Podcasts about flash fiction online

In this episode of Epic Realms, Nick is joined by author and writer Kelli Fitzpatrick. Kelli is a science fiction writer, game writer, and teacher. She is the author of Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified (BenBella Books, 2025) and a contributing writer for the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game from Modiphius. Her story “The Sunwalkers” won the 2016 Strange New Worlds contest from Simon and Schuster. Her short fiction has been published by Baen Books, Crazy 8 Press, Flash Fiction Online, and more. She also writes essays on sci-fi pop culture for outlets like StarTrek.com, Women at Warp, and anthologies from Sequart and ATB Publishing. Kelli has even written for NASA's Hubble outreach and Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative. On top of it all, she has more than a decade of experience teaching high school and college courses. We talk about her early life and the geeky inspirations that led her into writing, watching Star Trek with her family, playing board games, and how those experiences sparked a love for storytelling. During National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), Kelli challenged her students to join her in writing a novel, which inspired her to later submit a story to a Star Trek fiction contest that she ended up winning. That moment opened the door to a whole new world. We also dive into her many anthology projects, how she joined Modiphius, and her unexpected but rewarding introduction to tabletop roleplaying games. She shares how RPGs have helped her grow as a writer and how they can benefit others too. Plus, we talk about her passion for Marvel and her recent Carol Danvers Marvel book, how the character shaped her fandom and why getting to tell that story was such a meaningful opportunity. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that blends fandom, education, creativity, and the power of storytelling.

“The Book of Tar” by Brandon Case Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker Manawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9 More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege Bio for this weeks author: Brandon Case is a golden retriever who writes of unsettling worlds. He has recent work in Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Online, and Small Wonders, among others. You can catch his alpine adventures on Twitter and Instagram @BrandonCase101.

Kelli Fitzpatrick is a science fiction writer, gamewriter, and teacher. She is the author of Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified (from BenBella Books, 2025) and is a contributing writer for the Star Trek Adventures role-playing game from Modiphius. Her Star Trek story “The Sunwalkers” won the 2016 Strange New Worlds contest from Simon and Schuster. Her short fiction has been published by Baen Books, Crazy 8 Press, Flash Fiction Online, and others, and her essays on sci-fi pop culture appear at StarTrek.com, Women at Warp, and in anthologies from Sequart and ATB Publishing. She has written for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope outreach team and Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative. She has over a decade of experience teaching high school and college courses. Find her at KelliFitzpatrick.com and on Bluesky @KelliFitzWrites. Please check out these relevant links: Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified Star Trek Adventures: Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide Welcome to Dice in Mind, a podcast hosted by Bradley Browne and Jason Kaufman to explore the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, and creativity through interviews with leading creatives. All are welcome in this space. Royalty-free music "Night Jazz Beats" courtesy of flybirdaudio.

“Interstellar Chess between Scions of the Matryoshki” by Brandon Case Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker Manawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9 More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege Bio for this weeks author: Brandon Case is a golden retriever who writes of unsettling worlds. He has recent work in Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Online, and Small Wonders, among others. You can follow his alpine adventures on social media @BrandonCase101 or connect at www.brandoncase.net

Alison McBain (1979-not dead yet) was born in Canada, raised in California, and arrived in Canada with a few detours along the way. She has over two hundred poems and short stories published in magazines and anthologies such as Flash Fiction Online, On Spec, and Litro. Her debut and award-winning novel is The Rose Queen: Book 1 of the Rose Trilogy, and was shortly followed by a collection of her short fantasy fiction called Enchantress of Books. When not obsessing over her plan of survival for a zombie apocalypse, she practices origami meditation and draws all over the walls of her house with the enthusiastic help of her kids. In her spare time, she is one of the editors at Scribes*MICRO*Fiction (which publishes flash stories & poems and is always open for submissions). You can chat with her at @AlisonMcBain or read her blog at www.alisonmcbain.com.Make sure to check out this author and connect with her on Instagram @alisonamcbain

“The Colossus Stops” by Dafydd McKimm Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Dafydd McKimm is a speculative fiction writer producing mainly short and flash-length stories. His work has appeared in publications such as Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, The Best of British Fantasy, The Best of British Science Fiction, and elsewhere. He was born and grew up in Wales but now lives in Taipei, Taiwan. You can find him online at https://www.dafyddmckimm.com.

“An Elegy for May in the Forest of the Noble Spacemen” by Dafydd McKimm Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Dafydd McKimm is a speculative fiction writer producing mainly short and flash-length stories. His work has appeared in publications such as Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, The Best of British Fantasy, The Best of British Science Fiction, and elsewhere. He was born and grew up in Wales but now lives in Taipei, Taiwan. You can find him online at https://www.dafyddmckimm.com.

A Song for Sunken Streets by Evan Berkow, Read by Lanna Joffrey Nona is a loner living in a flooded Brooklyn. She's running away from her past and looking for hope. What she finds is a mermaid on a mission. The fate of New York City depends on their ability to see past their trauma. Evan Berkow is a writer of speculative fiction in the hours when he's not lawyering. His fiction has appeared in places such as Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and Flash Fiction Online. You can find him on Twitter @Evan_Berkow. Lanna Joffrey is an award-winning Iranian performer and writer who has worked throughout the United States and United Kingdom in theatre, film, spoken word and audio work. Her verbatim play, "Valiant" has received critical acclaim having toured throughout the UK and US and was published last year. For more info on her work please visit www.lannajoffrey.com When Two Swordsmen Meet by Ellen Kushner, Read by Wilson Fowlie In a cold, cobblestone city, when two swordsman meet, you never know what might happen--fame, glory, theft, dreams, love--but something always does. Ellen Kushner is the author of the queer fantasy classic Swordspoint, and other novels, including the World Fantasy Award-winning Thomas the Rhymer. Kushner has recorded her work as audiobooks for Neil Gaiman Presents. She lives in New York City with her wife, author and educator Delia Sherman, and a great many theater and airplane ticket stubs she is too disorganized to throw out. Wilson Fowlie lives in a suburb of Vancouver, Canada and has been reading aloud since the age of 4. His life has changed recently: he lost his wife to cancer, and he changed jobs, from programming to recording voiceovers for instructional videos, which he loves doing, but not as much as he loved Heather.

