Cast of Wonders
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Cast of Wonders 710: Palatable Potions
Author : Melinda Brasher Narrator : Catherine Hill Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Seksak Kerdkanno from Pixabay First published in Zombies Need Brains Presents in March 2024 …
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Author : Melinda Brasher Narrator : Catherine Hill Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Seksak Kerdkanno from Pixabay First published in Zombies Need Brains Presents in March 2024 Palatable Potions by Melinda Brasher If I hadn’t added the sage, none of it would have happened. Sage is delicious in […]Cast of Wonders 709: The Last Halloween, The Halloweens After
Author : Daniel Roop Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 709: The Last Halloween, The Halloweens After is a Cast of Wonders original. COVID19 …
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Author : Daniel Roop Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 709: The Last Halloween, The Halloweens After is a Cast of Wonders original. COVID19, Bereavement Image by Майя Щедрина from Pixabay The Last Halloween, The Halloweens After by Daniel Roop The COVID Halloween of 2020 […]Cast of Wonders 708: Standing in the Shoulders of Giants
Author : Adrian Ward Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 708: Standing in the Shoulders of Giants is a Cast of Wonders original. Swearing (f-words), unsafe …
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Author : Adrian Ward Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 708: Standing in the Shoulders of Giants is a Cast of Wonders original. Swearing (f-words), unsafe workplace Standing In the Shoulders of Giants by Adrian Ward “Lotta rain clouds today,” Teru says. I look up […]Cast of Wonders 707: The Discipline of Small Evil
Author : Arthur H. Manners Narrator : Dennis Robinson Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Henning from Pixabay The Discipline of Small Evil by Arthur H. Manners Big evil is cheap …
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Author : Arthur H. Manners Narrator : Dennis Robinson Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Henning from Pixabay The Discipline of Small Evil by Arthur H. Manners Big evil is cheap, lazy, unimaginative. Release a deadly plague. Steal a continent. Shoot the moon with a giant laser. Everyone pays attention, […]Cast of Wonders 706: The Little Free Library at the End of the World
Author : Sally Sultzman Narrators : Dan Carter and Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 706: The Little Free Library at the End of the World is a Cast of …
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Author : Sally Sultzman Narrators : Dan Carter and Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 706: The Little Free Library at the End of the World is a Cast of Wonders original. The Little Free Library at the End of the World by Sally Sultzman Reader didn’t […]Cast of Wonders 705: Trade you for the Beans
Author : Kehkashan Khalid Narrator : Bill Carson Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 705: Trade you for the Beans is a Cast of Wonders original. Bullies, Colonisation Trade You …
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Author : Kehkashan Khalid Narrator : Bill Carson Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 705: Trade you for the Beans is a Cast of Wonders original. Bullies, Colonisation Trade You For the Beans by Kehkashan Khalid When Mammy drops me off to school on the hottest day of the […]Cast of Wonders 704: The Fourth Hero of Ouroboros
Author : Erin Keating Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter The Fourth Hero of Ouroboros by Erin Keating The scholar travels with books on her back and tales …
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Author : Erin Keating Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter The Fourth Hero of Ouroboros by Erin Keating The scholar travels with books on her back and tales on her tongue. The Charlatan King had tried to claim the books with flames and her tongue with threats, […]Cast of Wonders 703: Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives
Author : Maya Prasad Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 703: Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives is a Cast of Wonders original. Image …
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Author : Maya Prasad Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 703: Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives is a Cast of Wonders original. Image by Mystic Art Design from Pixabay Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives by Maya Prasad SPRING The admittance letters […]Cast of Wonders 702: A Starry Sort of Hope
Author : Torrance Elizabeth Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 702: A Starry Sort of Hope is a Cast of Wonders original. death and grief Image by …
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Author : Torrance Elizabeth Narrator : Kat Kourbeti Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 702: A Starry Sort of Hope is a Cast of Wonders original. death and grief Image by Mollyroselee from Pixabay A Starry Sort of Hope by Torrance Elizabeth Danika knew Astraea’s starship would never reach […]Cast of Wonders 701: His Voice is a Beast, Wild it Runs
Author : Nathan Susnik Narrator : Ben Gideon Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Frivolous Comma in January 2024 fist-fighting, hunting scenes, domestic violence His Voice …
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Author : Nathan Susnik Narrator : Ben Gideon Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Frivolous Comma in January 2024 fist-fighting, hunting scenes, domestic violence His Voice is a Beast, Wild it Runs by Nathan Susnik I. Berit’s voice is a beast. Cunning and clever, it runs on sinewy legs. […]Cast of Wonders 700: Perfect Statues And Their Broken Shapers
