Podcast appearances and mentions of Caroline M Yoachim

This time we discussed The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, Book 3 of The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, written by Malka Older, and narrated by Lindsey Dorcus. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight. The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] Short Fiction Spotlight: “In My Country” written by Thomas Ha, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 223: April 2025 / Short Story ”Unbeaten” written by Grace Seybold, narrated by Summer Fletcher [Beneath Ceaseless Skies - 432] / Short Story “Where Are They Now?” written by Meg Elison, narrated by Stefen Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - May 2025 (Issue 180) / Short Story ”Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” written by Caroline M. Yoachim, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-Four / Short Story “The Library of the Apocalypse” written by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 224: May 2025 / Short Story “Pollen” written by written by Anna Burdenko, translated by Alex Shvartsman, and narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 222: March 2025 / Short Story

Editor's Intro: Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War” by Caroline M. Yoachim, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “A Full Belly” by Elizabeth Hart Bergstrom, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Caroline M. Yoachim   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine

Real Life: This week's episode kicks off with Devon missing in action, attending a wedding and recovering from, well… life. Also, he's apparently deep into building off-brand LEGO, which raises some very important questions: How many pieces? How many regrets? Meanwhile, Ben survived a 5.2 earthquake and checks in to let us know that everyone's safe. He also shares a couple links to Desert Child, an indie hover-bike racer/RPG that mixes hip-hop, ramen, and pixel art vibes—and may or may not be rolling onto Xbox soon thanks to some juicy UI integration rumors. https://store.steampowered.com/app/844050/Desert_Child/ https://isthereanydeal.com/game/desert-child/info/ https://www.theverge.com/news/633478/microsoft-xbox-steam-games-support-ui   Steven's life update is more... fluffy. Literally. He's in line to pick up baby chicks for the backyard flock (Black Sexlinked and Smokey Pearl, if you're curious), and discovers that mailing baby birds is a surprisingly common thing. Also, he's deploying next-level parenting tricks by disguising fun surprises as errands. The dad game is strong.  Also: The Last of Us S2 premiere dropped and Steven gives it a glowing 10/10. We talk a bit about how the show mirrors the game—and why it's working so well. Ben also brings us something very important: The Naboo Movie. It's real. It's glorious. It's here: watch it now. Future or Now: Ben drops some cosmic perspective with a planetary fact that blew our minds: All the planets in our solar system could line up between the Earth and the Moon. That includes Pluto, for those of you still rooting for the little guy. Steven introduces us to Mad Mouse—no, not a Disney spinoff. This is about AI mapping mouse brains. A new model simulates how the mouse visual cortex responds to images. Basically, it's science fiction getting closer to just… science. Read the study here. Book Club: This week, we took a listen to the first episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton, featuring “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death” by Caroline M. Yoachim. It's a short, beautiful, gut-punch of a story about love across time and space—a real Gordian knot of feels. Check it out on Lightspeed Magazine. Next week we'll be diving into “Fragments of a Hologram Rose” by William Gibson, part of his Burning Chrome collection. It's a short one—just 15 minutes—and dripping in cyberpunk atmosphere. And if you're wondering about the Star Trek side of our brains: yes, we saw the new Strange New Worlds trailer. Yes, it looks wild. Yes, we're watching. Peep it here.  

Real Life: This week's episode has movie madness, creepers, princesses, and ducks with vendettas. Devon took a deep dive into the Minecraft Movie—yes, it's real, and yes, it might haunt him forever. Steven watched Disney's live-action Snow White and has thoughts... strong ones. Meanwhile, Ben got cartoon-punched in the face (in the best way) by The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (IMDb). Think: Bugs Bunny meets alien invasion. Future or Now: Solar Panels on Canals? Yes, Please: Ben brings us Project Nexus—the U.S.'s first solar panel canopy system over irrigation canals. The $20 million pilot is up and running in California's Turlock Irrigation District and could be a game-changer. Benefits include reducing water evaporation, improving quality, and cutting down on canal maintenance. Also? Clean energy. Read more TV Necromancy: Devon reports on shows coming back—some you missed, some you didn't know you missed, and a few you assumed were never coming back. Television's not dead. It's just rebooting. ba-ba-ba-BA-baaaaaa: Steven delivers the science: a Western diet can mess you up in just two weeks. Inflammation, weakened immunity, and long-term disease processes all kick in fast. But the good news? Switching to a traditional African diet (think fiber, fermented foods, veggies) can start reversing the damage just as quickly. Check it out “Book Club”: This week we read Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson. A short story that drips with classic cyberpunk vibes, data couriers, and one incredibly dangerous dolphin. Devon didn't totally connect with it, but Steven loved the gritty worldbuilding and its ties to Neuromancer. Ben was onboard for the full ride—hacker noir, neon grit, and all. Next week: We're tuning in to It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton (link) and covering “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death” by Caroline M. Yoachim (read it here). Time travel and heartbreak? Sign us up.

