300 episodes
Cast of Wonders Escape Artists, Inc
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- Science Fiction
Cast of Wonders is the leading voice in young adult speculative short fiction. Every week we present short stories from some of today’s best genre fiction writers, featuring everything from hard science fiction, to urban fantasy, horror, steampunk, superheroes and more. Our stories are defined by their deep emotional resonance and that critical spark of wonder.
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Cast of Wonders 402: Gwisins of the New Moon’s Eve
Author : Russell Hemmell Narrator : Nanna Árnadóttir Host : Andrew K. Hoe Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble First appeared in Typehouse Literary Journal, September 2016 Vampires Gwisins of the New Moon’s Eve by Russell Hemmell We walk out of the subway. The first train of the day has left us […]
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Cast of Wonders 401: Mothers, Watch Over Me
Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble This story was previously published in Mythic Delirium, April 2018 The document mentioned in Katherine’s comments, “Expert judgment on markers to deter inadvertent human intrusion into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant”, can be […]
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Cast of Wonders 400: Staff Picks 2019 – Knitting in English
Author : Brit E. B. Hvide Narrator : Nanna Árnadóttir Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Appeared previously in Cast of Wonders, Episode 371, August 25, 2019. Knitting in English by Brit E. B. Hvide Looping the thread over her needle, Kari caught the sun in her knit. […]
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Cast of Wonders 399: Staff Picks 2019 – Breaking
Author : Maya Chhabra Narrator : Nadia Niaz Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally appeared in Cast of Wonders, Episode 370, August 18, 2019. Terminal Illness Breaking by Maya Chhabra Mom’s kind of bizarrely happy for someone with a daughter about to croak, but I don’t mind. […]
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Cast of Wonders 398: Staff Picks 2019 – Take Heart
Author : Claire Eliza Bartlett Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alexis Goble Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Alexis Goble Originally appearing in two parts in Cast of Wonders, Episodes 373 and 374, September, 2019. Take Heart by Claire Eliza Bartlett Magdalena perched on the edge of a flimsy folding chair, fingers knotted. […]
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Cast of Wonders 397: Staff Picks 2019 – Wordslinger, Wordwreaker
Author : Amanda Helms Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : KB Sluss Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Yuumei Originally appeared in Cast of Wonders, Artemis Rising 5, Episode 354, March 28, 2019. Wordslinger, Wordwreaker by Amanda Helms The wordslinger first came into Lasthope on the back of a scarab the size of […]
Customer Reviews
Top-notch
This recent story, The Last Banquet Of Temporal Confections (two parts) is a favorite of mine and masterful tale, combining fantasy and culinary arts (two things dear to me). Thank you, I very much appreciated this story.
CallinTad
I only discovered this show when they joined the Escape Artists family in 2014, but what an amazing collection of high quality short fiction! They do their best to push boundaries and buttons, and their quality rivals their older sisters - if you want a top notch example of what free, listener-supported, community-made excellence can sound like, you owe it to yourself to check them out.
Not enough to choose from
Unless you go to their actual website, there are only a few very negative stories to choose from.
None of it seems happy or positive. Just a bunch of dark unhappy too quickly read words.
It’s as if they want their listeners to be sad. Or maybe they think if it’s not sad, people won’t listen.
I’m going to try a couple more but I’m just about ready to give up.
