Read by Danielle Daly Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Alethea Kontis’ story, Small Magics. Alethea helped us start Cast of Wonders with her story The Unicorn Tree, all the way back in Episode 2; I recommend you go back and listen to it if you...

Read by Tina Connolly Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Jessie Bishop Powell’s story, Loma’ai. Jessie Bishop Powell has been writing since age 10. Her favorite authors include Dianna Wynne Jones, Tamora Pierce, and Neil Gaiman. She holds a Master’s Degree in English from the University...

Read by M K Hobson Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Jess Hyslop’s story, The Giant Who Dreamed of Summer. You may remember Jess’ wonderful story To Be True, which was Episodes 11 and 12 of Cast of Wonders. Jess lives in Cambridge, UK, where she...

Read by Norm Sherman Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Tom Howard’s story, The Long Cut. Tom is a short story writer from Little Rock, Arkansas. Of this story Tom says, “My four children are the inspiration for this story as I was frequently lost when...

Read by Graeme Dunlop Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Lance Schonberg’s story, Dragonomics. Learning from his children how to follow his dreams again, Lance has long since allowed his writing to tip over the border into obsession, and typically has too many writing projects in...

Read by Graeme Dunlop Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Alex Shvartsman’s story, The Field Trip. Alex is a writer and game designer whose short stories appeared or are forthcoming at Nature, IGMS, Galaxy’s Edge, and many other ‘zines and anthologies. His adventures so far have...

Read by Graeme Dunlop Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Jeff Samson’s story, Gods of Stone. Jeff makes a living as a copywriter with an ad agency in NYC. He brews Irish stout when he’s not writing science fiction and fantasy, and often drinks it when...

Read by Graeme Dunlop Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Aidan Doyle’s story, Mr. Nine and the Gentleman Ghost, which was originally published on the Weird Tales web site. Aidan’s been with before; he wrote Episode 31, Inksucker. Aidan is an Australian writer and computer programmer...

Read by Graeme Dunlop Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Edward Ahern’s story, The Dun Horse. Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He has his original wife, but advises that after 45 years they are both out of...

Read by Marguerite Kenner Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Rick Kennett’s story, Now Cydonia. Rick works in the transport industry in Melbourne, Australia as possibly the longest serving motorcycle courier in the world, now pushing 33 years on the road. He’s been writing SF and...

Read by Kate Baker Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present A Song for the Season by Eliza Hirsch. Eliza is an amateur writer of both adult and YA horror, science fiction and fantasy. When she’s not writing, she’s reading. When not doing either of those, she’s...

Listen above or download here. Barry: Hi, this is Barry J. Northern with an important announcement for Cast of Wonders listeners. Don’t worry: we’re not going anywhere — in fact I have recently taken steps to ensure that we continue to bring you high quality YA stories every week by...

Read by Graeme Dunlop Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab from a book called Japanese Fairy Tales (published 1908) compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Born in 1871, she translated Japanese short stories and fairy tales. They are thought...

Read by Graeme Dunlop. Listen above or download here. Show Notes Today we present Chapter 6 of our ongoing series, The Great Game by James Vachowski. This chapter is: When Stars Fall. We’ve given James’ bio before in previous episodes so check them for details. Or, head on over to...