If you're an Escape Artists patron, you might have noticed something fluffy in your email or podcast feed.
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(Patrons get early, ad-free access to episodes; the same episode will be available with ads for everyone else next week).
This might be a good time to mention that CatsCast is returning with monthly episodes in January!
Hi - we're a cat fiction podcast and mostly post pointers to our episodes or other cat stories. Not sure whether that counts as "cat content" for your purposes, but we meet all your other criteria.
Cast of Wonders 613: The Gingerbread House Author : Jenny Hart Narrator : Katherine Inskip Hosts : Katherine Inskip and Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 613: The Gingerbread House is a Cast of Wonders original. Content Warning: Off-screen death
*here puss puss puss puss puss!!*
*leaves out some catnip treats for @catscast.org *
Trick or treat!!!
www.castofwonders.org/2024/10/cast...
We are also thrilled about this, and so are @catscast.org… 😁
The CatsCast logo with text: The Invention of a Cat, written by Carolina Valentine, narrated by Laura Pearlman. "Alas, a theoretical witch versus a clever, invisible, mostly incorporeal spirit was not a fair fight. Not even in theory."
New episode! The Invention of a Cat by Carolina Valentine, a CatsCast original. Free to listen/read at www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...
Huge congrats to @smhallow.bsky.social, whose story "Mandy and Lulu Welcome Walter" will appear in We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2023! You can pre-order now, but in the meantime, you can listen to Tatiana Grey's amazing Mandy & Lulu narration at www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...
This story is so sweet and heartbreaking. It was such an honor to narrate it.
The CatsCast logo, with text: The Best Way to Procure Breakfast, written by Dana Vickerson, narrated by Peter Adrian Behravesh. "The soft rhythm of my paws around her head signals to Mama that it's time to start the process of bringing her to consciousness to the here and how, where my kibble lives."
New patron-only episode: The Best Way to Procure Breakfast by @dmvickerson.bsky.social, narrated by @behravesh.bsky.social.
www.patreon.com/posts/98998059
Final day!
CatsCast is open for submissions, now through February 11. Send us your words! (But not more than 6000 of them).
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The CatsCast logo, with text: Blood Water, written by J.A. Bryson, narrated by Tatiana Grey. "Zip teeters as she stands. She blinks the sand from her vision. Somewhere, Cat has water. If she follows, he will take her to it."
CatsCast 22 is live! Blood Water, written by J.A. Bryson, narrated by Tatiana Grey. www.patreon.com/posts/95528696
A gray tabby cat sitting in front of an open laptop. He's looking at the screen, and one of his paws is on the trackpad.
Announcements!
1. We've sent final responses to all outstanding story submissions -- if you're still waiting for one, please query catscast@escapeartists.net.
2. Our next submission period will be February 1-11.
3. Episode 22 will go out to early access patrons tonight & everyone else on Friday.
🐈⬛🖤
A three panel cartoon by Tina Mendel of a cat standing next to a 2023 and the final panel is the cat pushing the 2023 off a table.
Remember CatsCast Episode 17, with the creepy monster and the really long title? The book it's in is out!
On International Podcast Day, don't forget to check out all of the podcasts that make up the Escape Artists family...
🦑 @pseudopod.org (horror)
🚀 @escapepod.org (science fiction)
🐉 @podcastle.org (fantasy)
🎭 @castofwonders.org (speculative YA)
🐈 @catscast.org (cats)
We started as an April Fool's joke in 2020 but launched for real last year.
Like the opening line from "Love Tokens" by Constance Fay: "The cat in my living room has a human finger in her mouth and love in her eyes".
I'm just sayin'. www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...
The CatsCast logo, with text: Match.Cat, written by Ember Randall, narrated by Laura Pearlman. "They say cats have nine lives, but that’s not quite right. Nine is more of an average--in reality, you get as many as Death gives you, which means it behooves any sensible cat to suck up while they can."
New episode! Match.Cat by Ember Randall, narrated by @laurasbadideas.bsky.social, audio-produced by Wilson Fowlie.
www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...
And don't forget to submit! We want to see your awesome, uplifting, funny and/or strange science-fiction short stories! With the associate editors' help, we aim to provide personal feedback to the majority of our short-fiction submissions.
escapepod.org/guidelines/s...
Um. If you're wondering why a random cat podcast suddenly followed you today, it's because a cat walked across our keyboard. Yeah, that's it. It certainly wasn't because our editor thought she was going through her own followers list and "following back" while logged in to the CatsCast account.
Absolutely not! We haven't even been to Engineering today, except this morning to make use of those nice cylindrical scratching posts they put out for us.
5 TV shows to get to know us!
Simon's Cat
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Salem episodes only)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Spot episodes only)
Star Trek: Discovery (Grudge episodes only)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (T'Ana episodes only)
announcing a new yearly reprint anthology: Afterlives: Year's Best Death Fiction
series editor: @ect.bsky.social
2023 editor: @vajra.me
details (and submission link--open today!):
Today is #InternationalCatDay (not to be confused with Kat Day, who transcends space and time and narrated our most recent episode). What are some of your favorite cat stories?
Artwork of a creepy, circular portal in some woods
The PseudoPod portal is open for general submissions from 11 Aug 5am BST until 22 Aug 2023 4:59 BST*
We're looking for horror stories of up to 6000 words. You may submit one reprint and one original.
(*Portals are slippery: we recommend not leaving it until the last minute)
Absolutely one of the sweetest and nastiest things I have ever written.
Also a preview of Posthaste Manor from me and @carsonwinter.bsky.social coming in October