Kaleidocast

Nov 04 2024 54 ep. 48 mins 49
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The Mission of the Kalediocast is to showcase new voices in speculative fiction alongside stories from today’s top writers.

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Constellations Mentorship Interviews Episode 1 Marcy and Leah

Nov 04 2024 31 mins  
Constellations: The Octavia Project Speculative Fiction Mentorship: Professionally published authors from the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers mentor Octavia Project alumni one-on-one. The mentors guide mentees as they enter into the greater writing community, contend with the business of writing, and refine a single piece of fiction with the end goal of publication. Marcy A

S4 Ep10: As Bright as a Pearl & Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies

Apr 02 2024 33 mins  
As Bright As A Pearl by Andrea Janes, Read by Tatiana Grey When you sit in Mora's chair at the salon on the Coney Island Boardwalk, her fingers will find your roots and your secrets. As for what she does with them... Andrea Janes tells ghost stories for a living. She is the co-author of A Haunted History of Invisible Women and the owner and founder of Boroughs of the Dead, a bout

S4E8: Work Life Balance & Your Future is Pending

Mar 12 2024 64 mins  
Work Life Balance by Cara Mast, Read by Tonia Ransom Amerie receives an email at work that Return-to-Work is being mandated for her office. This is a problem, as she has been secretly living in her office for the last nine months because she can't afford both rent and her out of pocket payments for her curse-based illness. As a retired tall-ship sailor, a failed academic, and a r

S4 E9: A Song for Sunken Streets & When Two Swordsmen Meet

Mar 12 2024 64 mins  
A Song for Sunken Streets by Evan Berkow, Read by Lanna Joffrey Nona is a loner living in a flooded Brooklyn. She's running away from her past and looking for hope. What she finds is a mermaid on a mission. The fate of New York City depends on their ability to see past their trauma. Evan Berkow is a writer of speculative fiction in the hours when he's not lawyering. His fiction

S4 Ep7: Special Delivery & How the Pooka Came to New York

Feb 27 2024 57 mins  
Special Delivery by Carlos Delgado, Read by Wilson Fowlie A Guatemalan delivery driver struggling to make it in a climate change affected Brooklyn where the fantastic is one cyber skin away, makes a delivery that goes very badly very quickly. Carlos Luis Delgado is a Brooklyn-based speculative fiction writer and editor. As a member of BSFW, he also leads workshops and writing cla

S4 Ep6: And the Raucous Depths Abide & The Tallest Doll in New York City

Oct 10 2023 43 mins  
And the Raucous Depths Abide by Sam Schreiber, Read by Rish Outfield An alien empire sends a drone to monitor Earth, but things go awry and the device's CPU and backup end up at cross purposes. After centuries at the bottom of the ocean, the CPU has gone mad and is bent on destroying humanity. The backup finds a way to save the day, though there is of course pain involved. But lif

S4 Ep5: The Only Living Cabby In New York & I Built This City For You

Sep 26 2023 66 mins  
The Only Living Cabby In New York City by Jason Smith, Read by Laurice White A woman in the not-so-far future hails a cab home during a heavy storm and experiences a rare phenomenon: a human cab driver, persevering through the automation and technological advances of his competition. Jason A. Smith is a Brooklyn based science fiction author. His work can been heard in Kaleidoca

S4 Ep4: The Bodies Upstairs & The Five Stages of Grief

Sep 12 2023 62 mins  
The Bodies Upstairs by Divyansha Sehgal, read by Tony Perry A person haunted by zombie-like apparitions seeks to cure his condition with a specialist who claims he can help and is taught in the ways of mending otherworldly wounds.... Divyansha Sehgal is a speculative fiction writer currently based in New Delhi, India. She is also an associate editor and actor on the Kaleidocast.n

S4 Ep3: Treatment and Cure & Clearly Lettered In A Mostly Steady Hand

Aug 29 2023 68 mins  
Treatment and Cure by Katie Story, Read by Lanna Joffrey Your unexpected stay in the COVID wing takes a nightmarish turn. Something at the hospital is hungry. Katie Story is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer, illustrator, and writer who fosters cranky, toothless cats. She studied creative writing at Pratt Institute and is a member of Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers. Lanna

S4 Ep2: Jean Genii & Cold Wind

Aug 15 2023 50 mins  
Jean Genii by Randee Dawn, Read by Sally Hourigan A Brooklyn lawyer unwittingly frees a genie from its lamp while cleaning out the closet of a deceased coworker, and uses her training and wits to find the happy ending that's so hard to come by. Randee Dawn is a Brooklyn-based entertainment journalist whose debut novel, Tune in Tomorrow, about a fantastical TV reality show, publis