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2012 Parsec Award finalist for best SF/Fantasy Magazine Podcast. New and Audio Vault fiction short stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies, a Hugo Award and World Fantasy Award finalist online magazine of literary adventure fantasy. Our authors include Aliette de Bodard, Yoon Ha Lee, Marie Brennan, Set…

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    The Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction Podcasts is a remarkable podcast that brings to life a variety of literary adventure fantasy stories. The collaboration between the narrators and storytellers is superb, creating an immersive experience for listeners. The podcast explores a world similar to ours, where each being has a limited view of the whole, resulting in fragmented perspectives of reality. It delves into the concept of being trapped by these limits of view and experience, providing thought-provoking narratives. The diversity of the stories and the originality of their ideas make this podcast a true gem.

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    Another great aspect is the quality production of the podcast. The intro with horse whinnying sets the tone perfectly and adds a comforting touch. The narration is top-notch, with talented narrators bringing depth and emotion to each story. Listeners are able to fully immerse themselves in the worlds created by these stories due to their high-quality delivery.

    While there aren't many negatives about this podcast, one minor downside could be that not all episodes may be to everyone's taste. However, this can also be seen as a positive since it offers a wide variety of material for listeners with varying preferences.

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    BCS 347: Unbeaten

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 19:01


    By Grace Seybold, from Issue #432 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Summer Fletcher.I would be a sword no longer.More info »

    BCS 346: The Tale of How You Were Born

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 20:00


    By Eleanor Elizabeth Fog, from Issue #431 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Of all the follies I'd expected, this wasn't one of them. “You want to carry this parcel that's been dumped on you without having any say in the matter?”More info »

    BCS 345: The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 34:00


    By Jelena Dunato, from Issue #429 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.He approached Katarina in one smooth move, too fast for her eyes to follow. He smelled of wet leaves and dark forest earth.More info »

    BCS 344: Tea for Truth, Mango for Memory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 28:53


    By Nicole L. Soper Gorden, from Issue #427 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.But no visitor here would dare turn her in, whether they left with a cloud or not.More info »

    BCS 343: Into Duty, Into Longing, Into Sparrows

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 25:13


    By Nne Ukwu & Somto Ihezue, from Issue #425 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Opeyemi Ogundiran.They put you in a room with the other girls—soon to be brides like yourself.More info »

    BCS 342: Half Drowned

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 36:15


    By S.L. Harris, from Issue #423 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineI can't stand the thought of Annemarie flopped on the lake floor, the last thought stamped forever on her mind that no one would come for her.More info »

    BCS 341: Speaking the Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 29:31


    By Thomas Bales, from Issue #421 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineThey say that if I stop speaking, the sun will not rise.More info »

    BCS 340: Three Drops in the River

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 27:57


    By Marissa Lingen, from Issue #418 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.It was fair enough, but Alor couldn't say he fancied sleeping on a stone bridge with a lion and no naiads below.More info »

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    BCS 338: Nine Tenths of the Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 72:00


    By K.J. Parker, from Issue #417, Sixteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Heath Miller.Someone yelling inside my head gives me a migraine for the rest of the day.More info »

    BCS 339: Black Wine From the Slopes of Dawn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 31:11


    By Rajiv Moté, from Issue #417, Sixteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Michael J. DeLuca.The necromancers' wine wasn't merely dark; it sat in the cup like glistening black oil.More info »

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    BCS 336: After We Kill Our Father and Before We Reach the Mainland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 36:29


    By Max Franciscovich, from Issue #416 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.We are what he made us; you must know this.More info »

    BCS 335: Conversation with a Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 20:42


    By Cat Rambo, from Issue #414 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Cat Rambo, the author.“I don't know if anyone would have gone in search after this dragon if it hadn't been for the girl.”More info »

    BCS 336: At the Stopping Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 20:32


    By Grace Seybold, from Issue #414 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Folly Blaine.Jinnie, since it was clear no-one was paying attention to her, darted out to scrub away the human's footprints.More info »

    BCS 334: The Wicks Whisper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 23:47


    By Emily C. Skaftun, from Issue #411 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Even so, I'm tempted to light my new soul candle. Mom.More info »