Authors : Samantha Murray, Avra Margariti and Devin Miller Narrators : Eliza Chan, Matt Dovey and Srikripa Krishna Prasad Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums This Blue World Previously published by Fantasy Magazine (Issue 83) The Light At the Edge of the World Previously published by Flash Fiction Online […] The post PodCastle 825: Flash Fiction Extravaganza! appeared first on PodCastle.

Quiet, She Has Legs! ep.637 Who still had legs? It wasn't possible. Emmie Christie's work includes practical subjects, like feminism and mental health, and speculative subjects, like unicorns and affordable healthcare. She has been published in various short story markets including Daily Science Fiction, Infinite Worlds Magazine, and Flash Fiction Online. She graduated from the Odyssey Writing Workshop in 2013. You can find her at www.emmiechristie.com or on Twitter @EmmieChristie33. Other TTTV stories by Emmie Christie: https://talltaletv.com/?s=emmie+christie   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www.TallTaleTV.com   ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at http://www.TallTaleTV.com   ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- Hi there! My name is Chris Herron and I'm an audiobook narrator. In 2015, I suffered from poor Type 1 diabetes control which lead me to become legally blind for almost a year. The doctors didn't give me much hope, predicting an 80% chance that I would never see again. But I refused to give up and changed my lifestyle drastically. Through sheer willpower (and an amazing eye surgeon) I beat the odds and regained my vision. During that difficult time, I couldn't read or write, which was devastating as they had always been a source of comfort for me since childhood. However, my wife took me to the local library where she read out the titles of audiobooks to me. I selected some of my favorite books, such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter, and more, and the audiobooks brought these stories to life in a way I had never experienced before. They helped me through the darkest period of my life and I fell in love with audiobooks. Once I regained my vision, I decided to pursue a career as an audiobook narrator instead of a writer. That's why I created Tall Tale TV, to support aspiring authors in the writing communities that I had grown to love before my ordeal. My goal was to help them promote their work by providing a promotional audio short story that showcases their writing skills to readers. They say the strongest form of advertising is word of mouth, so I offer a platform for readers to share these videos and help spread the word about these talented writers. Please consider sharing these stories with your friends and family to support these amazing authors. Thank you!   ---- legal ---- All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the author. All images used on Tall Tale TV are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Most stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com , https://www.canstockphoto.com/ or created using AI. Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords

Episode 186 Notes and Links to Stephanie Feldman's Work   *Content Warning-Please be aware of discussion of sexual assault*        On Episode 186 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Stephanie Feldman, and the two discuss, among other things, her early trajectory towards becoming a writer, formative and transformative writers and writing, genre and genre-less writing, the balance between allegory and plot in Saturnalia, the book's focus on Philadelphia and on the world at large, hedonism/inaction  in the wake of climate disasters, the long echoes of sexual assault, class and power in her book, and whether the book has a sense of optimism.       Stephanie Feldman is the author of the novels Saturnalia and The Angel of Losses, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, winner of the Crawford Fantasy Award, and finalist for the Mythopoeic Award. She is co-editor of the multi-genre anthology Who Will Speak for America? and her stories and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from Asimov's Science Fiction, Catapult Magazine, Electric Literature, Flash Fiction Online, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Rumpus, Uncharted Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Weird Horror, and more. She lives outside Philadelphia with her family.     Buy Saturnalia   Stephanie Feldman's Website   Review of Saturnalia from John Mauro at Grimdark Magazine   At about 1:55, Stephanie describes her early reading and writing, and being “fated” to be a writer   At about 4:00, Stephanie shouts out Anne Rice, Jeanette Winterson, and others as formational and transformational writers   At about 6:00, Stephanie cites the “world building and atmosphere” of Rice's work that inspired Saturnalia and the Philadelphia of the book   At about 7:20, Stephanie highlights Sofia Samatar, her work regarding Uzbekistan especially, and Jeffrey Ford as beloved contemporary writers   At about 9:00, Stephanie responds to Pete's questions about the importance (or lack thereof) of genre   At about 11:55, Stephanie gives background on/seeds for Saturnalia, including The Masque of Red Death and the Covid pandemic   At about 15:00, Pete asks about the balance/timing involving the book's allegory/symbolism and its plot/premise   At about 16:30, The two discuss the epigraph from Umberto Eco and its connection to hedonism and climate change    At about 18:40, The exposition is laid out, and Stephanie discusses connections to Saturn and fortune telling's importance in the book   At about 22:45, Pete summarizes the night of the winter solstice, including The Lord of Misrule, and Nina's tough times that lead her to do a job for Max    At about 24:30, Pete connects a telling quote from Faulkner to the book's pivotal violation and gender roles and power dynamics   At about 30:50, Stephanie responds to Pete's musings about the book's commentary on social class and power    At about 33:00, Stephanie and Pete speak about Philadelphia's small-town feel and Niña's feelings of being “trapped”   At about 36:55, Stephanie responds to Pete's questions about any optimism/pessimism that comes from the book   At about 38:55, Alchemy and myth and the stories are discussed    At about 40:00, Stephanie talks about the ways she and readers continue to experience the book some seven months after publication    At about 41:40, Pete shares the book's blurb from Carmen Maria Machado    At about 42:00, Stephanie shares an exciting future project   At about 43:00, Stephanie gives the history of the “blue laws” in PA   At about 44:00, Stephanie shares social media/contact info and places to buy her work, including Main Point Books, A Novel Idea, Weird Horror “The Getaway”      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this and other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! 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Authors : Sarah Pauling, T.M Morgan and Guan Un Narrators : Tatiana Grey, David Powell and Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Litany In The Heart Of Exorcism” originally appeared in Flash Fiction Online, and is due to appear in Dutch translation in Speculatief “He's Just Like […]

Authors : Tanya Aydelott, M.K. Hutchins and Lindsey Godfrey Eccles Narrators : Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Sofía Barker and Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums “The Greenhouse Bargain” was previously published by Flash Fiction Online, September 2022 “Shattered Petals of Celadon” was previously published by Daily Science […] The post PodCastle 787: Flash Fiction Extravaganza – Bargaining appeared first on PodCastle.

