Giants Archives - PodCastle https://podcastle.org/category/podcasts/giants/ The Fantasy Fiction Podcast Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:06:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://podcastle.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-PC-Chip2-32x32.png Giants Archives - PodCastle https://podcastle.org/category/podcasts/giants/ 32 32 PodCastle 756: O Cul-de-Sac! https://podcastle.org/2022/10/11/podcastle-756-o-cul-de-sac/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:00:12 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8455 Author : Tim Major Narrator : Nicola Chapman Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published in “And the House Lights Dim”, from Luna Press Content Warning for postnatal depression Rated PG-13 O Cul-de-Sac! by Tim Major   O neighbours! If only we might speak! Do you feel as […]

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]]> PodCastle 457: Blade and Branch and Stone https://podcastle.org/2017/02/28/podcastle-457-blade-and-branch-and-stone/ Tue, 28 Feb 2017 06:00:17 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=2928 Author : Spencer Ellsworth Narrators : Graeme Dunlop, Wilson Fowlie and Kay Steele Host : Matt Dovey Discuss on Forums First published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly read by Graeme Dunlop (as Lassan), Wilson Fowlie (as Dhar), Kay Steele (as Kahirun) Blade and Branch and Stone by Spencer Ellsworth Lassan The trees screamed. Mortars shattered white […]

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]]> PodCastle 400: Night at the Opera (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2016/01/26/podcastle-400-giant-episode-night-at-the-opera/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:50:09 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=1913 Author : Martha Wells Narrators : Wilson Fowlie, Rish Outfield, M.K. Hobson, Tina Connolly, Graeme Dunlop, Dave Thompson, Big Anklevich and Kevin Powe Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in the author’s ebook story collection “Between Worlds: the Collected Ile-Rien and Cineth Stories” which was done for the […]

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]]> PodCastle 396: Spirits of the Wind (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2015/12/29/podcastle-396-giant-episode-spirits-of-the-wind/ Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:05:18 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=1893 Author : Brendan Detzner Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Rachael K. Jones Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums First appeared in the short story collection Beasts, by Brendan Detzner. Strong language RatedPG-13 Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Spirits of the Wind by Brendan Detzner She was surprised how fast she’d caught herself […]

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]]> PodCastle 341, Giant Episode: Balfour and Meriwether in the Incident of the Harrowmoor Dogs https://podcastle.org/2014/12/11/podcastle-341-giant-episode-balfour-and-meriwether-in-the-incident-of-the-harrowmoor-dogs/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:28:54 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=1391 Author : Daniel Abraham Narrator : Paul S. Jenkins Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Rated R: Contains violence and monsters in the Victorian fashion. Originally published as a novella by Subterranean Press. Pick up your copy here! Balfour and Meriwether in the Incident of the Harrowmoor Dogs By […]

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]]> PodCastle 334, Giant Episode: Quartermaster Returns https://podcastle.org/2014/10/22/podcastle-334-giant-episode-quartermaster-returns/ Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:43:03 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=1346 Author : Ysabeau S. Wilce Narrator : Roberto Suarez Host : LaShawn M. Wanak Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Eclipse 1, Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Check out Prophecies, Libels, & Dreams – Ysabeau S. Wilce’s new collection coming soon from Small Beer Press! Rated R. Contains lots of alcohol, […]

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]]> PodCastle 316, Giant Episode: The Meaning of Love https://podcastle.org/2014/06/19/podcastle-316-giant-episode-meaning-love/ Fri, 20 Jun 2014 01:11:40 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=1188 Author : Daniel Abraham Narrator : M.K. Hobson Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Rogues edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Rated R for violence, strong language and sex. The Meaning of Love by Daniel Abraham The name Sovereign North Bank referred to […]

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]]> PodCastle 292, Giant Episode: Scry https://podcastle.org/2013/12/26/podcastle-292-giant-episode-scry/ Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:06:41 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=1005 Author : Anne Ivy Narrator : Elizabeth Green Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Read it here! Rated R: Contains some violence and sex. Dramatis Personae: Eyre Isri Esth: The finest scryer on the planet, and the wife, or former wife, of Lun. […]

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]]> PodCastle 272: The Tree of Life (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2013/08/06/podcastle-272-the-tree-of-life/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:34:11 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=811 Author : C. L. Moore Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Weird Tales, October 1936. Rated PG The Tree of Life by C.L. Moore Over time-ruined Illar the searching planes swooped and circled. Northwest Smith, peering up at them with a steel-pale […]

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]]> PodCastle 266, Giant Episode: The House of Aunts https://podcastle.org/2013/06/25/podcastle-266-giant-episode-house-of-aunts/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:02:02 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=758 Author : Zen Cho Narrator : Nina Shaharuddin Host : Ann Leckie Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Giganotosaurus on December 1, 2011. Read the text there. Rated R for vampires, and their extended families. The House of Aunts by Zen Cho To the women of my family. The house stood […]

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]]> PodCastle 242, Giant Episode: A Memory of Wind https://podcastle.org/2013/01/11/podcastle-242-giant-episode-a-memory-of-wind/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:11:13 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=556 Author : Rachel Swirsky Narrator : Ann Leckie Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally Published at Tor.com. Read it here! Rated R. Contains violence. A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky I began turning into wind the moment that you promised me to Artemis. Before I woke, I […]

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]]> PodCastle 215, Giant Episode: Ours is the Prettiest https://podcastle.org/2012/07/04/podcastle-215-giant-episode-ours-is-the-prettiest/ Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:12:15 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=345 Author : Nalo Hopkinson Narrator : Nalo Hopkinson Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner. You can find out more about Bordertown here. Rated R for language, sex Ours is the Prettiest by Nalo Hopkinson The camel bus […]

