Toasted Cake Podcast

Toasted Cake 77! In which we reconsider our alliances. "You're breaking up with us?" Supreme Chancellor Rosalita Singh fought to keep her voice from rising above the general hubbub of the room. Evan Dicken's work has most recently appeared in 10Flash Quarterly,...

Toasted Cake 76! In which we hold your memories. Every time the shadow puppets play someone is saying goodbye. First appeared right here in Daily SF.Liz's short stories and comics can be found in places like Strange Horizons, Apex, Daily Science Fiction,...

Toasted Cake 75! In which we litigate. Marlene Hazelwitch and Doreen Sneed were married on February 14, 2007. Marlene Hazelwitch's kitten, Snuggles, was, with assistance, the ring bearer in the ceremony. Cross promotion! This story is simultaneously appearing over at The Mad...

Toasted Cake 74! In which we try to drag Ma into the 21st century (plus a bit.) I stood in front of Ma's door and shifted the packages to get at my key. Before I could reach the lock, she opened...

Toasted Cake 73! In which school gets out. The bell rang, and the countdown was on.   Nathaniel Lee puts words in various orders. Periodically people give him money for this. The correlation is weak at best, but present. He lives...

Toasted Cake 72! In which the flutes of birthdays break. The entryway tiles were covered in a puddle of spilled memories--a week in the hospital, his grandfather's last ragged breaths, the funeral service in the pouring rain.  First appeared right here...

Toasted Cake 71! In which we use our social media. Beth pointed at the browser window. "I don't know how he got there." First appeared right here in Every Day Fiction. Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is an aviation and fantasy writer. Born in Heidelberg,...

Toasted Cake 70! In which we have a story for Mother's Day. She had my teeth. I hadn't expected to recognize myself in her, but when she greeted me, her maroon lips parting into a crescent, there they were. (First appeared right...

Toasted Cake 68! In which we have a great personality. I put out the ad so long ago I thought that no one was going to respond, I mean some people did respond but they were all really weird and kind...

Toasted Cake 69! In which we try to blow out the candles. The therapist's waiting room was plain--white sterile walls and carpet floors that smelled of chemicals. Dr. Kenneth Kao is a graduate of Odyssey Writing Workshop and Orson Scott Card's Literary...

Toasted Cake 67! In which we catch the foxes.They've sunk a shaft deep in the dirt of the meadow and chained her there. (First appeared in Grendelsong.)Samantha Henderson's short fiction and poetry have been published in Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons,...

Toasted Cake 66! In which we adjust a slightly askew shade of green . . . and keep going.One day Adrian decided to rebuild the world.First appeared in Nine.Alex Shvartsman is a writer and game designer whose short stories...

Toasted Cake 65! In which we have always moved to the left. "I feel good, actually. Quite normal. I'm not aware of any odd cravings or a stray compulsion to go out and tickle the bellies of Basset hounds." Canfield's phobias run...

Toasted Cake 64! In which we fly.My body remembers what I can't.  (First appeared right here in Daily SF.) Anatoly Belilovsky was born in a city that changed six or seven owners in the last 100 years, learned English from Star...

Toasted Cake 63! In which we ponder the fate of Mayoress Deely.Please come in, sir, madam. Finest jewel store in the district, madam, certainly.(First appeared in Fear and Trembling)Nicki Vardon: Hard-core scientist, soft-hearted metalhead, seasoned night owl and part-time catsitter....