Stephanie Feldman is the author of the novels Saturnalia and The Angel of Losses, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, winner of the Crawford Fantasy Award, and finalist for the Mythopoeic Award. She is co-editor of the multi-genre anthology Who Will Speak for America? and her stories and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from Asimov's Science Fiction, Catapult Magazine, Electric Literature, Flash Fiction Online, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Rumpus, Uncharted Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Weird Horror, and more. She lives outside Philadelphia with her family.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authors : Samantha Murray, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles and Stewart C Baker Narrators : Emma Osborne, Dave Robison and Eleanor R. Wood Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums “On the Corner of Fulton and West” is a PodCastle Original! “The Stars That Fall” was previously published at Flash Fiction Online. […] The post PodCastle 751: Flash Fiction Extravaganza – Mortality appeared first on PodCastle.

Interview with Sunyi Dean, author of several short stories and the novel, The Book Eaters. In this episode, we discuss the book, of course, but also the main character and why she has no choice but to do the things she does. Get an idea of her writing style with her flash fiction piece in Flash Fiction Online.When you've finished with this episode, take a listen to the first time Sunyi was on the show HERE.To learn more about Sunyi's writing, check out her website at: (WEBSITE LINK). You can also follow her on Twitter (TWITTER HANDLE).Like the podcast episode? You can "Buy me a Coffee" as a thank you! I'll even give you a free short story to show my gratitude. Thank you!

On this episode of the Dance Cry Dance Break, we open with “Answer Inc.,” a story by Corey Farrenkopf followed by Inhuman, a track from the album Nothing Is by Nashville artist/producer Thomas Bryan Eaton.For Thomas Bryan Eaton, music is everything. Obsessed since childhood with sound and how you can make it, his musical journey has taken him all around this world. While often seen wandering around the fret boards of guitars & pedal steels with Miss Tess, Western Centuries, or JP Harris & the Tough Choices; Thomas also makes his own recordings reflecting his unique take on the music of America and beyond. Delving deep into the roots of music and searching for ways to push forward are at the core of his efforts & artistry.Bandcamp - Spotify - Instagram Corey Farrenkopf lives on Cape Cod with his wife, Gabrielle, and works as a librarian. His short stories have been published in Tiny Nightmares, The Southwest Review, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Smokelong Quarterly, Catapult, Flash Fiction Online, Reckoning, Uncharted, Wigleaf, Bourbon Penn, and elsewhere. He is the Fiction Editor for The Cape Cod Poetry ReviewWebsite - Twitter - InstagramAnswer Inc. By Corey Farrenkopf Answer Inc. doesn't provide a company computer. For thirty-two fifty an hour, my old Mac does the job. The screen illuminates my face as I hunch over the keyboard. Every light is off in my basement apartment, the scent of microwaved Biryani filling the cramped space. I'm confined to the beanbag chair my parents let me take from my childhood bedroom, the faux leather slightly sticky beneath my back.  Once I log in, questions fill my ears. Is a Pomchi the right breed of dog for me? How far is too far to drive for a Tinder date before I look like a creep? If I can only afford to buy my father's diabetes medication or my brother's diabetes medication, whose should I buy? I'm not allowed a follow up question. I can't delve into which relative Asker C is closest with, which attended more of her high school drama performances, which calls on her birthday. No. They are paying for a one sentence reply, so one sentence is what they get. No, a cockapoo is the correct breed. Anything over fifty miles and you'll seem like an axe murderer. Strictly based on life expectancy, your brother. Sometimes I imagine my callers. Twenty-something with a perfect fade. Late thirties with a softening gym body. Early forties, grays coming in at the roots. It helps me answer, to humanize the anonymous caller numbers and blurred-out headshots. For fifty dollars, clients log on to have someone else make their decisions.  Should they get a face tattoo? How many cats is too many cats for their condo? Which is the best day of the week to bring up divorce to their blindsided spouse? I can see the allure. There are too many options these days, too many lives you can live, and none of them feel right. The vastness is crippling. If I had money, maybe I'd use the service. Employees get a twenty percent discount, but rent is steep.  My questions remain my own. *** I rarely get the same caller twice, except b582 that is.  Somehow, she's in my queue every day. I imagine she's in her thirties, short hair, eyes baggy from sleep. At least that's what her one sentence a day conveys. “Is the air in my apartment toxic?” she asked on her first call. I listened for the bleep of CO detectors. Finding none, I said “No, the air in your home is clean.” The next day she asked, “If my landlord is trying to poison me, how would I know?” After consulting a poison control Google search, I said, “You would feel light-headed and  nauseous.” Her daily questions morph from outward concerns to inner. “Is it crazy to believe your landlord is trying to kill you?” “Is it normal to fear the water coming from the tap?” “Is it normal to worry about what's coming for me?" To each question, given the times we live in, I say No it is completely normal to worry about X,Y, and Z as long as it doesn't rule your life.  *** After a month, I email my boss asking if I can get in touch with b582 to give her the number for a healthcare professional or therapist that may be better equipped for her questions than an ex-barista with a sociology degree. My supervisor writes back that of course there is no way to contact b582. Answer Inc. cares about customer privacy, and, if we were to pass b582 onto another service, we would be losing the fifty dollars per call, and that certainly isn't in the business plan.  We are a form of therapy, he says. The simplest form of therapy. *** On b582's hundredth call, I refuse to answer her question about fearing the inhuman silhouette standing on her street corner. Instead, I give her my cellphone number, rattling off the digits, hoping my supervisors aren't listening in. “There's got to be a better way of doing this. I can't give you the help you need. Call me and we'll figure something out.” b582 pauses.  “But what about the silhouette?” She asks after a minute. I swallow whatever response I thought I'd come up with and simply tell her, “If it's close to your house, yes, go lock your doors.”  Then she hangs up and my next caller is on, asking me about haircare products and flammability around tiki-torches. *** I wait for an unknown number to light up my cellphone screen, but nothing happens. I continue to answer questions about organic sheets, dopamine deficiency, and the most successful ways to potty train a cat, with no interruptions. I end my shift at eight o'clock and move to the kitchen where I microwave instant cup noodles and continue to wait for her call. But the call doesn't come. I worry about how quick she locked the door.  *** The next morning, b582's ID pops up on my screen. She neglected my personal number, but I'm cool with that simply for the fact whatever she thought she saw beneath that streetlight didn't get her in the night. I click “accept” and wait for her voice. “How do you live in this world?” she asks, words coming quick, as if startled. I've given up on one sentence replies. If she isn't going to call my actual number, this is the only chance, the only way I might help “By following the truth. Listening to facts. Believing those you love. Not letting every fear swallow your day.” Each option sounds sensical as I say it, but there is a hesitancy in the back of my throat, an uncertainty clinging to my tongue. “But everyone possesses their own individual truth. You're seeing a different world than I'm seeing.” “Nope, there's one world and we're all sharing it.” I'm waiting for my supervisor to come on the line to end the call, but it's just the two of us, despite the fact we've far surpassed the time limit. My heart rate is up. I can smell my own sweat. “You tell yourself what you need to. Our worlds aren't the same, but they might be some day. You couldn't do your job if they were the same. You'd have too many questions and there'd never be enough answers. You'd always be too afraid of what's coming.” “What is coming? Is it that silhouette again?” I ask. “What's coming for me is also coming for you. It comes for all of us, eventually. Why do you think I'm so afraid?” “I assumed you had an anxiety disorder or a list of phobias, not this.”  “We all have anxieties,” she replies. In the background, footsteps fall on hardwood, boots approaching from down a long hallway. “But this is different. It has arrived and I never learned how to prepare.” “Prepare for what?” “You'll know it when it gets to you. All I can say is you need to be the one asking the questions, not the one giving…” Then the line goes dead. “No, wait,” I reply, leaning forward, my face close to the screen as I frantically search for some trace of b582. An account number. An email. Something I might have previously overlooked. There's no redial option, no number I can reconnect with. It's just me and the next question.  “What's the cheapest wine I can get away with on a first date?” I want to ask if he's aware of what's coming for him, whatever got b582, but I hold my tongue.  “Twenty-eight a bottle,” I reply, not ready to be the one asking the questions.  Not yet.The Dance Cry Dance Break is written and produced by Natalie Bayne and recorded and edited by Moe Provencher. Theme music is Red Lines, by Dance Cry Dance Records artist Tiny Tiny. Dance Cry Dance is a collective record label in Seattle, WA. Paid subscriptions support our artists and writers. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit break.dancecrydance.com/subscribe

