A story for the book-lovers, with hope: "Your Hold is ready, by Laura Duerr @lduerr.bsky.social #upbeatreading #yashortstory #yaspeculativefiction #castofwonders

Check out “Tornado Breakers Don’t Cry” by Stefan Alcalá Slater from @flashfictionmag,
“My Mother’s Voice and Shadow” by @awprihandita.bsky.social from @CastOfWonders, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo here - locusmag.com/2025/01...

Check out @ClowderofTwo’s short fiction recommendations: “Park’s All-Night Ramyun and Snack Emporium” by Seoung Kim from @CastOfWonders and “The Ng Yut Queen (The 五 月 Queen)” by @elizachanwrites from Worlds of Possibility locusmag.com/2023/10...

Both @castofwonders.bsky.social and we are open for submissions at the moment. Here is an excellent summary (from the Other Place) as to what you should send where.

The important thing to remember is that you must never, under any circumstances, cross the streams.

I feel like castofwonders qualifies.

https://www.castofwonders.org/about-us/

My story didn’t make it past the first stage *sniffs* BUT, if you liked it anyway, why not pop over to the EA forum <a href="http://forum.escapeartists.net" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://forum.escapeartists.net and help vote for the finalists of the @CastOfWonders Flash Fiction...

I got to host an episode of #CastofWonders last month! Have a listen to my Staff Pick, with my commentary on the story at the end. It's a very sweet one by @liamjhogan.bsky.social, narrated by @mattdovey.com.

www.castofwonders.org/2025/01/cast...

“Bodies of Sand and Blood” by @plangdi_neple from @CastOfWonders, “Chug the Tea Leaves, Chuck the Ads” by @timchawaga from @escapepodcast, and more short fic recs from @ClowderofTwo here - locusmag.com/2024/08...

Join as @ClowderofTwo reviews short fiction from @SmallwondersSFF, @flashfictionmag, and @CastOfWonders locusmag.com/2024/09...

I'm delighted to say that my narration of "The Liar" by the brilliant #darcielittlebadger is now available on Episode 651 of the #castofwonders #Podcast. #fantasy #horror #sff

https://www.castofwonders.org/2025/09/cast-of-wonders-651-the-liar/

Story acceptance, yay! And it’s @CastOfWonders so it will be READ OUT by one of their fabulous narrators!! 😃😃😃

Out of the @CastOfWonders #flashfiction competition at the semis. Ah well! I got some votes, and at least one person said I made them laugh out loud, so that’s something! Congratulations to the finalists, and to everyone else, may your stories live on to fight another day!

Lalalala here’s my bestest Christmas present this year! My story is going to be on the awesome @CastOfWonders narrated by the lovely @AlasdairStuart & Chloe Yates and Alasdair is basically exactly the voice I imagined and I can’t wait to hear their voices doing my voices 😀😀😀

Happy #InternationalPodcastDay to @EAPodcasts and their family of...
@PodCastle_org 🐉
@Pseudopod_org 🦑
@CastOfWonders 🎭
@escapepodcast 🚀

ICYMI, and I really should have made this point before, featuring quotes from @mattdoveywriter and @chesneycat @CastOfWonders

Available on the app, https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/writers-forum-magazine/id391759249 (also Google version), in paper (!) format at
@WHSmith
or...

I THINK I have managed to write an article about podcasts that doesn’t suggest it’s a new idea 😉 @AlasdairStuart @TangentReviews @EAPodcasts @CastOfWonders #WritersForumMagazine https://writers-forum.com

We need stories. If you can’t stomach a book right now, try one of these. Lose yourself in another world for a bit.

@Pseudopod_org
<a href="http://www.pseudopod.org" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.pseudopod.org

@escapepodcast
<a href="http://escapepod.org" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://escapepod.org

@CastOfWonders
<a href="http://www.castofwonders.org" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.castofwonders.org

@PodCastle_org
<a href="http://podcastle.org" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://podcastle.org

This is one of those moments where I almost wish it wasn't all anonymous, so that I could get in touch and say, hey, you, yes, you, send your stuff to @CastOfWonders please? Quick, now. Off you go.

So um... @CastOfWonders closing on the 10th means... midnight BST on the 10th? Asking for a friend.

Hey @CastOfWonders I heard something about a flash fiction contest... 😁

Phew. Just got my entry into the @CastOfWonders @EAPodcasts #FlashFiction competition. Nothing like leaving things until the last *checks notes* seven-and-a-half hours, is there? 😄

Hey @EAPodcasts @escapepodcast @CastOfWonders @PodCastle_org @Pseudopod_org when's the next flash fiction contest? And whose turn is it? Dragon, is it you?

Hey @CastOfWonders @PodCastle_org I’m trying to track down a story in which a girl had webs in and on her mouth, increasingly silencing her. I thought it was @Pseudopod_org but now I think it might be one of you two… 😄 Any ideas?

This story of mine, A Little Something for Christmas, was published on @CastOfWonders three years ago. I’m very fond of it. It’s narrated by the wonderful @AlasdairStuart & @shloobee. If you’ve never heard it, give it a listen! x

@PseudoPod_org @CastOfWonders