: Flawless Author: Frances Hardinge Narrator: Kat Day Host: Katherine Inskip Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter First published in 2013 in the short story collection Twisted Winter CW: neglect and dysfunctional relationships www.castofwonders.org/2024/07/cast...

Cast of Wonders 592: Flawless | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org When people stay in hotel rooms, they suddenly turn into toddlers. Weird, creative, screwed-up toddlers. Let’s smear jam on the wall! Let’s leave apple cores in the drawers! Let’s hide used nappies…

Kat beat the social media minion to it. I’ve been knocked sideways by a monster migraine!

It’s me narrating this @castofwonders.org story, and what a fabulous story it is! Have a listen: www.castofwonders.org/2024/07/cast... Also, this means I have now narrated for all the @escapeartists.net podcasts. HOUSE!

Cast of Wonders 591: Scrap Dragon Author : Naomi Kritzer Narrators : Rachel Lackey & Heather Klinke Host: Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in the January/February 2012 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction www.castofwonders.org/2024/06/cast...

Cast of Wonders 591: Scrap Dragon | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org Once upon a time, there was a princess. Does she have to be a princess? Couldn’t she be the daughter of a merchant, or a scholar, or an accountant? An accountant? What would an accountant be doing in…

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"Hare's Breath" is also available at @castofwonders.org, wonderfully narrated by Katrin Kania: www.castofwonders.org/2019/06/cast...

%%title%% %%page%% | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org 1947, Västerbotten, Sweden It’s Midsummer’s Eve and even this close to midnight there’s no darkness, only a long, translucent dusk that will eventually slip into dawn. Britt and I are fifteen…

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this is a good one

www.castofwonders.org/2024/06/cast... Cast of Wonders 588: In a town like this Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Leigh Wallace Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter This story was first published on Maria Haskins’ Patreon. CW: underage drinking

Cast of Wonders 588: In a town like this | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org It’s the first weekend of summer holidays and we’re piling into the backseat of Annette’s dinky old Honda headed to some house party at the far edge of town, passing a bottle of rum and coke between…

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🔥🧟‍♀️🔥🧟‍♀️🔥🧟‍♀️ I was given "abandoned cabin" as a setting prompt. So what would a couple of teenagers be doing there?? Uh, hiding from zombies, OBVIOUSLY. 👇👇👇👇

www.castofwonders.org/2024/06/cast... Cast of Wonders 590: Umami Author : Amelinda Bérubé Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in October 2019 by Sourcebooks on their FIREreads blog CW: cannibalism, zombies

Cast of Wonders 590: Umami | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org Their progress through the woods had slowed to a stagger, but they kept going. They had to. Jane shoved one booted foot through the layers of fallen leaves, then the other. Imagination kept her fear…

www.castofwonders.org/2024/06/cast... Cast of Wonders 589: The Answer of the Fickle Heart Author : Eden Frenkel Narrator : Harini Narayanan Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in Kaleidotrope, January 2023 Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay

Cast of Wonders 589: The Answer of the Fickle Heart | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org Sophie had a fickle heart. She didn’t know at first what fickle meant—the word reminded her of tossing a coin and waiting to see which way it lands—but her mother kept using it, and her sisters…

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Congrats, Somto! | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org Many congratulations to Cast of Wonders Associate Editor Somto Ihezue on his nomination for Like Stars Daring to Shine (Fireside) for Best Short Story in the Nommo Awards!

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Congrats, Seoung Kim! | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org We’re thrilled to learn that Seoung Kim’s Cast of Wonders story Park’s All-Night Ramyun and Snack Emporium is listed as one of the notable works of 2023 in the 2024 edition of Best American Science…

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ICYMI this week, I have a story at @castofwonders.org! "In a Town Like This" was first pub'd on my Patreon and it's a story about two young people from different sides of town, in place where that kind of thing matters. Wonderfully narrated by Leigh Wallace! www.castofwonders.org/2024/06/cast...

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Story Preview #4: This issue's reprint, which originally appeared in @castofwonders.org--"In Real Time" by @avramargariti.bsky.social. This story has everything: Buzz Lightyear, putting the world on pause, oh and also the fear of revealing your truest self to the ones closest to you.

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Congratulations to @escapepod.org for making the ToC and to @castofwonders.org (and us!) for making the notable list! ⭐️

It's Best American Day! Here are the table of contents and the notable stories for Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 ed. by @hughhowey.com & I: Series: www.harpercollins.com/pages/bestam... TOC: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes... Notables: www.johnjosephadams.com/projects/bes...