"In The Monster's Mouth" by Tim Waggoner — published in Apex Magazine, issue 131, May 2022. Read it here: https://www.apex-magazine.com/ Tim Waggoner has published over forty novels and five collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins, and his articles on writing have appeared in numerous publications. He's won the Bram Stoker Award, the HWA's Mentor of the Year Award, been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Scribe Award. His fiction has received numerous Honorable Mentions in volumes of Best Horror of the Year, and he's twice had stories selected for inclusion in volumes of Year's Best Hardcore Horror. He's also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. Emmie Christie is a fiction writer and narrator. She has narrated the science fiction novel “The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising”, written by Alexander Barnes and Christopher Preiman. She has written stories for Flash Fiction Online, Infinite Worlds Magazine, and Three-Lobed Burning Eye. You can find more of her work at www.emmiechristie.com or follow her on Twitter @EmmieChristie33. This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by Alyson Grauer. Theme music by Alex White. Sounds used in this episode are licensed from Soundstripe.com. Music in this episode includes “What You Do Not Know” by Joshua Spacht and “Shadow Passage” by Cody Martin, licensed from Soundstripe.com. Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

The consumptive poet Keats makes a strange encounter while voyaging to Naples. #paranormal #historical Author Jonathan Duckworth is a completely normal, entirely human person with the right number of heads and everything. He received his MFA from Florida International University. His speculative fiction work appears in Pseudopod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Southwest Review, Tales to Terrify, Flash Fiction Online, and elsewhere. He is a PhD student at University of North Texas and an active HWA member. Reader David Ault (he/him) is a voice actor from North Yorkshire, UK. He started voice acting with Darker Projects in 2005, moving through The Byron Chronicles, Pendant Audio, Colonial Radio Theatre to modern day antics with Fool & Scholar, the NoSleep Podcast team and Shadows at the Door: The Podcast. He's a big fan of tea, ghosts and astronomy, and can be found online at DavidAult on Twitter, or www.davidault.co.uk Osgoode: Kris Law Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ

Bucks read the dark comedy  flash fiction story,  The Solid Years of My Life by Holly Collingwood. This story appeared in the January 2018 edition of Flash Fiction Online. Check out the website for more stories. Here's something else Holly wrote.The author alerts the Bucks to the Frozen Dead Guy Festival, which was the inspiration for her story.  See even more here..This reminds Dave of the annual Night of the Singing Dead musical in Pittsburgh, featuring songs and skits by celebrities who have died in the past year.  Truly tasteless with something to offend everyone.  The videos are too offensive to post. Dave loved the shows.