Real Life: This week's episode is packed with real-life chaos, sci-fi intrigue, and some good ol' tabletop talk. Devon's 4-year-old had to audition for attending a school, and guess what? It's a little stressful! Audible is now offering free content to subscribers, kinda like The Great Courses. Steven brings us part two of our City of Mist saga and shares his latest D&D session with the kids using *Peril in Pinebrook*, a free starter adventure. Also, D&D vs. City of Mist—how do they compare? Oh, and the neighbor's dog ATE one of his chickens. Not cool. Ben recommends the first episode of Storytime with Wil Wheaton (https://wilwheaton.net/podcast/), where he narrated the incredible time travel love story "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Love, Death" by Caroline M. Yoachim (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/rock-paper-scissors-love-death/). You know how people will move heaven and earth for their loved ones? What if they moved time itself? We may cover this in an upcoming Book Club, watch out for that. Plus, Win or Lose, Pixar's new show, is a WIN.   Future or Now:   Like Brains, But Better: Electrical and computer engineers have developed a 'Super-Turing AI,' which operates more like the human brain. This new AI integrates certain processes instead of separating them and then migrating huge amounts of data like current systems do. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250326123554.htm   This Week in Space: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/nasas-curiosity-rover-has-found-the-longest-chain-carbon-molecules-yet-on-mars/ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-unexpected-discovery-of-the-largest-organics-on-mars-explained   “Book Club”:   This week we covered three thought-provoking stories by Scott Base:   The Giving Man: https://www.badspacecomics.com/post/giving-man A billionaire sacrifices everything, including the world, to try to fight his cancer. Living forever through the heat death of the universe.   Scour: https://www.badspacecomics.com/post/scour The rings of Saturn are not what we thought. They're made of BONES.   Hell and Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXVBlC3hmoc No body survives Venus.    Next week: we're tackling Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson—a cyberpunk adventure that's still eerily relevant today. https://youtu.be/aIwYxSuAzDA?si=SgcfWqx1cyiBoO1F

This episode features "Our Chatbots Said "I Love You," Shall We Meet?" written by Caroline M. Yoachim. Published in the June 2024 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yoachim_06_24 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

This is our story, simplified: Life. Loss. Transformation. Love. Death. Iteration. The first time you get our message, you only find one thread. It mimics your language in its simplest form, a single strand of words laid end to end. You will have to work hard if you want to understand us properly. You must learn to hold more than one thread of language simultaneously in your mind. | © 2024 by Caroline M. Yoachim. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Ruth Wallman, Alison Belle Bewes, and Caroline M. Yoachim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining our Patreon. Your support helps us keep the show running. Find out more at http://www.patreon.com/whyisthisgoodpodcast In this episode, we discuss “Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0” by Caroline M. Yoachim. What can we learn from a […]

David and Perry discuss this year's nominees for the Short Story and Novelette categories of the Hugo Award, and Perry discusses the movie "Everthing Everywhere All at Once" with W. H. Chong. Introduction (02:42) General News (04:59) Nebula Awards (01:46) International Thriller Awards (01:37) Australian Book Design Awards (01:23) Hugo Nominees 2022 (53:57) Hugo Voting Packet (03:47) Short Stories (19:42) Unknown Number by Blue Neustifter (03:00) Proof by Induction by José Pablo Iriarte (02:51) The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente (03:35) Mr. Death by Alix E. Harrow (02:29) Tangles by Seanan McGuire (02:47) Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker (04:40) Novelettes (26:53) Bots of the Lost Ark by Suzanne Palmer (04:24) That Story Isn't the Story by John Wiswell (02:26) Unseelie Brothers, Ltd. by Fran Wilde (02:54) L'Esprit de L'Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente (05:41) O2 Arena by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (04:27) Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim (06:09) Overall opinions (02:47) Discussion on Everything Everywhere All at Once (33:59) Windup (01:03) Illustration by David Grigg

