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PodCastle 385: Where Monsters Dance

First published in Inscription Magazine in March 2015.

Domestic violence, transphobia

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Rated R

Where Monsters Dance

by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor

It hurts your eyes to stare at the hole. You look away, shaking, and as soon as you do, the memory blurs, fuzzily distorting until you aren’t sure what you were just looking at.

One thing’s always clear, though: Ashley.

You wipe your sweaty palms on your jeans and step into the woods. There, not a yard inside the dark tree shadow, you see a glimmer of color. A red thread–it matches Ashley’s favorite wool sweater. It’s caught on a branch and unravels deeper into the woods.

 

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PodCastle 384: Flash Fiction Extravaganza! Vintage PodCastle

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Flash Fiction Extravaganza!

Flash Fiction Extravaganza! Vintage PodCastle

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PodCastle 383: Abandoned Responsibility

First published in Fantastical Visions IV, edited by William H. Horner. (Still available on Amazon.)

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Rated PG-13

Abandoned Responsibility

by G. Scott Huggins

“Ah, Captain.” The pirate bowed. His accent was crisp and strange, and the crowd hushed as they strained to listen. “I thank you for your hospitality—”

Haraad cut him off with his usual tact. “The captain . . . has better things to do. I’m his son. And we aren’t rescuing you, pirate.”

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PodCastle Miniature 84: The Fox Bride

First appeared in Daily Science Fiction in March of 2015.

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The Fox Bride

by Mari Ness

He carried the squirming animal to his – no, their, he had to remember that now, their – bedroom, struggling to avoid her sharp teeth. The oversized ring he had given her glimmered on her left front leg; she had spent most of the evening biting and licking at it, when she had not been growling. He had ordered the musicians to play louder, to cover up the noise, but the growls still lingered in his ears.

When he reached the room, he secured her chain to one end of the bed, and sat gingerly at the other end. The waxing moonlight flooded the bed, giving a silver sheen to her red and snowy fur.

“When you are a woman, I can remove the chain,” he told the fox.

The fox barked.

“I swear it,” he said.

A snarl.