"People aren't just the victims in their stories; they're the heroes of their stories." – Joyce Hayden Even if you haven't been hurt by domestic violence, someone you know has and wishes they could tell you about it. Perhaps you are a therapist, teacher, academic, or social worker who wants to help those who are suffering. Or maybe you are in an abusive relationship and need to know that you are not alone. The poems, memoirs, and creative nonfiction pieces collected here tell of real incidents of abuse, as well as of those who left destructive and unsalvageable relationships. The beauty and truth of the language, as well as the honesty and courage, set this anthology apart from self-help manuals and academic treatises on domestic violence. This book offers a path forward to healing, health and fulfillment, using the power of art to give voice where voice has been stifled, forgotten, overlooked or denied. Robert Kingett, Joyce Hayden, RK Taylor, Lynn Magill, Christina Hoag, and Heidi Seaborn are survivors of domestic abuse and are here to talk about the book they are all part of, When Home Is Not Safe: Writings on Domestic Verbal, Emotional, and Physical Abuse. You can order the book here: https://amzn.to/34SH95b Robert Kingett is an award-winning Blind author and essayist. He has appeared in publications such as USA Today, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and the Chicago Tribune. He is an advocate for Disabled authors. RK Taylor is a writer and social worker based in Pittsburgh, PA. He earned his MFA from Chatham University, and his work has appeared in Scribble, Flash Fiction Online, Origami Poems Project, among others. He co-edited an anthology entitled Recasting Masculinity (2020) and he co-hosts Deep in the D-Pad, a podcast exploring videogames through an intellectual lens. Joyce Hayden is a former College English professor. She left her teaching position to pursue art and writing. She completed a memoir titled The Out of Body Girl, which chronicles her years with Dissociation and domestic violence. Heidi Seaborn is Executive Editor of The Adroit Journal and author of PANK Poetry Prize winner An Insomniac's Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe, the acclaimed debut Give a Girl Chaos and Comstock Chapbook Award-winning Bite Marks. Recent work in Beloit Poetry Journal, Copper Nickel, Cortland Review, Diode, Financial Times of London, The Missouri Review, The Offing, The Slowdown and the Washington Post. Heidi holds an MFA from NYU. Lynn Magill lives in Western Washington with deep Iowa roots that influence many aspects of her writing and visual art. She holds a master's degree in Professional and Creative Writing from Central Washington University has been published by McFarland and Sons, Thin Air Review, and Meat for Tea, among others. You can usually find her anywhere there are animals (especially dogs) or a lack of cell phone service - and ideally both. Christina Hoag, a former journalist and foreign correspondent, has written for Time, Business Week, New York Times, Financial Times, among other media. She is the author of YA novel Girl on the Brink, which was inspired by her own experience in an abusive relationship. She is a volunteer facilitator at a domestic violence support group and speaks about abusive relationships. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artsforthehealthofit/support

A tough old lady code breaker learns how to speak dog, and helps the animal out of an abusive situation. Emmie Christie's work tends to hover around the topics of feminism, mental health, cats, and the speculative such as unicorns and affordable healthcare. She has been published in Flash Fiction Online, Zooscape Magazine and in Three-Lobed Burning Eye and she graduated from the Odyssey Writing Workshop in 2013. She also enjoys narrating audiobooks for Audible. You can find her at www.emmiechristie.com. ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at TallTaleTV.com ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- My name is Chris Herron, and I narrate audiobooks. In 2015, poor control of my diabetes left me legally blind for the better part of a year. The doctors predicted an 80% chance I would never see again, but I changed the way I was living and through sheer willpower beat the odds. During this time I couldn't read or write. Two things that I had been turning to for comfort since I was a small child. With the sheer amount of stress I was under, this was devastating. My wife took me by the arm, lead me into the local library, and read out titles of audiobooks to me. I chose the audiobook versions of books I had loved such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter and more. They brought my favorite stories to life in ways I never thought possible and helped me through the darkest time of my life. Once my vision recovered, I maintained a love for audiobooks. I decided I would turn my focus from being a writer to becoming a narrator. I devised Tall Tale TV as a way to help out all the amazing authors in the writing communities I had come to love before my ordeal. I created Tall Tale TV to help aspiring authors by providing them with a promotional audiobook video. A way to showcase their skills with the written word. They say the strongest form of advertisement is word of mouth, so I provide a video to a platform of readers to help get people talking. Help them spread the word. Click the share button and let the world know about this author. ---- legal ---- All images used in this video are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Most stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com or purchased from https://www.canstockphoto.com/ . Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the author. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords

When you restrict on one type of addiction, you must watch for another addiction to take its place. It's a widespread occurrence that most addicts can identify with. Taking away the drink, drug or relationship isn't the solution; it only stops the destructive behavior. It's what's underneath the addiction and addressing the "why" that we start to heal. Like many people, there were addictions like food and sex that preceded the alcohol and drug addiction that happened later and were first addressed. But the feelings and thoughts were still there. Adam Fout and Brianne discuss the phenomenon of cross addiction and how to find recovery from it.______If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction, depression, trauma, sexual abuse or feeling overwhelmed, we've compiled a list of resources at secretlifepodcast.com.______Adam Fout is an addiction / recovery / mental health blogger and a speculative fiction / nonfiction writer in North Texas. He's a graduate of the 2020 Odyssey Writing Workshop and was a finalist in the F(r)iction Spring 2020 Nonfiction Contest. His nonfiction appears in december, Superstition Review, and elsewhere. His speculative fiction appears in Flash Fiction Online. Read his addiction/mental health blog at adamfout.com____To find out more information about Brianne's book Secret Life of a Hollywood Sex & Love Addict, check out the website: https://secretlifenovel.com or At Amazon______HOW CAN I SUPPORT THE SHOW?Tell Your Friends & Share Online!Subscribe, Rate & Review: Apple PodcastsFollow & Listen  Spotify |  Stitcher | Google PodcastsSpread the word via social mediaInstagramTwitterFacebook#SecretLifePodcastDonateYou can also support the show with a one-time or monthly donation via PayPal (make payment to secretlifepodcast@icloud.com) or at our WEBSITE.Connect with Brianne Davis-Gantt (@thebriannedavis)Official WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitterConnect with Mark Gantt (@markgantt)Main WebsiteDirecting WebsiteInstagramFacebookTwitter

For episode 48 I have a conversation with a young and upcoming voice in the rising Queer horror movement. Of course, queer horror is nothing new Clive Barker and Poppy Z. Brite were out voices as far back as the 80s and 90s but exciting new things are happening in this space and Hailey has become a leader in the movement based on the strength of Her novella The Worm and His Kings which is an early favorite for a favorite read of the year already. Hailey Piper writes horror and dark fantasy and is a member of the Horror Writers Association. Her other titles include Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, and Benny Rose, the Cannibal King. Her short fiction appears in such places as Year's Best Hardcore Horror, The Arcanist, Flash Fiction Online, Daily Science Fiction, Tales to Terrify, Blood Bath Literary Zine, and lots of other spaces. In this conversation, we talk about Hailey's early and modern influences, her early books, and her new collection. Then we dive into a spoiler-free and spoiler-tastic look at The Worm and His Kings. Don't worry there is a warning but you can listen to most of the interview without concern of spoilers. If you want to support the podcast, please like and subscribe. Write reviews and share links to interviews. I don't ask for money but if you want to support my efforts my books are listed below and you get a book out of it. Thanks! •You can find my books here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/david-agranoff Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW •And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/