David and Perry discuss this year's nominees for the Short Story and Novelette categories of the Hugo Award, and Perry discusses the movie "Everthing Everywhere All at Once" with W. H. Chong. Introduction (02:42) General News (04:59) Nebula Awards (01:46) International Thriller Awards (01:37) Australian Book Design Awards (01:23) Hugo Nominees 2022 (53:57) Hugo Voting Packet (03:47) Short Stories (19:42) Unknown Number by Blue Neustifter (03:00) Proof by Induction by José Pablo Iriarte (02:51) The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente (03:35) Mr. Death by Alix E. Harrow (02:29) Tangles by Seanan McGuire (02:47) Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker (04:40) Novelettes (26:53) Bots of the Lost Ark by Suzanne Palmer (04:24) That Story Isn't the Story by John Wiswell (02:26) Unseelie Brothers, Ltd. by Fran Wilde (02:54) L'Esprit de L'Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente (05:41) O2 Arena by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (04:27) Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim (06:09) Overall opinions (02:47) Discussion on Everything Everywhere All at Once (33:59) Windup (01:03) Click here for more info and indexes. Illustration by David Grigg

Vivian sat at a café opposite Cass. Everything around her had a gritty, dingy quality. Even Cass looked run down, their face deeply tanned and distressingly wrinkled. They were old now, many decades past being the child that Vivian remembered. She looked down at her hands, so different than the black shadows that she’d grown accustomed to seeing during all her years as a Shade---the skin was covered in age spots and hung loose on the bones. | 2020 by Caroline M. Yoachim. Originally published in OR ELSE THE LIGHT, edited by John Joseph Adams, Christie Yant, and Hugh Howey. Reprinted by permission of the author. Narrated by Susan Hanfield.

With the right overlays, the city was charming---apartment buildings done up like giant row houses, seamlessly blending Victorian and modern sensibilities, boutiques and cafés on tree-lined streets, parks bathed in sunshine. Vivian Watanabe had lived on this block, once, in a high-rise apartment painted cornflower blue with trim in teal and white. She couldn’t see it now, not the way she used to. | Copyright 2020 by Caroline M. Yoachim. Previously published in BURN THE ASHES, edited by John Joseph Adams, Christie Yant, and Hugh Howey. Reprinted by permission of the author. Narrated by Susan Hanfield.

Toasted Cake 247! In which we use the unicorn-mane thread.The day before my wedding, my dress is a pile of birch leaves.This story first appeared in Daily SF.Caroline M. Yoachim is a prolific author of short stories, appearing in Asimov's,...

The shopping district was crowded on a Sunday afternoon, and Vivian Watanabe was out running errands with her sixteen-year-old, Cass. Together they wove through throngs of shoppers wearing customized skins or the generic default. Vivian wasn’t fond of Generics---they fell into that uncanny valley between a nondescript human and a silver android. Cold and impersonal, plus it was hard to keep track of who you’ve interacted with. Narrated by Susan Hanfield.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Brian Robert Middlemiss (20 July 1930 - 5 June 2020). David and Perry talk about the shorter fiction nominees for the 2020 Hugo Awards, and then take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1962, when Stranger in a Strange Land won Best Novel. Dedication to Brian Middlemiss (03:26) Awards season (00:46) Nebula Awards (01:40) Locus Awards (02:10) Hugos 2020 Short Fiction (00:41) Hugo Voting Package (01:16) Novelettes (14:56) Away With the Wolves by Sarah Gailey (01:23) For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll (01:35) Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (02:09) The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker (01:58) The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (02:49) Omphalos by Ted Chiang (04:42) Short Stories (11:24) Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon (01:02) And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (01:49) As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang (01:21) A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (01:31) Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (02:06) Do Not Look Back, My Lion by Alix E. Harrow (03:24) The Hugo Time Machine~1962 (01:01) Special awards (02:26) Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy~Donald Tuck (01:31) Novels (29:28) Second Ending by James White (03:32) Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye (04:06) Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison (03:10) Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak (05:16) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (13:03) Short Fiction (12:06) Status Quo by Mack Reynolds (01:49) Lion Loose by James H. Schmitz (01:24) Scylla's Daughter by Fritz Leiber (01:31) Monument by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (02:32) Hothouse series by Brian W. Aldiss (04:26) Other categories (02:12) Windup (01:20) Photo by Bill Kasman on Flickr

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Brian Robert Middlemiss (20 July 1930 - 5 June 2020). David and Perry talk about the shorter fiction nominees for the 2020 Hugo Awards, and then take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1962, when Stranger in a Strange Land won Best Novel. Dedication to Brian Middlemiss (03:26) Awards season (00:46) Nebula Awards (01:40) Locus Awards (02:10) Hugos 2020 Short Fiction (00:41) Hugo Voting Package (01:16) Novelettes (14:56) Away With the Wolves by Sarah Gailey (01:23) For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll (01:35) Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (02:09) The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker (01:58) The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (02:49) Omphalos by Ted Chiang (04:42) Short Stories (11:24) Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon (01:02) And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (01:49) As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang (01:21) A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (01:31) Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (02:06) Do Not Look Back, My Lion by Alix E. Harrow (03:24) The Hugo Time Machine~1962 (01:01) Special awards (02:26) Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy~Donald Tuck (01:31) Novels (29:28) Second Ending by James White (03:32) Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye (04:06) Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison (03:10) Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak (05:16) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (13:03) Short Fiction (12:06) Status Quo by Mack Reynolds (01:49) Lion Loose by James H. Schmitz (01:24) Scylla’s Daughter by Fritz Leiber (01:31) Monument by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (02:32) Hothouse series by Brian W. Aldiss (04:26) Other categories (02:12) Windup (01:20) Click here for more information and links Photo by Bill Kasman on Flickr