Cast of Wonders 587: The Game of Mao Author : Emma Victoria Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 587: The Game of Mao is a Cast of Wonders original. www.castofwonders.org/2024/05/cast...

Cast of Wonders 587: The Game of Mao | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org The Game of Mao has only one rule: don’t explain the rules to the game of Mao. It’s the only rule we may be told — the rest are clouded in secrecy and it is up to us to figure them out through trial…

Cast of Wonders 586: Little Wonders 44 – Portal Fantasies Authors : Julie Le Blanc & Sam Markham Narrators : Louise Ratcliffe & Sheila Regan Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Portal Fantasies is a Cast of Wonders original. CW: Swearing www.castofwonders.org/2024/05/cast...

Cast of Wonders 586: Little Wonders 44 - Portal Fantasies | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org While Marya was usually excellent at imagining the worst, opening a portal to another world while crocheting had never really crossed her mind. She’d been determined to learn how to crochet once she…

Cast of Wonders 585: Haint Blue Sky Author : Stephen Granade Narrator : L. Marie Wood Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Haint Blue Sky is a Cast of Wonders original. CW: Self harm; some scenes tangential to suicidal ideation. www.castofwonders.org/2024/05/cast...

Cast of Wonders 585: Haint Blue Sky | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org Laurel hadn’t had time lately to listen to the stars sing. Sophomore classes had kicked her butt up one side of the holler and back down the other. She’d been okay missing the stars until the school’s...

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This is my first professional publication!! I’m so happy with the narration and how it all turned out!! 🤩🤩

Cast of Wonders 584: Robot Girl Author : Grace Griego Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 584: Robot Girl is a Cast of Wonders original. www.castofwonders.org/2024/05/cast...

Cast of Wonders 584: Robot Girl | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org At age nineteen, Robot Girl had dropped out of the most prestigious university in the country, had no objectives in life, and was now stuck pet sitting for the lovely lesbian couple at her old church.

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A new story from me! “Haint Blue Sky” is about wanting to get out of your town and what you’ll risk for your dreams. Also there’s a train spirit who offers people rides, which always ends well. It’s in @castofwonders.org! www.castofwonders.org/2024/05/cast...

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Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don’t think, just do it. "The Librarian" from @castofwonders.org, narrated by Katherine Inskip. www.castofwonders.org/2019/02/cast...

Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don’t think, just do it. — a story of its time, 2006 (and before) strangehorizons.com/fiction/we-a...

We Are Never Where We Arestrangehorizons.com In '36 in Spain, on the losing side, we realized we couldn't give more than we had. We'd almost given everything: you were in a field hospital with a bullet in your thigh and we were arguing over h…

%%title%% %%page%% | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org The library hadn’t been there the day before, Ella was sure of it. That patch of dirt beside the rusting piles of spaceship debris outside the refugee camp had been bare, with nothing but weeds and…

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A little girl said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60,000 beeswww.bbc.co.uk Saylor Class had complained of

Cast of Wonders 583: The Cat that Worked from Home Author : Dan Peacock & Rachel Peacock Narrator : Mike Boris Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 583: The Cat that Worked from Home is a Cast of Wonders original. www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...

Cast of Wonders 583: The Cat that Worked from Home | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org Macaroni’s workstation is set up just the way he likes it. He has a little laptop with little buttons for his little golden paws, adjusted to a comfortable height. His scratch post is within easy…

Cast of Wonders 582: Open Skies and Hellfire Author : Olivia B. Chan Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 582: Open Skies and Hellfire is a Cast of Wonders original. CW: Bombs, terrorism www.castofwonders.org/2024/04/cast...

Cast of Wonders 582: Open Skies and Hellfire | Cast of Wonderswww.castofwonders.org I liked to think of myself as a morally sound individual. It was easier to do when I wasn’t smuggling gunpowder to a teenager who may or may not have planned to blow up the caverns with it.

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Spread the news! We are extending our special submission call and our special narrator call for Palestinian voices UNTIL 30 APRIL, 2024! podcastle.org/2024/03/08/s...

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And all our story narrators are paid for their work! Compensating Creatives is one of our core values. Details on our pay rates and our sample contracts available here: escapeartists.net/about-ea/sam...

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Auditions are unpaid so please do reuse work you've already done -- we're looking for samples of how you present multiple characters in conversation, how you describe action or an intense engagement, and your take on rich and detailed description. Sample text available if you prefer to use it!

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Already have a narration or reel? Send it our way! Never done this before? We we've got tons of resources to get you started in prose narration! escapeartists.net/narrator-gui...