Cast of Wonders

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The Young Adult Speculative Fiction Podcast

Recent Episodes
  • Cast of Wonders 636: Whatever Remains of the Dead
    Apr 12, 2025 – 35:35
  • Cast of Wonders 635: What the God Mouth Wants
    Apr 5, 2025 – 28:10
  • Cast of Wonders 634: Pearl Diving
    Mar 28, 2025 – 18:53
  • Cast of Wonders 633: Born in Flame and Song
    Mar 18, 2025 – 43:39
  • Cast of Wonders 632: Tongue is a Void
    Feb 23, 2025 – 14:57
  • Cast of Wonders 631: Sometimes It Happens That Way
    Feb 16, 2025 – 35:23
  • Cast of Wonders 630: Poets of Painswick
    Feb 9, 2025 – 28:34
  • Cast of Wonders 629: The Otter Woman’s Daughter
    Feb 2, 2025 – 38:43
  • Cast of Wonders 628: The Bookstore at the End of America (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 29, 2025 – 55:06
  • Cast of Wonders 627: The Restaurant of Object Permanence (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 26, 2025 – 15:29
  • Cast of Wonders 626: Bokrug and the Boy (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 22, 2025 – 22:09
  • Cast of Wonders 625: The Game of Mao (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 16, 2025 – 23:56
  • Cast of Wonders 624: My Mother’s Voice and the Shadow (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 13, 2025 – 44:32
  • Cast of Wonders 623: The Cat That Worked From Home (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 9, 2025 – 25:46
  • Cast of Wonders 622: Open Skies and Hellfire (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 6, 2025 – 21:04
  • Cast of Wonders 621: Bodies of Sand and Blood (Staff Picks 2024)
    Jan 2, 2025 – 30:03
  • Cast of Wonders 620: Fording the Milky Way (Staff Picks 2024)
    Dec 30, 2024 – 23:32
  • Cast of Wonders 619: A Properly Spiced Gingerbread
    Dec 24, 2024 – 13:07
  • Cast of Wonders 618: Beneath the Unreal Gardens of the Virtual Villa
    Dec 22, 2024 – 46:12
  • Cast of Wonders 617: Emily
    Dec 3, 2024 – 19:51
  • Cast of Wonders 616: Worse than a Wolf
    Nov 16, 2024 – 26:29
  • Cast of Wonders 615: Optimal Care
    Nov 11, 2024 – 21:40
  • Cast of Wonders 614: T-Rex Tex-Mex
    Nov 3, 2024 – 13:01
  • Cast of Wonders 613: The Gingerbread House
    Oct 30, 2024 – 15:56
  • Cast of Wonders 612: The Illusionist’s Tent
    Oct 29, 2024 – 21:24
  • Cast of Wonders 611: The Gobstomper
    Oct 28, 2024 – 24:27
  • Cast of Wonders 610: What Cannot Be Cured, Must Be Endured
    Oct 27, 2024 – 25:47
  • Cast of Wonders 609: Devil’s Food
    Oct 20, 2024 – 43:18
  • Cast of Wonders 608: The light that became a star
    Oct 19, 2024 – 28:56
  • Cast of Wonders 607: The Little Donkeys with the Crimson Saddles
    Oct 6, 2024 – 40:27
  • Cast of Wonders 606: My Mother’s Voice and the Shadow
    Sep 29, 2024 – 44:11
  • Cast of Wonders 605: The Projectionists
    Sep 28, 2024 – 29:13
  • Cast of Wonders 604: The Restaurant of Object Permanence
    Sep 28, 2024 – 16:05
  • Cast of Wonders 603: Three Wishes to Save the World
    Sep 14, 2024 – 31:49
  • Cast of Wonders 602: All-Consuming
    Sep 8, 2024 – 12:57
  • Cast of Wonders 601: Bokrug and the Boy
    Aug 31, 2024 – 21:49
  • Cast of Wonders 600: Double Yellow Lines
    Aug 24, 2024 – 22:27
  • Cast of Wonders 599: Little Wonders 45 – Future Legacies
    Aug 21, 2024 – 14:54
  • Cast of Wonders 598: The Middle Rages (Encore!)
    Aug 11, 2024 – 26:15
  • Cast of Wonders 597: Happy Go Lucky
    Aug 4, 2024 – 50:04
  • Cast of Wonders 596: The Thief of Memory
    Jul 30, 2024 – 45:58
  • Cast of Wonders 595: Come in, Children
    Jul 21, 2024 – 30:28
  • Cast of Wonders 594: In this Universe, Jon Flowers is a Story
    Jul 17, 2024 – 12:54
  • Cast of Wonders 593: The Bookstore at the End of America
    Jul 7, 2024 – 55:22
  • Cast of Wonders 592: Flawless
    Jul 4, 2024 – 34:11
  • Cast of Wonders 591: Scrap Dragon
    Jun 30, 2024 – 33:26
  • Cast of Wonders 590: Umami
    Jun 16, 2024 – 19:17
  • Cast of Wonders 589: The Answer of the Fickle Heart
    Jun 12, 2024 – 44:15
  • Cast of Wonders 588: In a town like this
    Jun 9, 2024 – 14:03
  • Cast of Wonders 587: The Game of Mao
    May 31, 2024 – 24:44
Recent Reviews
  • P.TwoBears
    The best
    The very very best, I live for this
  • badname81
    If you like an agenda with your fiction
    I enjoyed one episode. The rest seem to have an agenda they’d like to shove down my throat. No thanks.