This is a love story, the last of a series of moments when we meet. Saki Jones leaned into the viewport window until her nose nearly touched the glass, staring at the colony planet below. New Mars. From this distance, she could pretend that things were going according to plan---that M.J. was waiting for her in one of the domed cities. A shuttle would take her down to the surface and she and her lifelove would pursue their dream of studying a grand alien civilization. It had been such a beautiful plan. | 2019 by Caroline M. Yoachim. Narrated by Gabrielle de Cuir.

Here’s the audio from the May 16th Fantastic Fiction at KGB, with guests Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina Connolly. Tina’s reading is not included in this podcast. ​   Tina Connolly Tina Connolly’s books include the Ironskin trilogy (Tor), the Seriously Wicked series (Tor Teen), and the collection On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories […]

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award nominees, zombie raccoons, a new Arthurian adaptation, and more. This episode is sponsored by Shattered Roads by Alice Henderson and Libby. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News The 2018 Hugo Nominees Neil Gaiman Is Bringing the Gormenghast Fantasy Series Back to Television Zombie raccoons?! Frank Miller taking on Arthurian legend in new illustrated YA novel and it already has a TV deal.   Books Discussed Rebecca Roanhorse, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" (Nebula nominee) Her Body And Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Winner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize) trigger warnings: violence against women including sexual assault “Fandom for Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Hugo/Nebula) “Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Hugo & Nebula) The Merry Spinster by (Daniel) Mallory Ortberg

Chocolate Milkshake #314 by Caroline M. Yoachim.  Read by J.S. Arquin.  Featuring an afterword by Caroline M. Yoachim.  #SF #SciFi #blackholes #milkshakes #fiction #flashfiction #flashfictionmonth #podcast   The day we found out we didn't have enough fuel to escape our orbit, Carlos programmed the replicator to make a chocolate milkshake.  He figured if we only had 628 days left to live - a mere 628 days until we were stretched spaghetti thin by the tidal forces of the black hole - he at least wanted one last chocolate milkshake.   Caroline M. Yoachim lives in Seattle and loves cold, cloudy weather.  She is the author of dozens of short stories, appearing in Lightspeed, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and Asimov's, among other places.  Her debut short story collection, Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories, came out with Fairwood Press in 2016.  You can find her online at carolineyoachim.com and on Twitter @CarolineYoachim.   Please help support The Overcast.  Become a Patron Today! Don't forget to subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode.  And while you're there, please be sure to leave us a review!      

By Caroline M. Yoachim, from Issue #225 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.I wanted to be angry with her, but she was a stranger, she'd never really been a part of my life.More info »

Tim is having problems with his Flash Fiction eating too many doughnuts and expanding into short story territory. The Mad Writers get together and try to figure out how to get his stories to stay within a reasonable range for Flash Fiction. They talk about the shape of a story vs Vignette, control of user perception, arranging implications instead of statements, getting rid of filler words and making words pull their weight. Many of the things they talk about are applicable to other forms of fiction but things that are especially important when writing Flash Fiction. Join them as Tim tries to figure out the magical world of Flash Fiction.Notable NotesTerry Bison's They're Made Out of Meat Ernest Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants Daily Science Fiction Sunil Patel Caroline M. Yoachim John Wiswell Flash Fiction Online Ken Rand's 10% SolutionRecommended Reading Tim's recommendation: The Everything Box: A Novel (Another Coop Heist) by Richard Kadrey   Jay's recommendation: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All: Stories by Laird Barron   Nina's recommendation: Night Watch: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett

