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The Young Adult Speculative Fiction Podcast
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Jun 28, 2025 • 26min
Cast of Wonders 642: Feeding Spirits
Author : Emmi Khor Narrator : Tanya Jade Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 642: Feeding Spirits is a Cast of Wonders original. Friendly haunting, bereavement Image by Daniel Burkett from Pixabay Feeding Spirits by Emmi Khor What does one feed a hungry ancestor? Fish and chips, chicken parmi, […]
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Jun 2, 2025 • 35min
Cast of Wonders 641: Bells Long Silent
Author : J. A. Prentice Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Artist : Katherine Inskip Cast of Wonders 641: Bells Long Silent is a Cast of Wonders original. violence (including gun-violence) in a historical setting, and the death of a relative Bells Long Silent by J. A. Prentice […]
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Jun 1, 2025 • 37min
Cast of Wonders 640: KAOSU, The Last Moving Country in the World
Author : Angela Liu Narrator : Sophie Barker Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Dark Matter magazine, July 2023 Image by Thomas Wolter from Pixabay KAOSU, The Last Moving Country in the World by Angela Liu I arrive at KAOSU’s nest-shaped Visitor’s Center two hours early for boarding procedures. […]
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May 11, 2025 • 34min
Cast of Wonders 639: Window Boy
Author : Thomas Ha Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Clarkesworld in August 2023 Window Boy by Thomas Ha The tenth time Jakey broke the rules, he put a sandwich in the mailbox where the window boy could get it. Mom had taken her […]
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May 5, 2025 • 17min
Cast of Wonders 638: A Spell of Grief
Author : Rae A. Shell Narrator : Jordan Kurella Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 638: A Spell of Grief is a Cast of Wonders original. A Spell of Grief by Rae A Shell The library was closing in ten minutes. Lucas stared at the picture books, paralyzed by […]
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Apr 27, 2025 • 14min
Cast of Wonders 637: Calling on Behalf of the Dark Lord
Author : Catherine George Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Translunar Travelers Lounge in February 2020 Calling on Behalf of the Dark Lord by Catherine George It’s only part-time — you can always quit if you don’t like it. That’s what you told yourself when […]
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Apr 12, 2025 • 36min
Cast of Wonders 636: Whatever Remains of the Dead
Author : Lyndsey Silveira Narrator : Kara Grace Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 636: Whatever Remains of the Dead is a Cast of Wonders original. Gun violence, aftermath of a school shooting, grief. Whatever Remains of the Dead by Lyndsey Silveira I fish a black dress from the […]
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Apr 5, 2025 • 28min
Cast of Wonders 635: What the God Mouth Wants
Author : Ryan Cole Narrator : Joe Moran Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 635: What the God Mouth Wants is a Cast of Wonders original. Homophobia, body horror, risk of drowning What the God-Mouth Wants by Ryan Cole They call it a homecoming: when your own severed tongue […]
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Mar 28, 2025 • 19min
Cast of Wonders 634: Pearl Diving
Author : J. L. Akagi Narrator : Essie Batz Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 634: Pearl Diving is a Cast of Wonders original. Pearl Diving by J L Akagi Makoto Matoba is enduring her third ever “scaly day” when her mother drives her down to the shore. She […]
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Mar 18, 2025 • 44min
Cast of Wonders 633: Born in Flame and Song
Author : Jameyanne Fuller Narrator : Charlotte Moore-Lambert Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 633: Born in Flame and Song is a Cast of Wonders original. Born in Flame and Song by Jameyanne Fuller They will tell me, later, I was born singing. I wasn’t. I was born like […]
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