  • Trobaughokc
    Escape Artists
    I have enjoyed all of their podcasts and recomend the support of this organization of dedicated authors and voice actors.
  • smrtrthnur
    How is it relevant to the story wether or not the writer is lgbtqwhatever?
    Why do you, as a host, doing an intro feel it important to specify the author’s sexual attraction in the author bio? Does it somehow effect the story’s premise or plot? Or am I missing something? EP 408
  • Lifelong enthusiast
    Top-notch
    This recent story, The Last Banquet Of Temporal Confections (two parts) is a favorite of mine and masterful tale, combining fantasy and culinary arts (two things dear to me). Thank you, I very much appreciated this story.
  • Mommabird25
    Not enough to choose from
    Unless you go to their actual website, there are only a few very negative stories to choose from. None of it seems happy or positive. Just a bunch of dark unhappy too quickly read words. It’s as if they want their listeners to be sad. Or maybe they think if it’s not sad, people won’t listen. I’m going to try a couple more but I’m just about ready to give up.
  • Aaron69953795
    Liberal propaganda
    Another podcast focused on spreading liberal propaganda. Why can’t these podcasters just read good science fiction instead of having an ulterior motive.
  • fbsjndhs
    Has quit a few gay undertones
    I am not totally against it but I feel that it seem more LGBTQ undertones in the stories. I get board now listing. That the way it is now I guess.
  • CallinTad
    CallinTad
    I only discovered this show when they joined the Escape Artists family in 2014, but what an amazing collection of high quality short fiction! They do their best to push boundaries and buttons, and their quality rivals their older sisters - if you want a top notch example of what free, listener-supported, community-made excellence can sound like, you owe it to yourself to check them out.
  • J.T. Evans
    Great Stories for Young Adults AND Adults
    I'm currently in my 5th decade of life, and I still love every story they publish. I listen to them with my son and he enjoys them as well.
  • Schrodingrr
    A Rare Treat
    With so few YA story podcasts out there, I'm consistently amazed by the quality of the work produced by this podcast. Definitely the best out there in terms of YA genre fiction!
  • NwWM
    Like mini-audiobooks! But free!
    Great stories, great narration. Awesome podcast!
  • ActorPaulC
    If You Love Fantastical Stories This Is For You
    I've narrated a few of the stories on the Cast of Wonders young adult fiction podcast, and been listening to others lately that have been coming out. They are really really good YA fiction stories that I find myself listening to while walking, biking, and sitting on public transport. If you like fantastical stories, like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, and the like- this podcast of original stories is for you! I love too, that they pay the authors of the stories. It really fosters growth for young up-and-coming writers, as well as for established fiction writers. So good.
  • James&Jewell
    Just a bunch of fun
    I know they say it is for "young adults" but a great story captures the imagination no matter your age.
  • Johanberg
    More than fantastic
    Cast of wonders deserves their Parsec award. They're not just a top audio fiction venue; they are putting out some of the highest caliber YA fiction you'll find.
  • Sweet&nice99
    Great podcast!
    Really enjoy listening to the stories
  • Sandra M. Odell
    Episode #44: "Lizzy Viscera and the Quest for the Perfect Sandwich"
    Read by Cast of Wonders regular Danielle Daily, this is a humorous take on necromancy, comfort foods, and lunch period. Lizzy may be a necromancer and have a pet human skull named Yorick, but she certainly doesn’t fit the mold of dark-haired goth and favors a hoodie instead of a skull bra. The story is a tad short on world building for my tastes, but that doesn’t detract from the solid pacing and casual humor. Spencer graduated from Susquehanna University with a BA in Creative Writing, lists “Tentacular” among his favorite words, and, I discovered much to my surprise, shares a table of contents with me in Bards & Sages October 2011.
  • Neotigress
    Just Wow...
    I have been a listener to Podcastle, Pseudopod, and Escapepod for ages... and my favorite episodes have always featured Graeme Dunlop. I did a google search yesterday, and was delighted to discover this podcast. I am, at this writing, halfway through all the available episodes. The quality of the voice work is superlative, and I like the "flavor" of the stories. Please keep doing what you're doing (on all sites). There is a wonderful consistancy to the overall quality of this podcast, and I love the whimsy and surprise of all the stories I've hear thus far. I am now off to email all my friends to stop what they are doing and download! NOW! So stop reading and start downloading!!!...
  • Meelar
    Top Notch!
    This is a great young adult sci-fi/fantasy production. The stories are well chosen and beautifully hosted and narrated. It's fast becoming one of my favorite literary podcasts. Thank you guys for doing such good work!
  • pixiebug
    Wonderful!
    This is a brand new podcast for Young Adults featuring fantasy and science fiction stories. The production is great and the host seems really cool. (He's got a very smooth Australian accent. It's great.) Anyway, I've loved the stories. I hope they gain lots of followers! They deserve it so far!
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