Staff Picks – Cast of Wonders

Cast of Wonders 679: Sometimes It Happens That Way (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:21:56 +0000

Author : Jamie Lackey Narrator : Jason Arquin Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 631, February 2025 Sometimes it happens that way by Jamie Lackey I stood on the platform bundled up in one of my pa’s old work coats, its stained, fraying cuffs hanging well […]

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Cast of Wonders 678: It Grows Back (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:34:05 +0000

Author : Grant Collier Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Jeremy Carter Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 662, October 2025 Broken bones, body horror, monster under the bed. It Grows Back by Grant Collier When Billy was four, a tall construction man’s arm broke beside the street. Billy was […]

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Cast of Wonders 677: Your Hold is Ready (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:00:20 +0000

Author : Laura Duerr Narrator : Dani Cutler Host : Andrew Jack Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 658, October 2025 homophobia, censorship, fascist dystopia Your Hold Is Ready by Laura Duerr The news is spreading. We try to keep working through our English tests, but it’s becoming impossible to […]

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Cast of Wonders 676: A Siren Stranded in a Sea of Grass (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:07:56 +0000

Author : Courtney Farr Narrator : Jo Moran Host : Ryn Yee Audio Producers : Andrew Jack and Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 665, November 2025 Content note: transphobia and queerphobia, family intolerance A Siren Stranded in a Sea of Grass by Courtney Farr 1. Sowing The Great Plains can be disorientatingly […]

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Cast of Wonders 675: Habitat (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:16:29 +0000

Author : Juliette Beauchamp Narrator : Alexis Goble Host : Denise Sudell Audio Producers : Andrew Jack and Jeremy Carter Image by Kohji Asakawa from Pixabay First published as Cast of Wonders 652, September 2025 spider-like creatures Habitat by Juliette Beauchamp The orb appeared on a Friday. Just popped up in the northeast corner of […]

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Cast of Wonders 674: Witches Racing Cars (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:41:35 +0000

Author : Nadav Schul-Kutas Narrator : Alicia Atkins Host : Adri Joy Audio Producers : Jeremy Carter and Andrew Jack Image adapted from a photo by JAMES OKAJA from Pixabay First published as Cast of Wonders 650, August 2025 Witches Racing Cars by Nadav Schul-Kutas A small crew is waiting at the starting line. They’re […]

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Cast of Wonders 673: Chloe Chew and the Museum of Undead Art (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:05:40 +0000

Author : Olivia B. Chan Narrator : S. Qiouyi Lu Host : Rebecca Ahn Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 645 in July 2025. Image by Camila Denleschi from Pixabay Chloe Chew and the Museum of Undead Art by Olivia B. Chan In Chloe Chew’s suffocating hometown, there’s only one […]

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Cast of Wonders 672: Feeding Spirits (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:46 +0000

Author : Emmi Khor Narrator : Tanya Jade Host : Alicia Caporaso Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published as Cast of Wonders 642, June 2025 Friendly haunting, bereavement Feeding Spirits by Emmi Khor What does one feed a hungry ancestor? Fish and chips, chicken parmi, or steak pie didn’t seem like something my recently […]

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Cast of Wonders 671: Poets of Painswick (Staff Picks 2025)

Katherine Inskip — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:18:51 +0000

Author : Kate Francia Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Amy Brennan Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in Augur Magazine issue 6.2 in December 2023. Poets of Painswick by Kate Francia Monday, 1st of June Dear Mama, I am sorry to tell you that Fanny is out hunting Poets again. It’s such a […]

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Cast of Wonders 628: The Bookstore at the End of America (Staff Picks 2024)

Katherine Inskip — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:16:34 +0000

Author : Charlie Jane Anders Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Ryn Yee Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in the anthology A People’s Future of the United States edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams, and in Cast of Wonders 593 in July 2024 Image by Mirko Stödter from Pixabay War, political […]

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