Cast of Wonders

"Big evil is cheap, lazy, unimaginative. Release a deadly plague. Steal a continent. Shoot the moon with a giant laser. Everyone pays attention, everyone screams, and the supers come and there’s a showdown and a monologue and sharks. Blah blah blah. Where’s the art in that?"

Cast of Wonders 707: The Discipline of Small Evil by Arthur H Manners narrated by Dennis Robinson audio production by Andrew Jack www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

General subs update: our first readers have finished reading reprint submissions with 21 stories moving on to Stage 2. Now prioritising stories by young authors and flash submissions.

Please read the Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries before rushing to judgement, and bear in mind that any organisation defending a group's rights has to be involved in discussion with powerful interests making decisions in order to do that. societyofauthors.org/charter-of-e...

There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth

State of the Slushpile (general subs) We received 570 submissions, and have 445 still under consideration, 13 of which are through to Stage 2. We're currently focused on the reprint and flash submissions - hoping to clear the reprints in Stage 1 over the next week.

Our fourth and final episode for #BannedBooksWeek - Cast of Wonders 706: The Little Free Library at the End of the World by @sallysultzman.bsky.social narrated by Dan Carter produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

New story day for my very brilliant friend Kehkashan Khalid! Everything she writes is my new favorite thing she’s ever written. I loved this tender tribute to the power of connection and stories in strange, violent times. www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

Aaaaaaaa my story is out in my dream market 😍🥹

Cast of Wonders 705: Trade you for the Beans by Kehkashan Khalid narrated by Bill Carson hosted by Alicia Caporaso produced by Andrew Jack CW: bullying, colonisation Our third story for #BannedBooksWeek. www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

Cast of Wonders 704: The Fourth Hero of Ouroboros by Erin Keating narrated by Stephanie Malia Morris produced by Jeremy Carter Our second story for Banned Books Week! www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

Cast of Wonders 703: Your Magic School Admittance Letter Never Arrives by Maya Prasad narrated by Katherine Inskip produced by Andrew Jack hosted by Alicia Caporaso #BannedBooksWeek www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Escape Pod, PodCastle, Cast of Wonders, and Diabolical Plots: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...

Coming soon - our Banned Books Week event. A sneak preview of the first two episodes of four!

Cast of Wonders 702: A Starry Sort of Hope by young author Torrance Elizabeth narrated by @darthj.uno produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social www.castofwonders.org/2026/10/cast... CW: death and grief

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

Cast of Wonders 701: His voice is a beast, wild it runs by Nathan Susnik narrated by Ben Gideon produced by Jeremy Carter www.castofwonders.org/2026/09/cast... CW: fist-fighting, hunting scenes, domestic violence

Cast of Wonders 700: Perfect Statues and their Broken Shapers by @adrianwardwrites.bsky.social narrated by @alasdairstuart.com produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social www.castofwonders.org/2026/09/cast... CW: child abandonment and abuse, war, deliberate injury, scenes of surgery

Cast of Wonders 699: Little Wonders 53 - Doomed Relationships www.castofwonders.org/2026/09/cast... CW: post-apocalypse; prejudice

Just recognised a story we declined 3 years ago from the title alone. I have no idea why my memory can do this, but it can. Um, don't do this? We will not re-consider rejected stories unless we specifically invited a resubmission.

I love that my local bookstore has a banned book table. 

escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/... We open to general submissions in a little under 30 mins. Don't self-reject Do read the guidelines

escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/... We open to general submissions in a little under 30 mins. Don't self-reject Do read the guidelines

Cast of Wonders 698: The Green Man's Guest by @julietemckenna.bsky.social narrated by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social www.castofwonders.org/2026/09/cast...

Cast of Wonders 697: Little Wonders 52 - Modern Myths featuring stories by Rachel Gutin and Gina Palma narrated by Elizabeth Green and Yaroslav Barsukov hosted by Amy Brennan produced by Andrew Jack www.castofwonders.org/2026/09/cast...

Cast of Wonders 696: The Purpose of a Pyromaniac Descendent by Wen Wen Yang narrated by Pine Gonzalez hosted by Alicia Caporaso produced by Jeremy Carter First published in Tales & Feathers, February 2025 www.castofwonders.org/2026/08/cast...

Cast of Wonders 695 - Goldenrod by A. James narrated by Katie Gill hosted by Alicia Caporaso produced by Jeremy Carter www.castofwonders.org/2026/08/cast... CW: non-graphic body horror #YoungAuthor

Cast of Wonders 694 - Ready to be Seen by K J Isley narrated by Katherine Inskip produced by Jeremy Carter Our birthday episode - Cast of Wonders has been on stage for 15 years! www.castofwonders.org/2026/08/cast...

Bit of a backlog in announcing episodes, oopsie...

Submissions window is now closed! Audition doors are now shut until September 15the when we will open for 15 days to general submissions

So my very first narration EVER was published 15 years ago today on @castofwonders.org! A Proof of Unicorns by Elizabeth Creith This was also just the 6th episode, hosted @ the time by @kibitzer.bsky.social who took a chance on my voice & I am forever grateful www.castofwonders.org/2011/08/epis...

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Cast of Wonders 693: Twenty-Four Hours by H H Pak narrated by Rebecca Ahn produced by Andrew Jack www.castofwonders.org/2026/08/cast...

Award time - today my final thoughts on the Clarke Award Shortlist nominees - an interesting exercise this year www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/8/...

Narrator Search: Spanish (European) female voice artist, preferably young-sounding (teen to late twenties) for 5k story. Sound like you? Please get in touch! Token payment ($30).

Hi fam! Spread the news far and wide! We are OPEN FOR OUR YOUNG AUTHORS WINDOW until the end of the month :)

TOMORROW at noon PDT is the deadline for Hugo voting! I'd love it if you'd consider "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", my howl of rage about people stonewalling over easy accessibility solutions. It's also got a catharsis. And superhero puns.

Did you want to listen to "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" read by an actual professional narrator? Here you go! Come for the superhero puns, stay for the rage and catharsis about ableism.