    BCS 333: An Uncanny Patch and Uncanny Hole: The Final Account from the Records of Ptaten, Imperial Surveyor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 21:08


    By Cara Masten DiGirolamo, from Issue #409 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.The hole would not have lingered with me if I had not once before seen a map marred with an unexpected hole that aligned with a place that had developed strange properties.More info »

    BCS 332: Gods and Monsters and Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 23:52


    By J. Bridges, from Issue #407 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.He was a shell of his former self by the time I found him.More info »

    BCS 331: A Pilgrimage to the God of High Places

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 24:35


    By Marissa Lingen, from Issue #406 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.I could have refused. A year earlier, two years, I would have.More info »

    BCS 330: A Reflection of Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 24:55


    By Liana Richmond, from Issue #405 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Maxine L. Moore.He had taken hold of her, shooing away the fish pulling off bits of her softened flesh, and had guided her to shore.More info »

    BCS 329: The Coffee of Torcat

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 18:37


    By Devin Miller, from Issue #404 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Maxine L. Moore."I drank a cup of ordinary coffee once with the Archduke of Holal," Osa said to the girl. "I need to drink it again."More info »

    BCS 328: The Dust Eater

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 40:41


    By Adam Breckenridge, from Issue #403 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Ash may be ash, but it still has a soul, and the shreds of Offas that had been reborn in me sung to the ashes' tune.More info »

    BCS 327: Tell the King

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 51:09


    By Natalia Theodoridou, from Issue #401 – Science-Fantasy Month 7 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.I imagine my King on the spaceship that would take us away from the only home we've ever known in search of a new one. Most of us will live, but the King will die.More info »

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    BCS 326: The Rug-Maker and the Wonder Collector

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 13:21


    By Emily McIntyre, from Issue #400 – Science-Fantasy Month 7 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.The black pupil—property of XCorp, almost human but not quite, recording every curly hair that falls over my face, every flutter of my breath, every tremble of my lips.More info »

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    BCS 325: Doctor Souvenir

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 29:43


    By Elly Bangs, from Issue #400 – Science-Fantasy Month 7 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Summer Fletcher.But what kind of weapon could possibly be made out of bittersweet memory?More info »

    BCS 324: Willow Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 21:32


    By Linda Niehoff, from Issue #398 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Music like that doesn't belong inside. It belongs to outside in the night. Quivering in the air with every crawling thing.More info »

    BCS 323: What Will Bring You Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 17:20


    By Jenny Rae Rappaport, from Issue #396 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.At the table with you are three fairies, their clothing just as ridiculous and just as shimmering as your own.More info »

    BCS 322: Something That Has Never Touched the Ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 11:56


    By Marilyn Hope, from Issue #394 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Cat Rambo.Rang has wielded a bow since he was eight, and taking his aim at the King is a sleek and innate motion, like brushing Sunder's dark hair behind one ear to rest his lips on his temple.More info »

    BCS 321: The Four Gifts of Empress Lessa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 15:45


    By Myna Chang, from Issue #393 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.My ghost is trapped in this bedchamber, much as I was in life.More info »

    BCS 320: The Light of Setting Suns

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 39:22


    By Samuel Chapman, from Issue #392, Fifteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson and Michael J. DeLuca.An incredible silence ensues. Cyfris lets the quiet stretch on long enough for Dovan to know she has caught him.More info »

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    BCS 319: Where the River Comes From

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 26:39


    By Kaitlyn Zivanovich, from Issue #391 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Sandra Espinoza.When Rviv is twelve, she is walking through the town square with her Cuialo crechemates when a stranger hails her in her mother's language. She stops; her friends do not.More info »

    BCS 318: Holding Back the Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 9:06


    By Stephanie Burgis, from Issue #390 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.But in that darkness, there is also power.More info »

    BCS 317: Interlude: Shelter From the Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 26:50


    By Rajiv Moté, from Issue #389 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.“Those with power who do not act? I do judge them.”More info »

    BCS 316: Merciful Even to Scorpions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 35:59


    By Kay Chronister, from Issue #387 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Sandra Espinoza.Maribel should have known that the new pig-boy would have to be named soon.More info »

    BCS 315: Disassembling Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 32:26


