2026 Original Fiction

September 15, 2026

PodCastle 961: A Thousand Finer Foldings

Author : Claire Jia-Wen
Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

September 1, 2026

PodCastle 959: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: The Travel Guide to the Dimension of Lost Things

Author : Effie Seiberg
Narrator : Summer Fletcher
Host : Devin Martin
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

August 11, 2026

PodCastle 956: Revolutions, as Told by a Humble Rice Farmer

Author : Lia Lao
Narrator : Curtis C. Chen
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

July 28, 2026

PodCastle 954: The Grief Eaters

Author : Erin Keating
Narrator : Heather Thomas
Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

July 14, 2026

PodCastle 952: Putti Call

Author : Emily Munro
Narrator : Sandra Espinoza
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

July 7, 2026

PodCastle 951: TALES FROM THE VAULTS: ‘Til Death

Author : C. J. Lavigne
Narrator : Nicola Chapman
Host : Tarver Nova
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

June 30, 2026

PodCastle 950: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Reapings

Authors : Gregory Marlow, RJ Aurand and Jeanna Cammarano
Narrators : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer), Rosie Sentman and Dani Daly
Host : Wilson Fowlie
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

June 23, 2026

PodCastle 949: The Troll Road

Author : Tony Dunnell
Narrator : Devin Martin
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

June 16, 2026

PodCastle 948: DOUBLE EPISODE: How I Did Not Make Friends With Teniel eu Letxie and The Gift of Her Light

Authors : Bree Wernicke and AnaMaria Curtis
Narrators : Kat Kourbeti and C. L. Clark
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

June 9, 2026

PodCastle 947: Why a Spider Needs a Parachute

Author : J. L. Akagi
Narrator : Jo Moran
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

May 13, 2026

PodCastle 943: At Death’s Door

Author : T. R. Steele
Narrator : Jordan Kurella
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

April 14, 2026

PodCastle 939: The Worth of Ashes

Author : Amanda Helms
Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

March 24, 2026

PodCastle 936: Ananconfabulation

Author : Mar Vincent
Narrator : Rosie Sentman
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie

March 3, 2026

PodCastle 933: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – Ink

Author : Xander M. Odell
Narrator : Sean D. Sorrentino
Host : Alasdair Stuart
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

February 24, 2026

PodCastle 932: Carina

Author : Anna Kahn
Narrator : Nicola Chapman
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

February 10, 2026

PodCastle 930: Parsley Girl, Parsley Girl, Let Down Your Trichobezoar

Author : Natalie Zutter
Narrator : Valerie Valdes
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

January 20, 2026

PodCastle 927: The One Who Carries Abinakhee Has Died

Author : Jay Kang Romanus
Narrator : John Chu
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes

January 6, 2026

PodCastle 925: The Immortal Rabbit

Author : Audris Candra
Narrator : Zilla Paramita
Host : Matt Dovey
Audio Producer : Eric Valdes
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Fact Sheet

Team:

Wanini Kimemiah – Co-Editor
Devin Martin – Co-Editor
Kaitlyn Zivanovich – Assistant Editor
Matt Dovey – Host
Eric Valdes – Audio Producer
Wilson Fowlie – Audio Producer
Associate Editors

Publisher:

Escape Artists Foundation

Launched:

April 1, 2008

Schedule:

PodCastle is released weekly

Theme Music:

“Breathing” and “Odysseia” from the album Ethnic by Shiva In Exile. Used with permission.

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