2021 Oppression wants to cover our lives in a blanket of darkness, but each small act of resistance, each defiant moment of hope, brings light to our shared spaces. 26th September to 2nd October, 2021 is Banned Books Week, an annual international event celebrating the freedom to read and raising awareness of the immense social […]
Hello everyone. In case you are eligible to nominate and/or vote for genre fiction awards, here for your consideration are the stories first published by Cast of Wonders in 2017. All of these stories fall into the Short Story category for both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Cast of Wonders is eligible for the Best […]
FOR by Sandra M. Odell Maggie Alvarez leaned against the counter of the dry goods store to get a better look inside John’s satchel. Was that a book beneath the flap? Had to be. Dingy white cover, faded black letters along the cracked spine. All her life she’d watched Lessonkeepers hurl books on the bonfires […]
Hello everyone, this is Alasdair, the voice of Escape Artists. This is our 2016 metacast to present the stories we ran in 2015 which are eligible in the upcoming Hugo nomination season. First, a quick plug four ourselves. All four EA shows – Podcastle, Pseudopod, Escapepod and Cast of Wonders – are themselves eligible in […]
A Troll’s Trade by Sandra M. Odell Maybe I should have listened to me mudder, been a mason or a carpenter, but I was young, hornstrong, determined to make me own way. “A what?” she said, and stirred the stew so hard the pot tumbled right off the fire and spilled into the river. I […]
The Dictionary’s Apprentice by Sandra M. Odell The narrow streets of Gretchentown echoed with barking dogs and late evening front stoop conversations as Johnny-J made his way to the rally grounds. He circled twice to be certain no one saw him before hurrying to the burn piles. The air was bitter with sulfur and char. […]
March 2018 will mark the fourth year of Artemis Rising, the annual showcase of women and non-binary authors across the Escape Artists’s podcasts. This year the month of stories will be edited by Dani Daly and Katherine Inskip, with assistant editor Alexis Goble. Submissions for original short fiction will run September 1-30, 2017, via our […]