Main Fiction: "Zest for Life" by N R M Roshak.This story was first published in Future Science Fiction Digest, March 2019.N. R. M. Roshak is an award-winning Canadian writer whose work includes short fiction, kidlit, nonfiction and translation. Her short fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, On Spec, Daily Science Fiction, Future Science Fiction Digest, and elsewhere, and was awarded a quarterly Writers of the Future prize. She studied philosophy and mathematics; has written code and wrangled databases for dot-coms, Harvard, and a Fortune 500 company; and has blogged for a Fortune 500 company and written over a hundred technical articles. You can find more of her work at http://nrmroshak.com.Narrated by T F Ahmad.TF Ahmad is a writer and narrator from Chicago. His fiction has been published in Dark Futures and SOILED Magazine. His nonfiction has been published in the Chicago Monitor and Architizer.com. He's narrated stories on Tales to Terrify & he podcasts his own fiction on The Night Bulletin podcast, which you can find on your favorite podcast app. He can be hired for voiceover work at fiverr.com/tf_ahmad. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What More Could You Want by Alexandra Grunberg. Narrated by Marie Andrascik. Hosted by J.S. Arquin.  #Fantasy #Family #Growingpains  Valerie and Gillian knew their daughter Bernadette was impressionable. When Valerie would go to parent-teacher conferences, she knew that the teacher's report on Bernadette's behavior would depend entirely on which of her school friends she was idolizing that year. There was the terrible first grade, made more terrible because they did not know the phase would last less than a year, when Bernadette mimicked every adult, threw tantrums if she did not get exactly two chocolate biscuits with each meal, and would shout back at the characters on the television. But then summer vacation came, and Minnie, the other terror of the first grade, switched schools and took the bad habits she shared with Bernadette with her.  AUTHOR Alexandra Grunberg is a Glasgow based author, poet, and screenwriter. Her fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Cast of Wonders, Flash Fiction Online, and more. She is the resident screenwriter for Magic Dog Productions. She is a postgraduate student in the DFA in Creative Writing programme at the University of Glasgow. Her story “Not My First Choice” was previously performed on Overcast 96. Find her on Twitter @alexgrunberg and at https://alexandragrunberg.weebly.com/  NARRATOR As a teacher I used podcasts as lessons for my students and taught a unit where they created a class podcast. I've been enthralled with recording from the moment I saved enough money to buy my first recording device - a cassette recorder! My Dad gave me the last $20.00 I needed, and I couldn't wait to have it in my hands.  Friends and I recorded stories and plays for fun.  When I'm not busy recording audiobooks, my husband and I love traveling. I'm passionate about exercising daily, including hula hooping, tap, and I scavenge the beach for seaglass. https://www.voiceofmarie.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrascikMarie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marieandrascik/   Please help support The Overcast. Become a Patron Today! Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Spotify so you never miss an episode. While you're there, don't forget to leave a review!    

Main Fiction: "Gravity Pulls Down" by Adam FoutThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Adam Fout is an addiction / recovery / mental health blogger and a speculative fiction / nonfiction writer in North Texas. He blogs at adamfout.com. He is a graduate of the 2020 Odyssey Writing Workshop and was a finalist in the F(r)iction Spring 2020 Nonfiction Contest. His nonfiction appears in december, J Journal, The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and superstition [review]. His speculative fiction appears in StarShipSofa, Flash Fiction Online, Pulp Literature, and DreamForge.Narrated by Randal SchwartzRandal L. Schwartz is best well known for his seminal books on the Perlprogramming language that helped make the world wide web possible andpopular. He produced a weekly audio and video podcast on open sourcesoftware, but has given that up after 13 years to get those five hoursper week back again. Between the podcast, and bouncing all over theworld teaching programming and speaking at conferences, he's no stranger Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam Fout is an addiction/recovery / mental health blogger and a speculative fiction/nonfiction writer in North Texas. He blogs at adamfout.com. He is a graduate of the 2020 Odyssey Writing Workshop and was a finalist in the F(r)iction Spring 2020 Nonfiction Contest. His nonfiction appears or is forthcoming in December 2020, J Journal, The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, Another Chicago Magazine, and superstition [review]. His speculative fiction appears in Flash Fiction Online, Pulp Literature, and DreamForge. View on YouTube Here  https://youtu.be/59EunXsMLNk Adam Fout's LinksWebsite  https://www.adamfout.comFacebook  https://pos.li/2hxn9s Twitter  https://pos.li/2hxnaxEmail  awfout@gmail.com Scott H Silverman's Happy Hour (Podcast and Personal)Cell Number 619-993-2738My Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/SHSHHPodcastEmail, Scott  Scott@yourcrisiscoach.comEmail, Michael  michael@inacitylikeyours.com  Michael Glenn Moore's LinksIn A City Like Yours (Podcast)My Linktree:  https://linktr.ee/michael333Email  michael@inacitylikeyours.com  

Interview with Sunyi Dean, author of several short stories and the future novel, The Book Eaters. In this episode, we discuss her path to publication and being an autistic writer. To read more about Sunyi's book announcement from her publisher, Tor, click HERE. Get an idea of her writing style with her flash fiction piece in Flash Fiction Online.To learn more about Sunyi’s writing, check out her website at: (WEBSITE LINK). You can also follow her on Twitter (TWITTER HANDLE).Like the podcast episode? You can "Buy me a Coffee" as a thank you! I'll even give you a free short story to show my gratitude. Thank you!