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]]> PodCastle 207, Giant Episode: Hope Chest https://podcastle.org/2012/05/08/podcastle-207-giant-episode-hope-chest/ Tue, 08 May 2012 15:46:48 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=335 Author : Garth Nix Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally Published in Firebirds, edited by Sharyn November. Rated R: Contains violence. Hope Chest by Garth Nix One dusty, slow morning in the summer of 1922, a passenger was left crying on the platform when the milk train […]

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]]> PodCastle 178, Giant Episode: Braiding the Ghosts https://podcastle.org/2011/10/11/podcastle-178-giant-episode-braiding-the-ghosts/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:01:37 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=242 Author : C.S.E. Cooney Narrator : Kara Grace Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clockwork Phoenix 3. Rated R: Contains Some Disturbing Imagery and Sex. Braiding the Ghosts by C.S.E. Cooney That first year, when Nin was eight, she wanted her mother so desperately. But Noir […]

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]]> PodCastle 175, Giant Episode: El Regalo https://podcastle.org/2011/09/20/podcastle-175-giant-episode-el-regalo/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:55:30 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=297 Author : Peter S. Beagle Narrator : Emily Smith Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in The Line Between. Rated PG El Regalo by Peter S. Beagle “You can’t kill him,” Mr. Luke said. “Your mother wouldn’t like it.” After some consideration, he added, “I’d be rather […]

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]]> PodCastle 146: The Surgeon’s Tale (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2011/03/01/podcastle-146-giant-episode-the-surgeons-tale/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:45:07 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=250 Authors : Cat Rambo and Jeff VanderMeer Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Hosts : Dave Thompson and Anna Schwind Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Subterranean Press. Read the text here! Rated R The Surgeon’s Tale by Cat Rambo and Jeff VanderMeer Down by the docks, you can smell the tide […]

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]]> PodCastle 121: The Warlock and the Man of the Word (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2010/09/07/podcastle-121-giant-episode-the-warlock-and-the-man-of-the-word/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:43:29 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=210 Author : M.K. Hobson Narrator : Bob Eccles Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Postscripts 19 Rated R: Contains Violence (Including Gore), and Language This episode of PodCastle is proudly sponsored by: You can read the Prologue and Chapter 1 online now! Check back on Friday […]

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]]> PodCastle 107: The Behold of the Eye (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2010/06/09/podcastle-107-giant-episode-the-behold-of-the-eye/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:31:03 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=190 Author : Hal Duncan Narrator : MarBelle Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally published in Lone Star Stories Rated R for Foul-Mouthed Fairies and Ever-Shifting Landscapes (Check out the shiny new Directors Notes iPhone App) The Behold of the Eye by Hal Duncan Flashjack had hauled himself up beside […]

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]]> PodCastle 93: The Mermaid’s Tea Party (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2010/03/02/podcastle-93-giant-episode-the-mermaids-tea-party/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:04:18 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=171 Author : Samantha Henderson Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Dave Thompson Audio Producer : Pria Wood Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Helix. Sex, violence Rated R for carnivorous mermaids, sexual shenanigans in the presence of a minor, and near death experiences. This one’s not for the kiddies. This episode was brought to you by The […]

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]]> PodCastle 85: The Narcomancer (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2010/01/05/podcastle-85-giant-episode-the-narcomancer/ Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:31:17 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=159 Author : N.K. Jemisin Narrator : Rajan Khanna Host : Ann Leckie Audio Producer : Pria Wood Artist : Shaun Lindow Discuss on Forums Originally published in Helix. Rated R for nightmares, broken oaths and mended persons. This episode of PodCastle is illustrated! The illustration has been provided by Shaun Lindow. The Narcomancer by N.K. Jemisin […]

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]]> PodCastle 47: Bright Waters (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2009/04/08/pc047-giant-episode-bright-waters/ https://podcastle.org/2009/04/08/pc047-giant-episode-bright-waters/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:09:05 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=96 Author : John Brown Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Rachel Swirsky Discuss on Forums Rated R. Contains some violence, some “adult situations,” and some fun battle scenes. Bright Waters by John Brown He looked at their leg tattoos. Mohawk. One of the Iroquois tribes. Well, he couldn’t kill them then. Not that he’d want […]

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]]> https://podcastle.org/2009/04/08/pc047-giant-episode-bright-waters/feed/ 14 PodCastle 40: Hell Is the Absence of God (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2009/02/06/pc040-hell-is-the-absence-of-god-podcastle-giant/ https://podcastle.org/2009/02/06/pc040-hell-is-the-absence-of-god-podcastle-giant/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:41:57 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=85 Author : Ted Chiang Narrator : James Trimarco Host : Rachel Swirsky Discuss on Forums Rated R. Contemplates existential issues. Hell Is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang It was an unexceptional visitation, smaller in magnitude than most but no different in kind, bringing blessings to some and disaster to others. In this instance the […]

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]]> https://podcastle.org/2009/02/06/pc040-hell-is-the-absence-of-god-podcastle-giant/feed/ 54 PodCastle 23: Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge (Giant Episode) https://podcastle.org/2008/09/02/pc023-moon-viewing-at-shijo-bridge-podcastle-giant/ https://podcastle.org/2008/09/02/pc023-moon-viewing-at-shijo-bridge-podcastle-giant/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:40:43 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=47 Author : Richard Parks Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Rachel Swirsky Discuss on Forums First appeared in Realms of Fantasy. Rated PG. Contains adventuring. Note: This PodCastle Giant is longer than a normal episode. PodCastle Giants will air once every three months. Other episodes will remain our customary length. For those listeners looking for […]

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