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Audio podcasts of short stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine.

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  1. BCS 231: To Stab with a Rose, to Love with a Knife

    · 15 min

    By Natalia Theodoridou, from Issue #270 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson. Then the night comes when the Lady summons me to her room and I go, I do. More info »

  2. BCS 230: The Deepest Notes of the Harp and Drum

    · 23 min

    By Marissa Lingen, from Issue #269 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Setsu Uzume. I killed my sister with my own two hands. More info »

  3. BCS 229: The Blighted Godling of Company Town H

    · 41 min

    By Beth Cato, from Issue #268 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly."Take a look. I have them here with me. Please, godling." The girl's fear seeped into the words—as did her faith that…

  4. BCS 228: Feral Attachments at Kulle Bland Bergen

    · 34 min

    By T.S. McAdams, from Issue #265 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine They lost Bragi—Harald lost him—in late spring, when the snow was mostly gone and meadows were livid with velvetbells, ogre-thistle, and…

  5. BCS 227: In the Ground, Before the Freeze

    · 42 min · Explicit

    By Margaret Ronald, from Issue #264 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.Katrin had known since she was a little girl what her husband would look like, ever since she was old enough to…

  6. BCS 226: The Oracle and the Sea

    · 32 min

    By Megan Arkenberg, from Issue #263 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Every month when the soldiers bring her supply of flour and milk, they also bring waterproofed parcels of manuscript paper and cool bricks…

  7. BCS 225: Magic Potion Behind-the-Mountains

    · 44 min

    By Jaymee Goh, from Issue #262, Tenth Anniversary Month Double-Issue II of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.But the magistrate firmly believes that this pursuit will pay off. He will…

  8. BCS 224: Ruby, Singing

    · 1 h 00 min

    By Fran Wilde, from Issue #261, Tenth Anniversary Month Double-Issue I of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly.There are some in Quadril who will call that my first mistake. They'd be…

  9. BCS 223: Ancestor Night

    · 16 min

    By Nina Kiriki Hoffman, from Issue #260 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Setsu Uzumé.As the oldest, I had to make sure I and my four sisters and little brother gave greetings to our parents in…

  10. BCS 222: Periling Hand

    · 32 min

    By Justin Howe, from Issue #259 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca.That morning, everywhere he drove he heard about the murder that wasn’t murder but business done by different…

  11. BCS 221: The Scrimshander

    · 15 min

    By Damien Krsteski, from Issue #255 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca.He stared into the flickering eyes of the monster he'd drawn, hypnotized, stricken, and his shivering…

  12. BCS 220: The Weaver and the Snake

    · 26 min

    By Blaine Vitallo, from Issue #253 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.Reilitas has dreamed of the snake, dreamed of hammering its beautiful onyx scales into ceremonial knives, shields,…

  13. BCS 219: The Wild Ride of the Untamed Stars

    · 24 min

    By AJ Fitzwater, from Issue #252 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Dan Rabarts.Taking her place in line, the marmot graced her pirate lover with a toothy smile. "Can't let you have all the fun,…

  14. BCS 218: The Examination Cloth

    · 17 min

    By Jonathan Edelstein, from Issue #251 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Slowly, Ukeme read the first row of characters: a knotty point of customary law. The second called for an essay on the Osun Republic’s…

  15. BCS 217: An Account of the Madness of the Magistrate, Chengdhu Village

    · 50 min

    By Richard Parks, from Issue #250, Special Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine.Now I understood my impression of the magistrate’s reaction. More, I did not miss Mei Li’s…

  16. BCS 216: The Thought That Counts

    · 1 h 07 min

    By K.J. Parker, from Issue #250, Special Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Heath Miller.For once in my life, I could walk down the street without looking for places to run to if I…

  17. BCS 215: Weft

    · 20 min · Explicit

    By Rahul Kanakia, from Issue #249 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by David D. Levine. Sometimes the crimes were egregious. In these cases I ripped up the would-be magicians with no compunctions.…

  18. BCS 214: She Who Hungers, She Who Waits

    · 29 min · Explicit

    By Cassandra Khaw, from Issue #248 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.Mei Huang repeats the rite so many times it becomes indistinguishable from breath, and still every iteration ends…

  19. BCS 213: Braving the Morrow Candle’s Wane

    · 16 min

    By J.W. Alden, from Issue #247 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Adia's fingers found the blade hidden in the folds of her kirtle. She dismissed the pang of guilt at the thought of what she now must do. More…

  20. BCS 212: Gennesaret

    · 30 min

    By Phoenix Alexander, from Issue #246 – Science-Fantasy Month 4 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.She says instead: "because he isn’t coming." More info »

  21. BCS 211: Penitents

    · 46 min · Explicit

    By Rich Larson, from Issue #245 – Science-Fantasy Month 4 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly.The cube is like nothing she’s ever seen, an enormous black box composed of a thousand…

  22. BCS 210: The Starship and the Temple Cat

    · 22 min

    By Yoon Ha Lee, from Issue #244 – Science-Fantasy Month 4 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca.She had been a young cat when the Fleet Lords burned the City of High Bells. More…

  23. BCS 209: Benefactors of Silence

    · 14 min

    By Nin Harris, from Issue #243 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Malaguena refuses to play most of the pieces dedicated to the other moons, but this sonata, composed for the Swan Moon, accompanies our…

  24. BCS 208: Suite for Accompanied Cello

    · 39 min

    By Tamara Vardomskaya, from Issue #242 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.I won on my first attempt when I was fourteen; so long ago it seems meaningless. More info »

