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Oct 31, 2025 • 30min
Cast of Wonders 662: It Grows Back
Author : Grant Collier Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 662: It Grows Back is a Cast of Wonders original. Broken bones, body horror, monster under the bed. Artwork adapted from an image by Nick Magwood from Pixabay It Grows Back by Grant Collier When […]
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Oct 29, 2025 • 1h
Cast of Wonders 661: Bloom Like Roses, Wild And Thorned
Author : Jessica Lévai Narrator : Katrin Kania Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 661: Bloom Like Roses, Wild And Thorned is a Cast of Wonders original. CW: abusive relationships, themes of domestic violence Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Bloom Like Roses, Wild and Thorned by Jessica Lévai Perhaps […]
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Oct 25, 2025 • 30min
Cast of Wonders 660: For Future Generations
Author : Rachel Gutin Narrator : Victoria Marklew Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Khōréō, May 2021 For Future Generations by Rachel Gutin Of all the Jewish holidays, Sukkot was the hardest to celebrate in space. Rabbi Greenberg had been a young child when her family boarded the generation […]
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Oct 24, 2025 • 41min
Cast of Wonders 659: The Archive of Unnamed Joy
Author : Bella Chacha Narrator : Opie Ogundiran Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 659: The Archive of Unnamed Joy is a Cast of Wonders original. CW: dystopia, authoritarianism, brainwashing The Archive of Unnamed Joy by Bella Chacha On the day my best friend forgot how to laugh, the […]
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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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