The Bird by Edward Ashton. Narrated by J.S. Arquin. Featuring an afterword recorded by Edward Ashton.   “Spontaneous remission,” the doctor says. “The primary mass in your pancreas is gone. Your PET scan is clear. It happens sometimes.” Callie stares at the doctor's mouth, waiting for him to speak again, sure that she's imagined what she's just heard. “No promises,” he says finally. “Sometimes it lasts. Sometimes it doesn't. We'll bring you back in eight weeks for another set of scans. If those come back clean, you can start thinking about making long-term plans again.” Callie's gaze drifts to the half-open window behind the doctor's desk. A bird lands on the sill. It looks in at Callie, seems to meet her eye. “Close your mouth,” it says. “You look like an idiot.”   Edward Ashton lives in Rochester, New York with his adorably mopey dog, his inordinately patient wife, and a steadily diminishing number of daughters, where he studies new cancer therapies by day, and writes about the awful things his research may lead to by night. He is the author of the novels Three Days in April and The End of Ordinary, as well as of several dozen short stories which have appeared in venues ranging from the newsletter of an Italian sausage company to Flash Fiction Online, Analog, and Escape Pod. Find him on Twitter @edashtonwriting and at: http://www.edwardashton.com/   Please help support The Overcast. Become a Patron Today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode. While you're there, don't forget to leave a review!   J.S. Arquin's Crimson Dust Cycle has launched! Go to www.arquinworlds.com to download your free prequel story. Are you an author who loves J.S. Arquin's narrations? Ask him to narrate your audiobook at www.arquinaudiobooks.com 

Main Fiction: "The Convincer" by Eleanor R. WoodThis story was first published in Galaxy's Edge (November 1, 2018)Eleanor R. Wood’s stories have appeared in Pseudopod, Flash Fiction Online, Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, and various anthologies, among other places. She writes and eats licorice from the south coast of England, where she lives with her husband, two marvelous dogs, and enough tropical fish tanks to charge an entry fee. She blogs at creativepanoply.wordpress.com.Narrated by: Tatiana GreyTatiana is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth. She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn’t won a single damned thing. She went to NYU and lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find her at tatianagrey.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Not My First Choice by Alexandra Grunberg.  Narrated by J.S. Arquin.  Featuring an afterword written by Alexandra Grunberg.  #scifi #nanobots #fiction #podcast   "It's not as bad as being impaled by an icepick," she said. "Though, as someone who has never been impaled by an icepick, I could be wrong." "Ice picks have gotten a pretty bad reputation," said Kevin.  "But I hear they're nothing compared to medieval torture devices." Jessica nodded.  She knew a lot about medieval torture devices.  She had ranked most of them, both on a pain scale and a time scale.   Alexandra Grunberg is a Glasgow based author, screenwriter, and poet.  Her short stories have appeared in multiple magazines and anthologies, including SFWA certified publications such as Daily Science Fiction, Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, and Flash Fiction Online.  You can learn more on her website, alexandragrunberg.weebly.com    Please help support The Overcast.  Become a Patron Today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode.  While you're there, don't forget to leave a review!  

Life to the Power of Three by Rebecca Birch.  Narrated by J.S. Arquin.  Featuring an afterword recorded by Rebecca Birch.  #fantasy #fiction    The spray can's cold metal chilled my fingers when I shook it - three times side to side, three times diagonally to the left, then three times diagonally to the right. Snow filtered down outside the shelter of the highway overpass, like little golden flakes in the streetlamp light. I wished I could bottle that color.  The pigments in my spray paint were so drab and lifeless. They might never be enough to paint my way back home.     Rebecca Birch is a science fiction and fantasy writer based in Seattle, WA.  She's a classically trained soprano, hold a deputy black belt in Taekwondo, and enjoys spending time in the company of trees.  Her fiction has appeared in markets including Nature, Cricket, and Flash Fiction Online. Find her online at www.wordsofbirch.com and on Twitter @wordsofbirch.   Please help support the Overcast.  Become a Patron Today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode.  While you're there, please take a moment to leave a review!  

Main Fiction: "Choose" by David WhitakerThis story is a StarShipSofa original.David Whitaker is originally from the UK, but having ambled around a bit somehow found himself living in New Zealand. He has a degree in Journalism, however ultimately decided that as he prefers making things up it should probably be a resource rather than a profession. His fiction has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Sci Phi Journal, and AntipodeanSF, and you can find him and all his other works at wordsbydavid.com.Narrated by: Summer BrooksSummer Brooks is a story addict who watches too much television, and she enjoys putting her encyclopedic sci-fi geek knowledge to the test in discussions about sci-fi, horror, and comics. She has been doing just that on Slice of Sci,Fi since 2005, as co-host, producer, host and EIC, and as The Babylon Podcast co-host from 2006-2012.Summer is also an avid reader and writer of sci,fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of published credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing an urban fantasy action-adventure, and a monster movie extravaganza. She also does narrations for Tales to Terrify, StarShip Sofa, and Escape Pod among others, and has doing audiobooks in her sights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Butterflies by Stewart C. Baker.  Narrated by J.S. Arquin.  Featuring an afterword written by Stewart C. Baker.  #SciFi #podcast #fiction #manyworlds   Jeyna was four when they furrowed her, opening holes in her skull and channels through her brain.  She was four when they prepared her for the Tree.   Stewart C. Baker is an academic librarian, speculative fiction writer and poet, and the editor-in- chief of sub-Q Magazine.  His fiction has appeared in Nature, Galaxy's Edge, and Flash Fiction Online, among other places.  Stewart was born in England, has lived in South Carolina, Japan, and California (in that order), and currently resides in Oregon with his family - although if anyone asks, he'll usually say he's from the internet.  Find him online at http://infomancy.net or on Twitter @stewartcbaker.   Please support the Overcast.  Become a Patron Today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode.  While you're there, please take a moment to leave a review!              

Seven Kinds of Baked Goods by Maria Haskins.  Narrated by J.S. Arquin.  #Fantasy #Fiction #Podcast #Poison #Assassins #Dwarves #Blades   "The smell of mold and winter-stored potatoes chokes me as I dangle across the high-cantled saddle; the coarse fabric of the sack chafing my face and hands, the rag stuffed in my mouth ensuring I can't even complain about the bumping and bruising.      Yet even now, even here, I wouldn't change a thing about the life I've lived, if the chance were given.  After all, it has to count for something that I'm the only Dwarven crafter ever to cause more deaths with flaky pastry than a well-honed blade."   Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator.  She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and lives just outside Vancouver with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog.  Her work has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Shimmer, Cast of Wonders, and elsewhere.  Find her online at mariahaskins.com.   Please help support The Overcast.  Become a Patron today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher so you never miss an episode.  Don't forget to leave a review while you're there!    

