Episode 205: Planar Ghosts (Part One) by Krystal ClaxtonEpisode 205: Planar Ghosts (Part Two) by Krystal Claxton(edit: This is also Episode 230, as former Assistant Editor Jeff Hite's Staff Pick for 2016!)• Narrated by
Paul Cram• Audio production by
Jeremy Carter• Originally published in
Writers of the Future (Volume 31)Krystal Claxton writes speculative fiction in the sliver of time between being a parent and a full-time computer technician. She lives in Georgia with her long-suffering spouse, a dog who thinks she’s a cat, and a number of children that is subject to change. She enjoys breaking Heinlein’s Rules, getting distracted by DragonCon, and feverishly researching whichever random topic has just piqued her interest. You can keep up with her
online at and on
Twitter.
The very first story
Paul Cram ever narrated was here at Cast of Wonders, and he seems to have been bit by the bug. While Paul still considers his voice to be somewhat new to the world of audio, he now has a few full-length novels under his belt, including the Zombie-filled love story
Flirting With Death, sci-fi action story
The Face Stealer and the soon-to-be-released
Kidnapped, A Jarek Grayson Private Detective Novel due out in the spring 2016. Find them online at Audible, Itunes, & Amazon.
Paul grew up performing on stage and in more recent years traveling the United States working on independent films. This summer keep an eye out for Paul alongside actor Woody Harrelson in the movie Wilson.
When not on a movie set or recording booth, Paul can be found deep-frying chicken wings & cream cheese wontons with his older sister, or arguing about pop culture with his little brother around one of the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota. You can find Paul
online and on
Twitter.
The walls around the town of Bootstrap are mostly old cars stacked one on top of the other and welded together. Outside Bootstrap, market stalls made from patchwork tarps and rusty pipes lean on either side of the wide gate. They are temporary places for the people who live inside to trade goods with the people stuck outside who need in.
People like Pup.
He looks up at the guard by the gate, who is thicker, but not much older. Probably grew up inside the walls. He looks as if he's been well-fed, even during bad years. His skin is sun-reddened and spotted along his cheeks and the high bridge of his nose.Click here to listen to Part One of this storyClick here to listen to Part Two of this storyClick here to read the text of the storyTags: apocalypse, Cast of Wonders, Fantasy, friends, Jeremy Carter, Krystal Claxton, military, Modern Fantasy, Paul Cram, survival, Urban Fantasy, war, Young Adult fiction
