PodCastle is the world’s first audio fantasy magazine. Weekly, we broadcast the best in fantasy short stories, running the gammut from heart-pounding sword and sorcery, to strange surrealist tales, to gritty urban fantasy, to the psychological depth of magical realism. Our podcast features authors including N.K. Jemisin, Peter S. Beagle, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Jim C. Hines, and Cat Rambo, among others. Terry Pratchett once wrote, “Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.” Tune in to PodCastle each Tuesday for our weekly tale, and spend the length of a morning commute giving your imagination a work out.
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EP198a: Eugie Award Re-Post of Urchins, While Swimming
Escape Artists would like to draw your attention to a fantastic event happening next week at DragonCon, the Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction.
This annual award will be presented for the first time in 2016—for works published in 2015.
The Eugie Award honors stories that are irreplaceable, that inspire, enlighten, and entertain. It will shine the spotlight on stories that are beautiful, thoughtful, and passionate. That change us and the field. The recipient will be a story that is unique and will become essential to speculative fiction readers.
The finalists for this year’s award are:
- “The Deepwater Bride” by Tamsin Muir
- “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong
- “The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild” by Catherynne M. Valente
- “Pocosin” by Ursula Vernon
- “Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” by Aliette De Bodard
To highlight the work of these authors we are re-running three stories on Escape Pod, PodCastle, and Pseudopod:
Escape Pod 408: Immersion by Aliette De Bodard
Podcastle 198: Urchins, While Swimming by Catherynne M. Valente
Pseudopod 492: The Fisher Queen by Alyssa Wong
Also, be sure to check out Ursula Vernon’s story “Jackalope Wives” available to read for free at Mothership Zeta. And mark November on your calendar for an upcoming story by Tamsin Muir.
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Ms Foster has been featured as an author and a narrator on nearly all of the Escape Artists podcasts. We encourage you to revisit them all.
Escape Pod
EP017: The Life and Times of Penguin
EP039: My Friend is a Lesbian Zombie
EP121: The Snow Woman’s Daughter
EP214: Sinner, Baker, Fablist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast
EP229: Littleblossom Makes a Deal With the Devil
EP261: Only Springtime When She’s Gone
EP388: Trixie and the Pandas of Dread
Pseudopod
Pseudopod 91: Caesar’s Ghost
Pseudopod 137: The Reign of the Wintergod
Pseudopod 265: Biba Jibun
Pseudopod 343: Magdala Amygdala
PodCastle
PC028: The Tanuki-Kettle
PodCastle 63: Daughter of Botu
PodCastle 105: Honored Guest
PodCastle 184: Black Swan, White Swan
PodCastle Miniature 45: When Shakko Did Not Lie