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Cast of Wonders
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The Young Adult Fiction Podcast featuring stories of the Fantastic

Episodes cross all speculative boundaries and if someone complains we are 'woke' or pandering to the liberals we are doing our job right!

Part of the Escape Artists Foundation
Cast of Wonders 670: Little Wonders 47 - We Wish You a Creepy Christmas with stories by KT Wagner and Anne Wilkins, narrated by Jen Zink and Alexis Goble, produced by Andrew Jack.

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December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New story day! “The Cat That Went To Uranus” is now available to read or listen to in @castofwonders.org.

After stowing away aboard the first manned mission to Uranus, a little black cat quickly becomes a nuisance…

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Cast of Wonders 669: The Cat that went to Uranus | Cast of Wonders
The ship was barely a million kilometres away from Earth when Commander Fowler heard a meow. He stopped what he was doing and frowned. Spaceships did not normally meow. They’d been rocketing away from...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Cast of Wonders 669: The Cat that went to Uranus by Dan Peacock narrated by Rish Outfield produced by Jeremy Carter

CW: allergies

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December 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
ICYMI: Cast of Wonders 668: The Sundress and the Serpent by Craig Church narrated by Bria Strothers produced by Jeremy Carter

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CW: death of a parent
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Have we mentioned we LOVE a lil prezzie? 🎁 Go on, give yourself one too :D
It is that time of year again fam! We are in the end-of-year festive and gifting season :D (We love getting presents!!!!) Have you considered gifting a subscription to one of your loved ones?

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December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Have you left cookies?
That is to say, have you FED THE POD?

(All through December, donations are matched dollar for dollar!)
🎶 🎵 here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, HERE COMES SANTA CLAUSE!!! HERE! COMES! SANTA! CLAUS!!!! RUN!!!! 🎶 🎵
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Somewhere, Suzanne Collins is banging her forehead against a keyboard until it's bloody.
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For the evening crowd :)
Did you know it’s International Migrants Day today? Despite what the news would have you believe 99.9% want to settle down & live a quiet life. A significant chunk of these folk wouldn’t have ‘migrated’ if they had ANY other choice (Refugees)

Have a listen to some of our Migrant Centric Fiction:
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Did you know it’s International Migrants Day today? Despite what the news would have you believe 99.9% want to settle down & live a quiet life. A significant chunk of these folk wouldn’t have ‘migrated’ if they had ANY other choice (Refugees)

Have a listen to some of our Migrant Centric Fiction:
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Did you know it’s International Migrants Day today? Despite what the news would have you believe 99.9% want to settle down & live a quiet life. A significant chunk of these folk wouldn’t have ‘migrated’ if they had ANY other choice (Refugees)

Have a listen to some of our Migrant Centric Fiction:
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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For more information and more ways to FEED THE EXTREMELY HUNGRY POD (FeedItFeedItFeedItFeedIt), see escapeartists.net/2025/12/01/2...
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December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Twas a night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…

… except for the pod. The pod was stirring because it was hungry. Feed the pod. Before it goes looking for a snack.

(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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It is that time of year again fam! We are in the end-of-year festive and gifting season :D (We love getting presents!!!!) Have you considered gifting a subscription to one of your loved ones?

It’s the best kind of gift because it keeps on giving throughout the year XD escapeartists.net/support-ea/
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December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For the morning crowd! :D
It is that time of year again fam! We are in the end-of-year festive and gifting season :D (We love getting presents!!!!) Have you considered gifting a subscription to one of your loved ones?

It’s the best kind of gift because it keeps on giving throughout the year XD escapeartists.net/support-ea/
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December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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For today’s #DecFic, one of my all time favourites 🎄

A Little Something For Christmas,
also published at @castofwonders.org in December 2018

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December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It is that time of year again fam! We are in the end-of-year festive and gifting season :D (We love getting presents!!!!) Have you considered gifting a subscription to one of your loved ones?

It’s the best kind of gift because it keeps on giving throughout the year XD escapeartists.net/support-ea/
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December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ICYMI:
Cast of Wonders 667: Amudha Surabhi by Tehnuka, narrated by Shweta Adhyam, produced by Andrew Jack, hosted by Katherine Inskip

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Content notes: references to historical famine and colonisation
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Cast of Wonders 667: Amudha Surabhi by Tehnuka, narrated by Shweta Adhyam, produced by Andrew Jack, hosted by Katherine Inskip

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Content notes: references to historical famine and colonisation
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Also if you want to give JKR a black eye Fight Like A Girl 2 is relentlessly trans positive, has a bunch of trans authors in it and is published by a trans-owned company, and we ain't going anywhere....

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Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2: Amazon.co.uk: McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Morgan, Lou, Garland, Dolly, Davies, K T, Morgan, Cheryl, Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne, Bond, C...
Buy Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2 by McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Morgan, Lou, Garland, Dolly, Davies, K T, Morgan, Cheryl, Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne, Bond, Charlotte...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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@castofwonders.org has some glorious Trans written & about trans identity stories. We LOVE publishing them! This one is a particular favourite: www.castofwonders.org/2023/02/cast...
Cast of Wonders 528: Notes from a trans-inclusive gender apocalypse | Cast of Wonders
Firestorm (12:05 PM): You know, given all the possibilities for an apocalypse, this wasn’t the one I expected us to see. At least not first. Kazumi (12:31 PM): Did you see the good news, though?
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December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ICYMI:
Cast of Wonders 666: The Mall Reapers by Daniel Roop narrated by Laura Hobbs hosted by Katherine Inskip produced by Andrew Jack

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November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM