Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction Podcasts

BCS 197: In Memory of Jianhong, Snake-Devil

May 25, 2017 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB

By Richard Parks, from Issue #226 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine.“Honored Father Pan Bao,” I asked, “Please tell me again why we are on this freezing mountain? I haven’t seen the sun since we entered this forest.” More info »

BCS 196: Carnival Nine

May 11, 2017 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

By Caroline M. Yoachim, from Issue #225 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly.I wanted to be angry with her, but she was a stranger, she'd never really been a part of my life. More info »

BCS 195: That Lingering Sweetness

April 27, 2017 04:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

By Tony Pi, from Issue #224 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by John Meagher. I greeted the spirit of Dog echoing within my mind with a reverent thought. Your visit surprises yet honors me, Lord Dog. More info »

BCS 194: I Have Been Drowned in Rain

April 13, 2017 04:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

By Carrie Vaughn, from Issue #223 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Setsu Uzumé.Jared studied her, her sopping hair and gaunt face. More info »

BCS 193: Nightshade

March 30, 2017 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

By J.W. Halicks, from Issue #222 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine “We’ll play, and if you can't find me, then Mother stays.” More info »

BCS 192: In the Shade of the Pixie Tree

March 16, 2017 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

By Rodello Santos, from Issue #221 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine She closes tear-drenched eyes, thinks back to a time when a word, a look, a nod could have made a difference. More info »

BCS 191: Suddenwall

March 02, 2017 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

By Sara Saab, from Issue #220 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly. In the amnesty-city of Vannat, Aln Panette has let guilt go. More info »

BCS 190: Men of the Ashen Morrow

February 16, 2017 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

By Margaret Killjoy, from Issue #219 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson. Sal stood alone in the field, feeling the absence of her friend's touch. Being open to death was the cost of living free. More info »

BCS 189: Out of the Woods

February 02, 2017 04:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

By Marissa Lingen, from Issue #218 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine. And Eirik's men made it out of the forest, and we made it back to our cave, and King Harald was still dead, still not coming back to save us. More info »

BCS 188: Think Of Winter

January 19, 2017 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

By Eleanna Castroianni, from Issue #217 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. Folu has forgotten how to read the cards, but something is stirring. More info »

BCS 187: Wooden Boxes Lined with the Tongues of Doves

January 05, 2017 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

By Claire Humphrey, from Issue #216 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. We dry the tongues on butcher's paper beside the stove. Once desiccated, they barely have a scent. More info »

BCS Audio Vault 026: Everything Beneath You

December 08, 2016 04:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, from Issue #214 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. I wanted to ask her more questions, about the way the world was made, about death and dreams, but did not want to know the answers. More info »

BCS 186: The Uncarved Heart

November 10, 2016 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

By Evan Dicken, from Issue #212 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine.I used to dream of the heart our masters would give me. More info »

BCS 185: The Garden of Ending

October 27, 2016 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

By KJ Kabza, from Issue #211 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Everyone stopped in front of the tree, staring at its asymmetrical horror. More info »

BCS 184: A Cup of Comfort

October 13, 2016 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

By Stephanie Burgis, from Issue #210 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine “Nonsense. You are my guest.” The dragon reached out with long, sharp, delicately curving claws and tipped the teapot. More info »

BCS 183: The Wind Shall Blow

September 29, 2016 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB

By Gregory Norman Bossert, from Issue #209, Eighth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Alasdair Stuart.While she sang, the crowded room was quiet, through her gift the audience made into unlikely brothers. More info »

BCS 182: Abere and the Poisoner

September 15, 2016 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

By Jonathan Edelstein, from Issue #208 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.—What will she do? She will love you, and she will eat you. No, you can't cut through the reeds. More info »

BCS 181: To Rise No More

September 01, 2016 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

By Marie Brennan, from Issue #207 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Liz Duffy Adams. No matter how many times she watched it, Ada could not see how the transformation happened. More info »

BCS Audio Vault 025: And Blow Them at the Moon

August 25, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MB

By Marie Brennan, from Issue #207 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. Magrat was right. This man stood at the heart of it. More info »

BCS 180: The Night Bazaar for Women Becoming Reptiles

July 07, 2016 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

By Rachael K. Jones, from Issue #203 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Setsu Uzumé. One, two, three eggs into her mouth, one sharp bite, and the clear, viscous glair ran down her throat. More info »

BCS 179: Mortal Eyes

June 23, 2016 04:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

By Ann Chatham, from Issue #202 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. The scrape and clatter of steps on stone was replaced by the rush of wind beating against her face with the strength of an approaching storm. More info »

BCS 178: The Limitless Perspective of Master Peek, or, the Luminescence of Debauchery

June 09, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB

By Catherynne M. Valente, from Issue #201 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Heath Miller.For the sake of the beautiful Dogaressa, I took up my father’s battered old pipe and punty. More info »

BCS 177: Shadow’s Weave

June 02, 2016 04:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

By Yoon Ha Lee, from Issue #200, Special Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly. And we won't be lovers, Tamalat thought, unless I can restore your shadow. She knew better than to sleep with him in his current state. More info »

BCS 176: Laws of Night and Silk

May 26, 2016 04:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

By Seth Dickinson, from Issue #200, Special Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson. They pass through everything that will be lost if they fail. More info »

BCS 175: They Said the Desert

May 12, 2016 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

By A.T. Greenblatt, from Issue #199 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine "This isn't your choice," said Jade. "You're dead." More info »