The Endless Flickering Night by Gary Emmet Chandler.  Read by J.S. Arquin.  Featuring an afterword by Gary Emmet Chandler.  #SciFi #sciencefiction #dark #underground #podcast #fiction #silverscreen   "Together, we made our way to Burrow's cinema.  Each time the Five set us to digging a new outpost, that was the first room we carved; the cinemas were our cathedrals, our last remaining sparks of faith.  We were ambling through the rows, running our hands along the surface of each abandoned throne, when Toaster began to howl."   Gary Emmet Chandler works from his apartment in Portland as a copywriter and web developer, mostly in pajamas, with a cat nibbling at his leg.  His fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, and Pseudopod, among others.  Recently he has shifted his creative focus to photography, and you can follow his work on Instagram at @theangryluddite.   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!    

Long As I Can See The Light by Maria Haskins.  Featuring as afterword by Maria Haskins.  Narrated by J.S. Arquin.  #SciFi  #Aliens  #PNW   "Thomas, why do you think I brought you here?" "To kill me.  Or to let them take me away.  One way or another, you will destroy me." She sighs. "What is it you think happened when the light came?  Can you tell me that?"   Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator.  She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and debuted as a writer in Sweden in the 1980s.  Since 1992 she lives in Canada, and is currently located just outside Vancouver with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog.  Her most recent published book is "Dark Flash", a collection os flash fiction stories.  Her work has also appeared in, or will be appearing in, Flash Fiction Online, Shimmer, Gamut, Capricious, and elsewhere.  Find her online at http://mariahaskins.wordpress.com/ and on Twitter @mariahaskins.   Please help support the Overcast. Become a Patron today! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.  Don't forget to leave a review to help new listeners tune in!    

"How Lovely Is the Silence of Growing Things" by Evan Dicken -- published in Apex Magazine issue 96, May 2017.   Read it here: http://www.apex-magazine.com/ By day, Evan Dicken studies old Japanese maps and crunches data for all manner of fascinating medical experiments at The Ohio State University. By night, he does neither of these things. His fiction has most recently appeared in: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Unlikely Story, and Flash Fiction Online, and he has stories forthcoming from publishers such as: Daily Science Fiction and Chaosium. Feel free to visit him at evandicken.com. This Apex Magazine podcast was performed and produced by Mahvesh Murad. Music used with kind permission of BenSound.com! Apex Magazine Podcast, Copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a monthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.  

Week 1 of Translations Special Month! This story was originally written in Swedish and has been translated into English.Main Fiction: "Lost and Found" by Maria HaskinsMaria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator. She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and debuted as a writer in Sweden in the far-off era known as the 1980s. Since 1992 she lives in Canada, and is currently located just outside Vancouver with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog. Her English-language fiction has appeared in, or will be appearing in, Flash Fiction Online, Gamut... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes the newest winners of Writers and Illustrators of the Future!   : Matt Dovey is very tall and very English, and is most likely drinking a cup of tea right now. and despite being the grand prize Golden Pen winner in Writers of the Future, he still hasn't found the right words to properly express the delight and joy he finds in this wonderful arrangement.  : Maricela Ugarte Peña she began to develop her work in conjunction with an online community, where she developed many close friends. Now, Mari is creating diverse illustrations for games, and is working to develop original graphic novels. Julie Frost was raised as an Army brat by parents who taught her to love reading by the age of four. She's written an eclectic mixture of short science fiction and fantasy.  Killian McKeown is the founder of photography studio Vision Images. In addition to illustration, he has worked as a videographer and photographer on multiple film sets, a press photographer for various conventions and events, and as a camera production assistant, producer, and director, among other things.  Stewart C Baker is an academic librarian, haikuist, and speculative fiction writer. His poetry has appeared in various haiku magazines, and his fiction in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, and various other places.  join these up and coming authors and illustrators!        

Author : Kelly Sandoval Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Rikki LaCoste Discuss on Forums Originally published in Flash Fiction Online. Every year in January, Cast of Wonders takes the month off to recharge our batteries, plan the year ahead, and highlight some of our favourite episodes. As part of […] The post Episode 190: Staff Pick 2015 – Home Isn’t by Kelly Sandoval appeared first on Cast of Wonders.

Coming Up… Interview: Prof Christopher Riley and Our Message for Voyager – Facebook Page Main Fiction: “The Merger” by Sunil Patel Originally appeared in The Book Smugglers  Sunil Patel is a Bay Area fiction writer and playwright who has written about everything from ghostly cows to talking beer. His plays have been performed at San Francisco Theater Pub and San Francisco Olympians Festival, and his fiction has appeared in Saturday Night Reader, Fireside Magazine, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Flash Fiction Online, and The Book... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author : Kelly Sandoval Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Discuss on Forums Originally published in Flash Fiction Online. Hungry for more horror flash fiction? Then head to the Pseudopod forums where this very moment yours could be the deciding vote in the “two stories enter, one story […] The post Episode 178: Home Isn’t by Kelly Sandoval appeared first on Cast of Wonders.

Coming Up… Tiki Shark Art Hawaii Inc. Main Fiction: “Behind the First Years” by Stewart C. Baker Originally published in Cosmos magazine Stewart C Baker is an academic librarian, haikuist, and speculative fiction writer. His fiction and poetry has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Nature, and Flash Fiction Online, among other magazines. Stewart was born in England, has spent time in South Carolina, Japan, and California, and now lives in western Oregon with his wife and children—although if anyone asks, he’ll say he’s from the Internet. His website is http://infomancy.net/ Narrated by

Flash Fiction: “Dream Logic” by Barbara A. Barnett Keith touches a hand to his nose, and I’m not sure what surprises him more: the blood my left hook drew, or the fact that his boxing gloves have suddenly disappeared. “How did you–“ I slug Keith again. Keith doesn’t get dream logic, which is why he shouldn’t be narco-boxing. But it’s the latest fad so he just has to get on board with it, a badge of cool to add to his generically perfect looks and the girlfriend he cheats on and that big fat promotion because he’s got leadership potential, while I’m just bossy and shrill. Barbara A. Barnett is a writer, musician, librarian, Odyssey Writing Workshop alum, coffee addict, wine lover, bad movie mocker, and all-around geek. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, Flash Fiction Online, Fantasy Magazine... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

by Direct Link Sheena Boekweg is a staff member at Flash Fiction Online. She has received an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest, and The New Era Magazine accepted her work for publication. Sheena is a mom of three living in Utah. To read more about Sheena … Continue reading →