Episode 194: Staff Pick 2015 – Take A Good Look by Holly SchofieldNarrated by
Stephanie MorrisAudio production by
Rikki LaCosteOriginally published in
Perihelion,
October 2013Every year in January, Cast of Wonders takes the month off to recharge our batteries, plan the year ahead, and highlight some of our favourite episodes. As part of joining the
Escape Artists family, this year we’re pulling out all the stops. We’re running 10 staff pick episodes over the month, each one hosted by a different member of the Cast of Wonders crew.
We hope you enjoy slush reader
Sally Gill’s favorite story from 2015,
Take A Good Look by
Holly Schofield and narrated by
Stephanie Morris. The story originally aired August 16, 2015 as
Episode 174.
Megan watched with dull eyes as Alan’s tendrils undulated above his head, making odd silhouettes on the garage wall. He grew more excited, his beige skin turned mauve as he finished his breakfast beer.Click here to listen to Episode 194Click here to read the text of the storyOriginal Episode 174 notes:Holly Schofield’s stories have appeared in dozens of publications including
Lightspeed, Crossed Genres, Tesseracts and here at
Cast of Wonders. She travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of a prairie farmhouse and her remote writing cabin in the wilds of North America. For more of her work (including free stories!) and a list of forthcoming publications, see her
website.
Your narrator for the story is
Stephanie Morris. Stephanie is a professional student, a librarian-in-training, a voracious biblio- and audiophile, and an occasional writer of short stories. She has narrated fiction for
Pseudopod, Podcastle, and Cast of Wonders.
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