Cast of Wonders 465: In Real TimeAlso, Episode 482! A Staff Pick for 2021! Hosted by Associate Editor Emma Smailes!• Author:
Avra Margariti• Narrator:
Julzerator• Host, Episode 482:
Emma Smailes• Host, Episode 465:
Katherine Inskip• Audio Producer:
Jeremy Carter• Artist:
Alexis Goble"In Real Time" is a Cast of Wonders original.Click here to listen to Episode 482Click here to listen to Episode 465Content Warning: The kites frozen across the sky dapple the lawn like stained glass. Human statues dot the park, caught mid-motion: picnicking, dog-walking, sun-bathing. They might have been unnerving, once. Now, the utter stillness and silence soothes me like nothing else. In Frozen Time, scents are amplified tenfold. Grass, flowers, sugar. I drop a few coins into a vendor’s tip jar, then fill a clear bag with candy worms, chewing as I stroll down the small hill.
When a shape weaves between the stationary people, I think it’s only an optical illusion. A vase, two faces, now a vase again.Tags: 2021, Alexis Goble, Avra Margariti, drug use, Emma Smailes, friendship, growing up, identity, Jeremy Carter, Julzerator, Katherine Inskip, nonbinary, Staff Picks, teen protagonist, time, time travel, trans visibility, young adult fiction