Episode 207: Millions Times Eight by Jake Walters•
Phobia Warning: Spiders• Narrated by
Jason Arquin• Audio production
by Jeremy Carter•
A Cast of Wonders original!Jake Walters has been published in several places, including once before here at Cast of Wonders. He teaches English in Transylvania, and does a passable impression of Bruce Springsteen.
The story is narrated by the host of the
Overcast podcast,
Jason Arquin. J.S. Arquin is a writer, actor, musician, stiltwalker, and avid bicyclist living in Portland, Oregon. When not doing any of those things, he spends an unhealthy amount of his time and money producing and narrating fantastic stories on his own
speculative fiction podcast.
Mick looked at the letter to his parents sitting on the kitchen table. It was from the school. Outside, he heard the sounds of children laughing and a ball bouncing on the street pavement. It was late August, and in just a week, their summer freedom was going to be erased. Mick was starting seventh grade.
The letter had been opened and was sitting unfolded beside a pile of crumbs, likely left by his older brother, Chaz, before he ran outside to meet up with his own high school friends. There was nothing unusual about receiving a letter from the school at about this time in the summer; a welcome back, hope everything is okay and that your summer treated you well and you had a chance to rest for the big year coming up kind of statement from the superintendent. Click here to listen to Episode 207Click here to read the text of the storyTags: Tags: buses, Cast of Wonders, Horror, Jake Walters, Jason Arquin, Jeremy Carter, school, spiders, Young Adult fiction
