Cast of Wonders

Author : Riley Tao Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published as Cast of Wonders 527, 1 February 2023 Transphobia, misgendering, rejection Both Hope and Breath by Riley Tao It’s perfectly normal for breath to fog up mirrors. Everyone knows that. For most of my childhood, I […] Source

Author : Amanda Cecelia Lang Narrator : Roderick Aust Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 569: The Woods in the House (part 2) is a Cast of Wonders original. The Woods in the House by Amanda Cecelia Lang (part 1) Finally, I had a decent guess about the cog-works […] Source

Author : Amanda Cecelia Lang Narrator : Roderick Aust Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 568: The Woods in the House (part 1) is a Cast of Wonders original. death of a parent, corporal punishment and neglect The Woods in the House by Amanda Cecelia Lang Those magic-duped beat […] Source

Author : Brian D. Hinson Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 567: Disposable Gabriel is a Cast of Wonders original. Commercialisation of religion, abuse of non-human sentients, terminal illness. Disposable Gabriel by Brian D. Hinson The lights illuminated a young Mary sitting alone, in a […] Source

Author : Samuel Poots Narrator : Samuel Poots Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in Underneath the Tree: Twelve Christmas stories from Writers in Northern Ireland in November 2020 Dystopia, Organised Religion as a tool of the State. Will She Remember the Lights? by Samuel Poots The reader spits out […] Source

Author : Brian Hugenbruch Narrator : Jen Zink Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in the anthology MY BATTERY IS LOW AND IT IS GETTING DARK, 2020, from Zombies Need Brains. Foster-Child of Silence and Slow Time by Brian Hugenbruch “How do I save the world?” I accept the question […] Source

Authors : Georgie Morvis, Carol Scheina and A. A. Ademola Narrators : Tara Kennedy, Scott Campbell and Eleanor R. Wood Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 564: Little Wonders 42 – Flash Fiction Contest Winners is a Cast of Wonders original. A Girl Bikes Home Alone at Night by […] Source

Author : Storm Humbert Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Stolen Sky by Storm Humbert My first night on Earth-Vega was also my first sunset show. The viewing was held on the Sunset Mezzanine, which jutted out from the third floor of the hotel. My human guide, Ruya, […] Source

Author : Aimee Ogden Narrator : Dani Cutler Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in The Dark, February 2021 Swearing (two f-words) & homophobic slurs One Last Broken Thing by Aimee Ogden In elementary school, the other kids called Liv’s home that haunted house out on Barnhill Road. Liv herself […] Source

Author : Karlo Yeager Rodríguez Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Originally published in khōréō magazine, September 2022 Episode image by Rodolfo Pimentel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Death of a child All Good Children Come Out To Play by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez For longer than I […] Source