    By Kel Coleman, from Issue #385 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Maxine L. Moore.He pointed out more mistakes; some amateur, others he still made on occasion.More info »

    BCS 314: Eleanora of the Bones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 20:41


    By Kat Howard, from Issue #383 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Eleanora loved the ossuary best as evening fell.More info »

    BCS 313: The Whisper of That Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 16:45


    By Maria Haskins, from Issue #382 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.I loved my Mama. I know she did the best she could. But she was wrong to leave my brother here.More info »

    BCS 312: The Cuckoo of Vrežna Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 44:57


    By Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko, from Issue #380 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by the author.I knew the power the Godless were imbued with from childhood, to detect the parasite that had destroyed our gods.More info »

    BCS 311: Blooms

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 26:14


    By Grace Seybold, from Issue #378 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Most of what she planted in the garden grew now, even if cabbages cried in the night and tomatoes disappeared.More info »

    BCS 310: The Changeling and the Child

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 22:28


    By Pooja Peravali, from Issue #377 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.How does one explain it to one such as her, how motherhood tugs at you?More info »

    BCS 309: Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 69:20


    By Kelsey Hutton, from Issue #376 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Laurie McDougall.She'd hoped to sew a dress powerful enough to remind the queen who the queen claimed as kin, and who claimed her in return.More info »

    BCS 308: A Forcible Calm

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 39:53


    By Jonathan Olfert, from Issue #375 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.All four were Brothers of Dule, magicians of a shared heritage and shared interests, her enemies—and yet there might be fissures.More info »

    BCS 307: Constant Ivan and Clever Natalya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 23:40


    By M.A. Carrick, from Issue #373 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Marie Brennan.The warp is Constant Ivan, strong and steady. The weft is Clever Natalya, darting here and there.More info »

    BCS 306: Half-Spent Was the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 23:52


    By Gretchen Tessmer, from Issue #371 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.She finds herself muttering to Jonah, “What if Leah never knows what any color but grey looks like?”More info »

    BCS 305: By Hand and By Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 14:30


    By Tina Connolly, from Issue #370 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.And this was apparently the point where she was supposed to feel lucky.More info »

    BCS 304: He Stays Among the Commots

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 11:24


    By Christopher Rowe, from Issue #370 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Michael J. DeLuca.All the cantrevs of his homeland had been burned.More info »

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    BCS Audio Vault 041: A Nickel For The Burlap Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 13:33


    By Patty Templeton, from Issue #370 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, detailing the feel and inspirations for the story's world of Shady Grove.The trestle bridge caught fire in 1911. The train dropped. The ravine caught it.More info »

    BCS Audio Vault 040: Portrait of the Artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 79:13


    By K.J. Parker, from Issue #369 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by narrator Carla Kissane, who narrated the original BCS Audio Fiction Podcast of the story.“I paint by the inner light,” I said. I tried to make it sound like I was being facetious.More info »

    BCS Audio Vault 039: The Thought That Counts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 69:46


    By K.J. Parker, from Issue #368 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by audiobook and podcast narrator Heath Miller, who narrated the original BCS Audio Fiction Podcast of the story.For once in my life, I could walk down the street without looking for places to run to if I heard someone yell my name.More info »

    BCS 303: Playing God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 74:16


    By K.J. Parker, from Issue #366, Fourteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Heath Miller.Try thinking about it, the Archer God had said, so I did.More info »

    BCS 302: Fire and Brimstone in the Twin Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 70:39


    By James Morrow, from Issue #366, Fourteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Michael J. DeLuca.Lot revisits his tankard and frowns thoughtfully.More info »

    BCS 300: Five Aspects of River and Sky

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 35:00


    By Adam R. Shannon, from Issue #365 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineFeaturing Scott H. Andrews, Michael J. DeLuca, Tina Connolly, M.K. Hobson, and Summer Fletcher.Annell's throws always rose high enough that the skies accepted her sacrifice. Why did she have to leave instead of me?More info »

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    BCS 301: Of the Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 31:19


    By Eugenia Triantafyllou, from Issue #365 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.I am terrified of the moment when Osarah and I will hunt down the animal that bears our child and kill it.More info »

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