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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!

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Cast of Wonders 663: The Pequod II by
@liamjhogan.bsky.social narrated by Jonathan Danz hosted by Alicia Caporaso produced by Andrew Jack

www.castofwonders.org/2025/11/cast...

(this time with the correct Liam Hogan!)

November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM

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Cast of Wonders 663: The Pequod II by @liamhogan.bsky.social narrated by Jonathan Danz hosted by Alicia Caporaso produced by Andrew Jack

www.castofwonders.org/2025/11/cast...

November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM

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Cast of Wonders 662: It Grows Back by @grantcollier.bsky.social narrated by Wilson Fowlie produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

CW: broken bones, body horror, monster under the bed.

www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

Happy #Halloween!

silhouette of warped hands and arms pressing in against a red sheet

October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM

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click on 'add rule'

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October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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Cast of Wonders 661: Bloom like roses, wild and thorned by Jessica Lévai narrated by Katrin Kania produced by Andrew Jack

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CW: abusive relationships

October 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM

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Cast of Wonders 659: The Archive of Unnamed Joy by Bella Chacha narrated by Opie Ogundiran produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social

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#bannedbooksweek

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October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM

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ICYMI: Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready by @lduerr.bsky.social narrated by @danicutler.bsky.social produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social

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#bannedbooksweek

October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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Cast of Wonders 657: Plutopalooza by Gretchen Tessmer narrated by Emma Osborne produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social - our second story for #BannedBooksWeek

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CW: end of the world

October 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM

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Cast of Wonders 656: Unconventionally Bound by Açaí Sparrow, narrated by Karen Menzel, produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

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This is our first story for #BannedBooksWeek 2025

Banned Books Week episode art: butterflies emerging from a book

October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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Coming soon! Our Banned Books Week stories!
#JoyThatSustains
#BannedBooksWeek

episode art for Banned Books week: butterflies emerging from a book's pages.

October 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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Cast of Wonders 655: The Carmel B Crazies (encore episode) by Rick Kennet narrated by @margueritekenner.bsky.social hosted by @scribblejotter.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

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October 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Cast of Wonders 654: Life According to Tabeeb, by yoakeim.bsky.social narrated by Loulou Szal produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

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October 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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Did you know it’s international rabbit day? Why don’t you listen to a short bunny related piece to mark it :) Our Co-assistant editor @scribblejotter.bsky.social wrote it AND keeps a pair of adorable reprobates :D

www.castofwonders.org/2020/01/cast...

Photograph of bramble agouti standard domestic rabbit and duchess a black continental giant breed cuddling

September 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM

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Cast of Wonders 650: Witches Racing Cars by @nadavschulkutas.bsky.social narrated by Alicia Atkins hosted by Alicia Caporaso produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...

a car racing through a river in the purple twilight, with others following behind. Its headlights are sparking lightning

August 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM

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Cast of Wonders 649: Little Wonders 46-Seize Your Future with stories by Race Harish and Susan Taitel, narrated by Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe and Emily Smith, produced by Jeremy Carter

www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...

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August 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM

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BODIES OF SAND AND BLOOD IS A NOMMO AWARD FINALIST!!!

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List of Nommo Award short story finalists - screencap from File770!

August 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM

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Oh and the not a food crime against humanity discord notification relates to hot honey jaffa cakes - tasty, with a warm spicy heat on the back end. I regretted not buying a second box 🙃

August 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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So heres your TBR adds. The ones I havent already read are definitely going on mine! -AB

2/2

Screenshot of part of the article listing books that were banned for obscenity:

The Color Purple, Half of a Yellow Sun, Cloud Atlas, The Splendid and
the Vile, I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, The Freedom Writers Diary:
How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them, On the Road, Nineteen Minutes, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, The Kite Runner, Slaughterhouse-Five, Shout, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, The Handmaid’s Tale, Native Son, Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa, Water for Elephants, Beloved, Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, and Homegoing. None of these books are obscene.

August 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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Cast of Wonders 648: Precious Little Things @aptshadow.bsky.social narrated by Isaac Harwood produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...

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August 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM

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Cast of Wonders 647: What Good Daughters Do by @tiatashiro.bsky.social narrated by Lalana Dara produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...

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August 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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Cast of Wonders 646: As Brittle as Granite by Matt Tighe, narrated by Dani Daly, hosted by Amy Brennan and produced by Jeremy Carter

www.castofwonders.org/2025/08/cast...