  25. BCS 207: The Mouth of the Oyster

    · 35 min

    By Adam-Troy Castro & Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, from Issue #239 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. And with that I gave up so many things, so many golden sunrises and so many…

  26. BCS 206: The Şiret Mask

    · 39 min

    By Marie Brennan, from Issue #238 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly. Dangling from a rope two hundred feet above the rooftops of Râu Tare, I find myself questioning the decisions…

  27. BCS 205: Every Black Tree

    · 32 min

    By Natalia Theodoridou, from Issue #237 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.Serah avoids his eyes. "I've been pregnant a long time," she says after a while. "The baby won't come." More…

  28. BCS 204: The Fall of the Mundaneum

    · 38 min

    By Rebecca Campbell, from Issue #236 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine There was a letter addressed to him and beneath it a chaos of paper, the slips and sheets and scraps in no obvious order. More info »

  29. BCS 203: On the Road to the Hell of Hungry Ghosts

    · 53 min

    By Richard Parks, from Issue #235, Ninth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine.Yes, one of the Three Jewels of the Tao was compassion, as my father would expound…

  30. BCS 202: Dire Wolf

    · 22 min

    By Michael J. DeLuca, from Issue #234 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by the author. But for the Wolf, Staggerlee would've written it off as a whiskey vision. More info »

  31. BCS Audio Vault 027: Bent the Wing, Dark the Cloud

    · 56 min

    By Fran Wilde, from Issue #233 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. Liras tried to remain at his workbench and finish the customer's wings, but the pain grew too much. More info »

  32. BCS 201: Rivers Run Free

    · 37 min · Explicit

    By Charles Payseur, from Issue #230 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Dave Thompson. We ride stolen horses over the choked earth. More info »

  33. BCS 200: A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power

    · 4 h 59 min

    By R.B. Lemberg, from Issue #229 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine A special five-hour audio novella in celebration of our 200th episode of the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast! Narrated by C.S.E. Cooney. Across…

  34. BCS 199: A Late Quintessence

    · 22 min

    By Justin Howe, from Issue #228 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Not but three hours ago, beyond my study’s shuttered window I heard the song-girl recite those closing words from Horn’s Ashen Quintessence.…

  35. BCS 198: Two Bodies in Basting Stitch

    · 36 min · Explicit

    By A.J. Lucy, from Issue #227 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson. It burns like dust in Sere’s eyes to hear Tashet take her name back, to keep for herself. More info »

  36. BCS 197: In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil

    · 43 min

    By Richard Parks, from Issue #226 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine.“Honored Father Pan Bao,” I asked, “Please tell me again why we are on this freezing mountain? I haven’t seen the…

  37. BCS 196: Carnival Nine

    · 45 min

    By Caroline M. Yoachim, from Issue #225 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly.I wanted to be angry with her, but she was a stranger, she'd never really been a part of my life. More info »

  38. BCS 195: That Lingering Sweetness

    · 57 min

    By Tony Pi, from Issue #224 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by John Meagher. I greeted the spirit of Dog echoing within my mind with a reverent thought. Your visit surprises yet honors me, Lord…

  39. BCS 194: I Have Been Drowned in Rain

    · 26 min

    By Carrie Vaughn, from Issue #223 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Setsu Uzumé.Jared studied her, her sopping hair and gaunt face. More info »

  40. BCS 193: Nightshade

    · 35 min

    By J.W. Halicks, from Issue #222 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine “We’ll play, and if you can't find me, then Mother stays.” More info »

  41. BCS 192: In the Shade of the Pixie Tree

    · 29 min

    By Rodello Santos, from Issue #221 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine She closes tear-drenched eyes, thinks back to a time when a word, a look, a nod could have made a difference. More info »

  42. BCS 191: Suddenwall

    · 35 min

    By Sara Saab, from Issue #220 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly. In the amnesty-city of Vannat, Aln Panette has let guilt go. More info »

  43. BCS 190: Men of the Ashen Morrow

    · 27 min

    By Margaret Killjoy, from Issue #219 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson. Sal stood alone in the field, feeling the absence of her friend's touch. Being open to death was the cost of…

  44. BCS 189: Out of the Woods

    · 27 min

    By Marissa Lingen, from Issue #218 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine. And Eirik's men made it out of the forest, and we made it back to our cave, and King Harald was still dead,…

  45. BCS 188: Think Of Winter

    · 22 min

    By Eleanna Castroianni, from Issue #217 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. Folu has forgotten how to read the cards, but something is stirring. More info »

  46. BCS 187: Wooden Boxes Lined with the Tongues of Doves

    · 23 min

    By Claire Humphrey, from Issue #216 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. We dry the tongues on butcher's paper beside the stove. Once desiccated, they barely have a scent. More…

  47. BCS Audio Vault 026: Everything Beneath You

    · 36 min

    By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, from Issue #214 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. I wanted to ask her more questions, about the way the world was made, about death and dreams, but did not…

  48. BCS 186: The Uncarved Heart

    · 38 min

    By Evan Dicken, from Issue #212 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine.I used to dream of the heart our masters would give me. More info »

  49. BCS 185: The Garden of Ending

    · 24 min

    By KJ Kabza, from Issue #211 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Everyone stopped in front of the tree, staring at its asymmetrical horror. More info »

  50. BCS 184: A Cup of Comfort

    · 28 min

    By Stephanie Burgis, from Issue #210 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine “Nonsense. You are my guest.” The dragon reached out with long, sharp, delicately curving claws and tipped the teapot. More info »

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