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Oct 8, 2025 • 15min
Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready
Author : Laura Duerr Narrator : Dani Cutler Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready is a Cast of Wonders original. homophobia, censorship, fascist dystopia Your Hold Is Ready by Laura Duerr The news is spreading. We try to keep working through our English tests, […]
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Oct 7, 2025 • 13min
Cast of Wonders 657: Plutopalooza
Author : Gretchen Tessmer Narrator : Emma Osborne Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Nature Futures, 13 March 2024 End of the world Plutopalooza by Gretchen Tessmer Tess and Gemma have been camped out on their tartan picnic blanket for days already and they plan on staying until the […]
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Oct 6, 2025 • 14min
Cast of Wonders 656: Unconventionally Bound
Author : Açaí Sparrow Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 656: Unconventionally Bound is a Cast of Wonders original. Aftermath of a fire Unconventionally Bound by Açai Sparrow With ash-stained gloves, I ease another book free of the charred shelf. Deckle sneezes at the burnt […]
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Oct 5, 2025 • 28min
Cast of Wonders 655: The Carmel B Crazies
Author : Rick Kennett Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producers : Graeme Dunlop and Jeremy Carter Image by Christopher Keough from Pixabay The Carmel B Crazies by Rick Kennet On the day she turned seventeen Cy De Gerch peered through a window into rusty red desert and saw her future squatting […]
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Oct 5, 2025 • 34min
Cast of Wonders 654: Life According to Tabeeb
Author : Ramez Yoakeim Narrator : Loulou Szal Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by efes from Pixabay This story was first published in Learning to Be Human by Flame Tree Press in February 2024. Life According to Tabeeb by Ramez Yoakeim It may take a decade or longer to train […]
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Sep 20, 2025 • 32min
Cast of Wonders 653: Life and Death and Love in the Bayou
Author : Stephannie Tallent Narrator : Katie Gill Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Writers and Illustrators of the Future Vol 40, April 2024 Domestic Violence. Mention of past attempted rape. Life and Death and Love in the Bayou by Stephannie Tallent It was the February the rain fell […]
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Sep 16, 2025 • 34min
Cast of Wonder 652: Habitat
Author : Juliette Beauchamp Narrator : Alexis Goble Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonder 652: Habitat is a Cast of Wonders original. spider-like creatures Habitat by Juliette Beauchamp The orb appeared on a Friday. Just popped up in the northeast corner of the horse pasture, out where the grass […]
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Sep 14, 2025 • 54min
Cast of Wonders 651: The Liar
Author : Darcie Little Badger Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Emilia from Pixabay First published in The Book of Witches (edited by Jonathan Strahan, August 1 2023, Harper Voyager) swearing, assault, murder The Liar by Darcie Little Badger The Mysterious Woman Jodie sat in […]
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Aug 23, 2025 • 28min
Cast of Wonders 650: Witches Racing Cars
Author : Nadav Schul-Kutas Narrator : Alicia Atkins Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 650: Witches Racing Cars is a Cast of Wonders original. Image adapted from a photo by JAMES OKAJA from Pixabay Witches Racing Cars by Nadav Schul-Kutas A small crew is waiting at the starting line. […]
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Aug 19, 2025 • 18min
Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46 – Seize Your Future
Authors : Susan Taitel and Race Harish Narrators : Emily E. Smith and Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46 – Seize Your Future is a Cast of Wonders original. Abortion themes, loss of agency What the Water Gave Her was first published in […]
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