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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WITCHING HOUR
* Authors : Summer Fletcher, Ash Beker and Alasdair Stuart
* Narrators : Imogen Harris, Marty Perrett, Wilson Fowlie, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Mur Lafferty, M. M. Schill, Alex Hofelich, Shawn Garrett, Scott Campbell, Kat Day, Graeme Dunlop and Alasdair Stuart
* Audio Producers : Marguerite Kenner, Ciaran ‘Zalia’ Roberts, Lillian Boyd and Pria Wood
* Artist : Matt Dovey
A Halloween 2021 original audio drama! Download the complete transcript.
Headline Content Warning: death & dying; horror themes; mental health & trauma; sound effects; socio-political themes (including period typical racial slurs, censored in audio, uncensored in text); violence; swearing, blasphemy, innuendo, second person perspective, and fourth wall breaking
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Detailed Content Warning:
Spoiler
* Death & dying: references to dead bodies; mentioned risk of drowning
* Horror themes: disturbing imagery and situations; supernatural locations and encounters; encroaching apocalypse
* Mental health and trauma: references to coercion / brainwashing; references to stalking
* Miscellaneous: swearing; blasphemy; innuendo; second person perspective; fourth wall breaking
* Sound effects: bodily injuries; yelling / screaming; censored beep
* Socio-political themes: mansplaining; a few uses of racial slurs including two uses of the N word (censored in audio) along with references to racism
* Violence: forced imprisonment; physical violence; bodily injuries; kidnapping; references to blood; comedic threat; sound of distress and discomfort
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Special thanks to Margaret Dunlap. In collaboration with:
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* performed by Alexander J Newall
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