Author : Adrian Ward Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 700: Perfect Statues And Their Broken Shapers is a Cast of Wonders original. child …
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Author : Adrian Ward Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 700: Perfect Statues And Their Broken Shapers is a Cast of Wonders original. child abandonment and abuse, war, deliberate injury, scenes of surgery Image by Glass Art Animals Perfect Statues and Their Broken Shapers by […]Cast of Wonders 699: Little Wonders 53 – Doomed Relationships
Authors : Eleanor Lennox, Leona Penrose and Jenna Hanchey Narrators : Kitty Sarkozy, Kelley M. Frank and Torin Andrus Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 699: Little Wonders 53 …
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Authors : Eleanor Lennox, Leona Penrose and Jenna Hanchey Narrators : Kitty Sarkozy, Kelley M. Frank and Torin Andrus Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 699: Little Wonders 53 – Doomed Relationships is a Cast of Wonders original. post-apocalypse; prejudice Petrichor by Eleanor Lennox The golden hour had begun, […]Cast of Wonders 698: The Green Man’s Guest
Author : Juliet E McKenna Narrator : Jeremy Carter Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in the collection Different Times and Other Places from NewCon Press in 2024 Image by …
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Author : Juliet E McKenna Narrator : Jeremy Carter Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in the collection Different Times and Other Places from NewCon Press in 2024 Image by Ken from Pixabay The Green Man’s Guest by Juliet E. McKenna Trees die, like every living thing. Left to their […]Cast of Wonders 697: Little Wonders 52 – Modern Myths
Authors : Rachel Gutin and Gina Palma Narrators : Elizabeth Green and Yaroslav Barsukov Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 697: Little Wonders 52 – Modern Myths is a Cast of Wonders …
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Authors : Rachel Gutin and Gina Palma Narrators : Elizabeth Green and Yaroslav Barsukov Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 697: Little Wonders 52 – Modern Myths is a Cast of Wonders original. Airline Security Jars and Bags and Boxes by Rachel Gutin When Dora asks if we can […]Cast of Wonders 696: The Purpose of a Pyromaniac Descendent
Author : Wen Wen Yang Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Tales & Feathers, February 2025 Episode art by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay The …
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Author : Wen Wen Yang Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Tales & Feathers, February 2025 Episode art by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay The Purpose of a Pyromaniac Descendent by Wen Wen Yang I don’t know why I expected the afterlife to be different from my […]Cast of Wonders 695: Goldenrod
Author : Alexandra Resnick (A. James) Narrator : Katie Gill Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 695: Goldenrod is a Cast of Wonders original. Non-graphic body horror Goldenrod …
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Author : Alexandra Resnick (A. James) Narrator : Katie Gill Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 695: Goldenrod is a Cast of Wonders original. Non-graphic body horror Goldenrod by A. James It was Krissy who loved the old McCarson house. I didn’t see the appeal. It had a frightening […]Cast of Wonders 694: Ready to be Seen
Author : K J Isley Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 694: Ready to be Seen is a Cast of Wonders original. Image by 1234hadar from Pixabay Ready to …
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Author : K J Isley Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 694: Ready to be Seen is a Cast of Wonders original. Image by 1234hadar from Pixabay Ready to be Seen by K. J. Isley My Soul-Ripening ceremony is over at last. The cake has […]Cast of Wonders 693: Twenty-Four Hours
Author : H. H. Pak Narrator : Rebecca Ahn Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack First published in Clarkesworld, June 2024 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Twenty-Four Hours by H H Pak Six …
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Author : H. H. Pak Narrator : Rebecca Ahn Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack First published in Clarkesworld, June 2024 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Twenty-Four Hours by H H Pak Six hours left. “What do you want to eat sweetheart?” She looks at me expectantly, holding out her phone […]Cast of Wonders 692: Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything
Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Jairus Durnett Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Originally published in Diabolical Plots, May 2025 Image by Jean-Marie from Pixabay Ableism Laser Eyes Ain’t …
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Author : Effie Seiberg Narrator : Jairus Durnett Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Originally published in Diabolical Plots, May 2025 Image by Jean-Marie from Pixabay Ableism Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything by Effie Seiberg The Super-Abled 501 Local Union building wasn’t ADA compliant. I sat in my wheelchair next to the three […]Cast of Wonders 691: Little Wonders 51 – Unusual Pets
Authors : Marisca Pichette and Jeff Stehman Narrators : Eve Upton and Tina Connolly Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 691: Little Wonders 51 – Unusual Pets is a Cast of …
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Authors : Marisca Pichette and Jeff Stehman Narrators : Eve Upton and Tina Connolly Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 691: Little Wonders 51 – Unusual Pets is a Cast of Wonders original. Episode art created from images by JL G from Pixabay How to safely store your dragons […]Cast of Wonders 690: The Universe and Miss Debbie