BCS Audio Vault 024: The Topaz Marquise

May 05, 2016 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

By Fran Wilde, from Issue #199 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. I could not answer her. I had no memory of doing anything besides preparing the topaz. More info »

BCS 174: Whale-Oil

April 28, 2016 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

By Sylvia V. Linsteadt, from Issue #198 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca.Altair stood at the edge of the bay holding a blue salmon oil lamp with wick and flame made of fallen stars. More info »

BCS 173: The Sweetest Skill

April 14, 2016 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB

By Tony Pi, from Issue #197 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine A 2016 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast. Narrated by John Meagher. My soul animated the river’s gift. I sculpted my liquid body as I would a glob of hot caramel, paying homage to my old beloved dog. More info »

BCS Audio Vault 023: No Sweeter Art

April 07, 2016 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

By Tony Pi, from Issue #197 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by audiobook and podcast narrator John Meagher. My soul sunk beneath the platform planks and into a sturdy ox figurine with wisps of cooled caramel for its horns. More info »

BCS 172: Sea of Dreams

March 31, 2016 04:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

By Alter S. Reiss, from Issue #196 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Over his years on the island, he had been given nine other books, but they had become outworn, nothing in them to distract him. More info »

BCS Audio Vault 022: The Breath of War

March 24, 2016 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

By Aliette de Bodard, from Issue #195 - Science-Fantasy Month 3 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. She would have run, but her legs betrayed her—a contraction, locking her in place, as frozen as the baby within her womb. More info »

BCS 171: The Mountains His Crown

March 17, 2016 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

By Sarah Pinsker, from Issue #195 - Science-Fantasy Month 3 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Folly Blaine; a special bonus podcast episode for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 3. With soldiers, with emperors, it could always be worse. After a moment I knelt beside her. More info »

BCS 170: A Salvaging of Ghosts

March 17, 2016 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

By Aliette de Bodard, from Issue #195 - Science-Fantasy Month 3 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Tina Connolly. Thuy deactivates the suits' propulsion units and watches her daughter's remains, floating beside her. More info »

BCS 169: Call and Answer, Plant and Harvest

March 10, 2016 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

By Cat Rambo, from Issue #194 - Science-Fantasy Month 3 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson; a special bonus podcast episode for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 3. The glass-marbled plaza before the gates murmurs with spans of pigeons in the early light. More info »

BCS Audio Vault 021: The Book of Locked Doors

March 10, 2016 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

By Yoon Ha Lee, from Issue #194 - Science-Fantasy Month 3 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. She cursed herself for freezing up and ruminating when the proper response was to react. More info »

BCS 168: Foxfire, Foxfire

March 03, 2016 04:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MB

By Yoon Ha Lee, from Issue #194 - Science-Fantasy Month 3 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca. Nuclear physics was not typically a fox specialty, although my mother had allowed that astrology was all right. More info »

BCS 167: And the Blessing of the Angels Came Upon Them

February 18, 2016 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

By Dean Wells, from Issue #193 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Consuming the native crustaceans had given rise to bone cancers and rotting ulcers of the skin, from which death was a cruel relief. More info »

BCS 166: The Three Dancers of Gizari

February 04, 2016 04:00 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MB

By Tamara Vardomskaya, from Issue #192 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson.Except that I learned that if they spoke truth, it was not to me. More info »

BCS 165: Blessed are Those Who Have Seen and Do Not Believe

January 21, 2016 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

By D.K. Thompson, from Issue #191 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Read by Ian Stuart. Despite my profession, I have never considered myself to be a holy man. More info »

BCS 164: The Mama Mmiri

January 07, 2016 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

By Walter Dinjos, from Issue #190 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Read by the author. I longed for someone with whom I could engage in our papaya-pipe-gun battles in the surrounding forests. More info »

BCS 163: A Killer of Dead Men

December 24, 2015 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB

By David Tallerman, from Issue #189 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by John Meagher, who also narrated BCS 110: Ill-Met at Midnight, a previous tale of Otranto Onsario. Otranto knew better than to ask why any man must die. More info »

BCS Audio Vault 020: In the Age of Iron and Ashes

November 24, 2015 04:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

By Aliette de Bodard, from Issue #187 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Introduced by the author. When she spoke, her voice stopped him, as surely as a knife drawn across his throat. More info »

BCS 162: Bloodless

November 12, 2015 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

By Cory Skerry, from Issue #186 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine But she wouldn't let him make it through the gate; the inside guards were there to deal with travelers. Kamalija was here to deal with monsters. More info »

BCS 161: Unearthly Landscape by a Lady

October 29, 2015 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

By Rebecca Campbell, from Issue #185 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Read by Liz Duffy Adams. I could not imagine that my charge could conceive something so strange, so unpleasant. More info »

BCS 160: A Careful Fire

October 15, 2015 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, from Issue #184 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by M.K. Hobson. She bursts each night when he leaves her. She does not wash the juice from her skin but hides the blue stains beneath her clothes. More info »

BCS 159: The Sons of Vincente

October 08, 2015 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

By I.L. Heisler, from Issue #183, Seventh Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine The other hand held aloft his trophy—the severed head of my mother. More info »

BCS 158: Moogh and the Great Trench Kraken

September 17, 2015 04:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB

By Suzanne Palmer, from Issue #182 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Narrated by Dan Rabarts. It was more water than ever should be in one place, something so vast he scarcely could find the words. "Oh," he said. "This is a very large river indeed." More info »

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