Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNaomi Kanakia | A Coward’s Death
Well, the 101,201st Emperor needed some levies to build a huge statue of himself, so he said, “Okay, all of my recently subjugated peoples: If you’ve…
7 years, 11 months ago
Bogi Takács | Four-Point Affective Calibration
Of course I can be angry. But I wear a headscarf. The moment I’m angry, you put me in your mental box labeled “TERRORIST” in neat, tidy small capital…
7 years, 11 months ago
Cassandra Khaw | The Quiet Like a Homecoming
Travel to Scandinavia if you can, the older cats told me, the queens in their raftered kingdoms. The coffee there, they said, is bitter as an old lie…
7 years, 11 months ago
Sarah Pinsker | The Court Magician
The boy who will become court magician this time is not a cruel child. Not like the last one, or the one before her. He never stole money from Blind …
7 years, 11 months ago
Susan Jane Bigelow | The Eyes of the Flood
The river’s in flood again, and it feels like a blessing from God. You emerge from your home, built with wood and plastic scraps of ancient towns, an…
7 years, 11 months ago
José Pablo Iriarte | The Substance of My Lives, the Accidents of Our Births
I seem to make an outcast of myself every time I’m a teenager. Which is fine, I guess. I’ll take one good dog and one good friend over being a phony …
8 years ago
Adam-Troy Castro | The Streets of Babel
The city surrounded him while he slept. He had been fleeing it for four days. Long before its walls became visible, it was a grayish smudge on the ho…
8 years ago
Mari Ness | You Will Never Know What Opens
One of the doors in the closet, behind the boxes, leads to a harsh desert world. The first time you stepped through, you didn’t bring water, and near…
8 years ago
Cadwell Turnbull | A Third of the Stars of Heaven
Henrietta followed the receptionist down the hall of Schneider Hospital. The woman’s keys jangled as she walked, mixing with the echoing clicks of He…
8 years ago
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor | The House at the End of the Lane Is Dreaming
Your name is Alex and you live in a small town at the edge of the sea. You have a sister and two parents and no pets. In your town, everyone follows …
8 years, 1 month ago