Author : Cindy Phan Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Mollyroselee from Pixabay First published in khōréō magazine, Issue 4.3, September 2024 Content …
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Author : Cindy Phan Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by Mollyroselee from Pixabay First published in khōréō magazine, Issue 4.3, September 2024 Content warning: non-graphic body horror The Universe & Miss Debbie by Cindy Phan Her name was Deb (Miss Debbie to the staff), but […]Cast of Wonders 689: All these inscriptions are for me
Author : Carol Scheina Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by StockSnap from Pixabay First published in translunar travellers lounge in February 2025 All These …
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Author : Carol Scheina Narrator : Sandy Parsons Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Image by StockSnap from Pixabay First published in translunar travellers lounge in February 2025 All These Inscriptions Are for Me by Carol Scheina On the outside, there was no indication that the warehouse down the street from my […]Cast of Wonders 688: Forestborn
Author : Sylvia Heike Narrator : Ville Meriläinen Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Andrew Jack First published in Gamut in February 2017. Image by Jerzy from Pixabay Forestborn by Sylvia Heike “I am …
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Author : Sylvia Heike Narrator : Ville Meriläinen Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Andrew Jack First published in Gamut in February 2017. Image by Jerzy from Pixabay Forestborn by Sylvia Heike “I am forestborn,” the girl with a wild bird’s nest for hair said to me. “I can’t live in houses.” I thought […]Cast of Wonders 687: Little Wonders 50 – Quest Tropes
Authors : David Hankins and Lisa Para Narrators : Matt Dovey and Alethea Kontis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 687: Little Wonders 50 – Quest Tropes is a Cast of Wonders …
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Authors : David Hankins and Lisa Para Narrators : Matt Dovey and Alethea Kontis Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 687: Little Wonders 50 – Quest Tropes is a Cast of Wonders original. The Last Quest of Corbin the Coward was originally published in Factor Four Magazine, June 2022. […]Cast of Wonders 686: The Marrow Gatherer and the Rotten One
Author : Nichole L. Lightner Narrator : Katrin Kania Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 686: The Marrow Gatherer and the Rotten One is a Cast of Wonders original. Content …
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Author : Nichole L. Lightner Narrator : Katrin Kania Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 686: The Marrow Gatherer and the Rotten One is a Cast of Wonders original. Content warning: horror themes, gaslighting, gore, power asymmetries, pyrrhic victories. Image by biglinker from Pixabay The Marrow Gatherer and the […]Cast of Wonders 685: Sunset at the Western Front
Author : Christine Lucas Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack First published in ZBN Presents & ZBN Presents Year 2 in July 2024 Image by Iris,Helen,silvy from Pixabay …
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Author : Christine Lucas Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack First published in ZBN Presents & ZBN Presents Year 2 in July 2024 Image by Iris,Helen,silvy from Pixabay War. Multiple f-words. Sunset at the Western Front by Christine Lucas Millie craned her neck from behind the rusted bench […]Cast of Wonders 684: Little Wonders 49 – Aging Memories
Authors : Nadia Radovich and Mia Xuan Narrators : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) and Rish Outfield Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 684: Little Wonders 49 – Aging Memories is a …
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Authors : Nadia Radovich and Mia Xuan Narrators : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) and Rish Outfield Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 684: Little Wonders 49 – Aging Memories is a Cast of Wonders original. Death, terminal illness, dementia. Some f-words. The Girl Detective by Nadia Radovich You: twelve, […]Cast of Wonders 683: Born of the Mountain’s Chill
Author : Louise Hughes Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in The Future Fire in May 2025 Image by Celio Nicoli from Pixabay Colonialism Born of …
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Author : Louise Hughes Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in The Future Fire in May 2025 Image by Celio Nicoli from Pixabay Colonialism Born of the Mountain’s Chill by Louise Hughes I was born on a day of deepest cold, on a mountain wrapped in […]Cast of Wonders 682: The Bear Wife
Author : Catherine George Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Episode art from an image by ImaArtist from Pixabay First published in Metaphorosis in February 2019 …
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Author : Catherine George Narrator : Samantha Loney Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Episode art from an image by ImaArtist from Pixabay First published in Metaphorosis in February 2019 This story can be read as a postpartum depression allegory The Bear Wife by Catherine George The bear wife took the cub […]Cast of Wonders 681: Little Wonders 48 – Coping Mechanisms
Authors : E. M. Linden and Elisabeth Ring Narrators : Dan Carter and Valerie Valdes Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 681: Little Wonders 48 – Coping Mechanisms is a Cast of …
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Authors : E. M. Linden and Elisabeth Ring Narrators : Dan Carter and Valerie Valdes Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Andrew Jack Cast of Wonders 681: Little Wonders 48 – Coping Mechanisms is a Cast of Wonders original. Episode art adapted from an image by Hello Cdd20 from Pixabay A Chest Full of […]
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