You take a shortcut through the hydroponics bay on your way to work, and notice that the tomato plants are covered in tiny crawling insects that look like miniature beetles. One of the insects skitters up your leg, so you reach down and brush it off. It bites your hand. The area around the bite turns purple and swollen. You run down a long metal hallway to the Medical Clinic, grateful for the artificially generated gravity that defies the laws of physics and yet is surprisingly common in fictional space stations. | Copyright 2016 by Caroline M. Yoachim. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Coming Up… Support District of Wonders on Patreon   StarShipSofa: Call for Assistant and Slush Reader Main Fiction: “Beneath the Willow Branches, Beyond the Reach of Time”, by Caroline M. Yoachim Originally appeared in Interzone Caroline M. Yoachim lives in Seattle and loves cold cloudy weather.  She is the author of dozens of short stories, appearing in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, and Lightspeed.  Her debut short story collection, SEVEN WONDERS OF A ONCE AND FUTURE WORLD & OTHER STORIES, is... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Drabblecast presents: “The Little Mermaid of Innsmouth” by Caroline M. Yoachim. This is a new take on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fish tale, replete with all the Lovecraftian lore you should expect from The Drabblecast!   Story Excerpt: Tomiko knelt at the table, across from her father, carefully holding her back rigid and […] The post Drabblecast 370 – The Little Mermaid of Innsmouth appeared first on The Drabblecast.

Mei dreamed of a new Earth. She took her telescope onto the balcony of her North Philadelphia apartment and pointed it east, at the sky above the Trenton Strait, hoping for a clear view of Mars. Tonight the light pollution from Jersey Island wasn't as bad as usual, and she was able to make out the ice caps and dark shadow of Syrtis Major. | Copyright 2015 by Caroline M. Yoachim. Narrated by Karyn O'Bryant.

Flash Fiction: “Dancing with Fire” by Caroline M. Yoachim The pond where I grew up was swampy and buzzing with insects. I slept in a bed of stargrass, and Mother whispered lullabies in the gentle current. Mother grew up in the ocean, and she hated our pond. Too many memories of Father lingered beneath the surface, long after drought had stolen him away. “Why don’t we go back to the ocean?” I asked. “I’m too old,” she said. “I don’t flow as smoothly anymore, and cloud hopping is for the young. Go play.” There weren’t any other water spirits, so I did mud magic with the earthy kids. We made soldiers from dirt and water and green swamp sludge. Every night, the soldiers got soggy and fell apart, ending the war until we remade them the next morning. Caroline M. Yoachim lives in Seattle and loves cold, cloudy weather. She is the author of dozens of short stories, appearing in Lightspeed, Asimov’s, Clarkesworld... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

By Caroline M. Yoachim, from Issue #179 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly.Horimachi's own tattoos were from before the war, when black ink was made of soot instead of faery blood.More info »

Author : Caroline M. Yoachim Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Rikki LaCoste Artist : Barry J. Northern Discuss on Forums Originally published in Electric Velocipede Issue 17/18 (Spring 2009). Content Warning: This week’s story features spiders front and center. Arachnophobes may want to skip this episode and join us again […] The post Cast of Wonders 167: Setting My Spider Free by Caroline M. Yoachim appeared first on Cast of Wonders.

Coming Up…. Main Fiction: Ninety-Five Percent Safe, by Caroline M. Yoachim Originally published in Asimov’s. Nicole went to visit her best friend, Grant, the day before his family left for Opilio. She was jealous that he’d be part of the second wave — the first wave had already done the hardest work of establishing the colonies, but the floating cities would be nearly empty, an abundance of unclaimed living space. Caroline M. Yoachim lives in Seattle and loves cold cloudy weather. She is the author of dozens of short stories, appearing in markets such as Lightspeed, Asimov’s, and Clarkesworld. For more about Caroline, check out her website at http://carolineyoachim.com Narrated by: Marc Levinthal Marc Levinthal is a writer and musician who has lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for over thirty years. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, he moved to L.A. in the early eighties to... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our first piece of audio fiction for August is “Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion” written by Caroline M. Yoachim and read by Kate Baker. Subscribe to our podcast.

Coming up… Fact: Science News by Jim Campanella 01:57 Sofanauts has Landed! 30:00 “Flash Bang Remember” by Caroline M. Yoachim & Tina Connolly 39:00 Caroline is a photographer and writer currently living in Seattle, Washington. She has published about two dozen fantasy and science fiction short stories, in markets that include Asimov’s,Lightspeed Magazine, Interzone, and Daily Science Fiction. In 2011 she was nominated for a Nebula Award for the novelette “Stone Wall Truth.” Tina is a writer in Portland, Oregon, which is a splendidly green and drizzly city. She was born in St Louis and has lived in Northern California, but mostly where she grew up is the lovely college town of Lawrence, Kansas. She has a husband, 

Coming up… Fact: Everything by Morgan Saletta 03:50 Main Fiction: Philosophy of Ships by Caroline M. Yoachim 30:50 Narrator: Graeme Dunlop @Kibitzer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.