Toasted Cake Podcast

Toasted Cake 186! In which we are willing to assemble thingamajigs.Last night, while perusing cat pictures posted on Facebook by my sister-in-law, I saw your birth announcement from Mr. Zuckerberg, followed seventeen seconds later by your own declaration of independence...

Toasted Cake 185! In which we sing of adventure.Grandma smelled of mushroom steaks sauteed in garlic butter and apples soaked in brandy and when she paused in her relentless movement between cooktop and sink and fridge and pantry the...

Toasted Cake 184! In which we are caught with the Billy bookcase and the Darth Vader sheets.Maxx Destruktinator bounced gently in his Poang chair and stroked the Persian as he surveyed his domain.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Jon Lasser...

Toasted Cake 183! In which we consider the glass and the shatter.1. When she was old enough to know that her chest was flat, her father built a skin of glass around her. This story first appeared in SmokeLong Quarterly.Bonnie Jo...

Toasted Cake 182! In which the train steals our covers.This morning, I woke up next to an Amtrak train.This story first appeared right here in Fantasy Magazine.Eden Robins lives in Chicago and will give you a very stern look if...

Toasted Cake 181! In which we monologue.Founding members, new parishioners, and members of the media, I welcome you to the inaugural midnight mass of the First Church of Villainy.This story is original to Toasted Cake.TJ Berry has been a political...

Toasted Cake 180! In which we stick to our work.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.This story first appeared on Nicole's patreon.Nicole J. LeBoeuf is a New Orleanian writer living in Boulder, Colorado, where she skates roller derby under the name...

Toasted Cake 179! In which we practice our survival skills.The Daffodil Project is a joint venture between the United Nations, ESA, and Friends of the Elderly. I am their 17th civilian recruit.This story first appeared right here in Nature.Sylvia Spruck Wrigley...

Toasted Cake 178! In which our boats come back.Every Chinese family celebrates Ching Ming a little differently.This story first appeared in Crossed Genres.Laurie Tom writes fantasy and science fiction from the comfort of her childhood home.  When not composing stories...

Toasted Cake 177! In which we do don't do consider pushing the red button.It has come to our attention that a plurality of users has significant problems during the quantum disambiguator configuration process.First appeared right here in Nature Futures.Stewart C...

Toasted Cake 176! In which we fling ourselves into perilous orbits. We all look like Harrie, when we can afford it. Even the boys. Even the girls.This story first appeared in the anthology XIII from Resurrection House, edited by Mark...

Toasted Cake 175! In which we manifest.Congratulations! Your magic manifested itself. Maybe your teenage years won't suck quite so much, right? WRONG.First appeared right here in Daily SF.Nebula-nominated Beth Cato is the author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the...

Toasted Cake 174! In which we puree.Begin by placing the Seasoning Mix in a small bowl. Refer to page 842 for Seasoning Mix ingredients. Glance at the clock and roll your eyes as you wonder how many more detours you'll...

Toasted Cake 173! In which we let Bonesy ride.Hey folks, I know it's a tight squeeze for the manufacturing deadline for the Little Miss Apocalypse playset, but we got new market research results on the pony names.First appeared right here...

Toasted Cake 172! In which we still pass on the word from generation to generation. Ten things were created on the eve of Shabbat, between the lights of night and day, and they are: the mouth of the earth, the...