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PodCastle 678: Once and Future
Daily Science Fiction is an on-line magazine specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and everything in between. A new story is published every weekday and sent to subscribers via e-mail, and stories appear a week later on dailysciencefiction.com.PodCastle 550: The Last Exorcist - PodCastle
The Last Exorcist by Danny Lore Authorβs Note: This piece was commissioned and then declined by a prominent magazine. The only information that has been altered/omitted are locations, as those have been deemed a national security risk. Re-post and share at will. Naheem is our last great exorcist. When you point this fact out to β¦
PodCastle 546: For the Removal of Unwanted Guests - PodCastle
PodCastle 546: For the Removal of Unwanted Guests
PodCastle 548: Daniel - PodCastle
Ellie watches her husband from the front porch. He makes a lean shadow against the twilight, his arms outstretched, his heels lifting from the ground and dropping again. The wind rustles the branches of the trees overhead, their limbs picked clean oβ¦
PodCastle 549: Fixer, Worker, Singer - PodCastle
PodCastle 549: Fixer, Worker, Singer
PodCastle 552: The Watchers - PodCastle
PodCastle 552: The Watchers
PodCastle 553: Grounded Women Never Fly - PodCastle
PodCastle 553: Grounded Women Never Fly
PC028: The Tanuki-Kettle
The Tanuki-Kettle by Eugie Foster As she opened the door, Hisa was surprised to see an iron kettle sitting on her step. It had a large, round belly and four stumpy legs. The spout was wide and curved like a foxβs mouth with two round, black eyes above it. And most curious, a pair of β¦
PodCastle 63: Daughter of Botu | PodCastle
By Eugie Foster. Read by Diane Severson. When we reached the south entrance, Nai-nai stopped. βAn-ying, there is great passion in you,β she said. βA blessing and a curse, I have always maintained, that you were born in both the year and the hour of the rabbit but also beneath the auspice of fire. Fire β¦
PodCastle 105: Honored Guest | PodCastle
Honored Guest by Ellen Kushner I have met very few evil people in my life, but my grandmother is one of them. When my mother died, Omama told my father that she would support him and my brother and me, but only if he gave up all his and my motherβs friends, her family and β¦
PodCastle 184: Black Swan, White Swan | PodCastle
Black Swan, White Swan by Eugie Foster Concentric circles lap beneath the dockβs wooden planks. A swan floats out, its shining plumage driving the waterβs void back. βThereβs a man across the way.β The swan fixes Delia with polished onyx eyes. βSometimes heβs a lighthouse and sometimes heβs a train, but silence doesnβt scare him.β β¦
PodCastle Miniature 45: When Shakko Did Not Lie | PodCastle
When Shakko Did Not Lie by Eugie Foster The maidenβs amber eyes glowed in the moonlight. A single tear glistened and rained down her moon-white face. βDonβt cry, lovely one,β Shakko barked, alarmed. The maiden lifted the sleeve of her jasmine-yellow kimono and dabbed at her eyes. βWhy should I not cry?β she asked. βMy champion says β¦
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PodCastle 437: The Cruelest Team Will Win | PodCastle
The Cruelest Team Will Win by Mike Allen A spider with a leg span wider than my outstretched hand squeezed out from the space behind the light switch, and spread its wings. I froze, my finger still on the toggle. Behind me the dust-draped ceiling fan hummed to life, the light bulb beneath it flicking on β¦
PodCastle 433: Telling Stories | PodCastle
Telling Stories by Sandra M. Odell Sam knew there would be trouble the night the saguaro came to call. βEvening,β she said, and stepped aside for her unexpected guest. The cactus scrunched down as far as it could and skittered through the door on its roots, bringing with it the breath of rocks, sage brush, and β¦
PodCastle 194: Their Changing Bodies | PodCastle
Their Changing Bodies by Alaya Dawn Johnson Judy had been painfully aware of him since her arrival two weeks ago, when she had seen him across the mess hall. They talked a little, but Judy hadnβt been prepared for his appearance or his popularity. She hadnβt expected him to change quite so much. Judy had β¦
PodCastle 259: The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz | PodCastle
The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz by Rae Carson and C.C. Finlay Scraps, the patchwork girl, witnessed the wizardβs arrival. She sat beneath a tree watching the most spectacular show ever performed by a summer sky. White clouds swirled above an emerald colored sky like whipped marshmallow topping on a glass bowl full of lime β¦
PodCastle 462, ARTEMIS RISING: Stay | PodCastle
Stay by K.C. Ball An almost-bass voice said something I didnβt catch. Higher voices giggled, then five kids moved out of the shadows into the hard light of the parking lot. Two boys, three girls; none a day beyond eighteen. Bumping against each other. Laughing for no reason. At ease and full of life, the β¦
PodCastle Miniature 48: An Invitation via Email | PodCastle
An Invitation via Email by Mike Allen Some of the asides in your article made me realize (Gods, can I be dense sometimes) that when you spoke of concerns about βarcane ritesβ in response to the invite to my Halloween party the next evening, that you possibly werenβt kidding and perhaps had some genuine anxieties. β¦
PodCastle 324: Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy | PodCastle
Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy by Saladin Ahmed I do not know how he brought us to this land of blood and iron masks. I know only that I am a real man trapped in a mad landscape of living lessons. My brothers and I were spirited here from my home inβ¦Damascus? Yes, praise be β¦
PodCastle 514, ARTEMIS RISING: My Heart the Bullet in the Chamber - PodCastle
My Heart the Bullet in the Chamber by Stephanie Charette They said I wouldnβt feel anything from the waist down but that was a lie from the first contraction. Yet when the good doctor took away the baby β healthy, crying β and offered that blood-christened Spencer Repeater in her place, I cradled its stock β¦
PodCastle 512, ARTEMIS RISING: Scar Clan - PodCastle
Scar Clan by Carrow Narby Sage doesnβt ask me to go with her when the call comes in. She doesnβt say anything at all except, βItβs Thunderhead again.β She ducks into coveralls, tosses some shovels into the bucket truck, and speeds away. We call it the βbucketβ because of how we use it. Itβs not β¦
PodCastle 565, ARTEMIS RISING: I Am Fire; I Am Tears - PodCastle
Ulykke crouched in the darkness, just beyond the sunrayβs reach. Before her, along the forest path, an entourage of huntresses passed on horseback, armed with arrows and blades of finest silver and armor too strong for even Ulykkeβs teeth to pierce. Among them, on a dappled-gray mare, rode the princess Dania herself: beloved ruler of β¦
PodCastle 564, ARTEMIS RISING: One More Song - PodCastle
One More Song By Eliza Chan After Mira closed the door the selkie shed her skin, leaving the mottled grey fur in a heap like stepped-out-of work clothes. Mira handed her one of the many robes hanging on the hat stand and kept her eyes on her blue and green rug, only catching glimpses of β¦
PodCastle 664: Wytchen Wood - PodCastle
PodCastle 666: Reading Dead Lips β Part 2 - PodCastle
PodCastle 665: Reading Dead Lips β Part 1 - PodCastle
PodCastle 667: Clouds in a Clear Blue Sky - PodCastle
PodCastle 668: Circle of Memories - PodCastle