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We at the Castle are still reeling from this wonderful news, thank you everyone!
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Immense congratulations to every finalist and winner and OH MY GOD TEAM @podcastle.org ! Amazing work!
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How wonderful to see this story landing over at Podcastle! We're so glad to have found it in our slush pile, and I'm pleased she found a home for the audio rights that would do it justice.
#PC913: Verditsa of the River by Adriana Kantcheva, read by Kat Kourbeti. Previously published by Trollbreath Magazine. Rated PG - CW for drowning

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Congratulations to @podcastle.org for winning an Ignyte Award! 👏

What a beautiful happenstance that my new narration is up there today - 'Vedritsa of the River' by @catchingwords.bsky.social is a sapphic Rusalka story with cli-fi elements, and I was deeply honoured to work on it. Give it a listen!
PodCastle 913: Vedritsa of the River - PodCastle
Vedritsa of the River by Adriana Kantcheva   The Kamchia river had grown turgid after a storm. I surfaced from my habitual pool and bent over the young girl as she lay washed on the bank, her limbs co...
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#PC913: Verditsa of the River by Adriana Kantcheva, read by Kat Kourbeti. Previously published by Trollbreath Magazine. Rated PG - CW for drowning

podcastle.org/2025/10/14/p...
If you’ve been listening to the pod recently, you’ll have heard…

• Ads are coming at the start and end of episodes from Oct 1st
• BUT Patreon subscribers can get ad-free versions!
#PC912: TALES FROM THE VAULTS - The Tanuki-Kettle by Eugie Foster, read by Tina Connolly. Previously ran as #PC28 and first published by Cricket Magazine. Rated G.

podcastle.org/2025/10/07/p...
If you’ve been listening to the pod recently, you’ll have heard…

• Ads are now at the start and end of episodes from Oct 1st
• BUT Patreon subscribers can get ad-free versions!
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#PC911: Mycelium by Beth Goder, read by Tatiana Grey. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Rated PG.

podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...
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PodCastle enthusiasts! We're getting reports of hundreds of notification emails being sent by Patreon and have received them ourselves.

We're aware of it and are working on it.
Dear Patreon subscribers: we’re aware of the multiple Patreon notifications/emails. We’re working on it. We recommend you turn off notifications for the moment and, if you can, set up a filter for emails. Please bear with us 😩
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#PC910: Tusker Blue by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, read by Shweta Adhyam. Previously Published in Strange Horizons. Rated PG-13 - Content warnings for animal cruelty, blood, and suicide.

podcastle.org/2025/09/23/p...
PodCastle is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and everything we do is funded by donations from our audience. If you want to support us and our sisters in producing fiction like this, please consider donating: www.patreon.com/EAPodcasts
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#PC909: Resurrection Rum by Stephanie Malia Morris, read by Dominick Rabrun. A #PodCastleOriginal! Rated PG-13 - content warnings for death, gun violence, and racism

podcastle.org/2025/09/16/p...
PodCastle is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and everything we do is funded by donations from our audience. If you want to support us and our sisters in producing fiction like this, please consider donating: www.patreon.com/EAPodcasts
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#PC908: TALES FROM THE VAULTS - Said the Princess by Dani Atkinson, read by Andrew K. Hoe, Kitty Sarkozy, and Katherine Inskip. Previously ran as #PC722 and first published by Daily Science Fiction. Rated PG-13

podcastle.org/2025/09/09/p...
PodCastle is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and everything we do is funded by donations from our audience. If you want to support us and our sisters in producing fiction like this, please consider donating: www.patreon.com/EAPodcasts
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#PC907: Maintenance Phase by A. D. Ellicott, read by Emma Osborne. Previously Published by Body of Work, ed. C.Z. Tacks, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (2023) Rated PG - Content warnings for fatphobia and eating disorders.

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#PC906: DOUBLE EPISODE: The House, The Witch, and Sugarcane Stalks by Amanda Helms, read by Cherrae L. Stuart. Previously published by Lightspeed. And To Pluck a Twisted String by Anne Leonard, read by Christiana Ellis. Previously published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Rated PG.
PodCastle is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and everything we do is funded by donations from our audience. If you want to support us and our sisters in producing fiction like this, please consider donating: www.patreon.com/EAPodcasts
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#PC905: The Next Dead Wife by Jeanna Mason Stay read by Valerie Valdes. A #PodCastleOriginal! Rated PG-13 - Content warnings for coercive control, domestic violence, and murder.

podcastle.org/2025/08/19/p...