Toasted Cake Podcast

Toasted Cake 141! In which we come apart. Evan started coming apart because of the dare. Aaron currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and six children. He's now at full sitcom. His short fiction has appeared in Shock Totem, Shimmer,...

Toasted Cake 140! In which we parasite. Like most young and ambitious cities, Ckotkehl flourished for centuries without much heed to the outside world. Brink City by Andrew S. Fuller. Gods save the Queens. Stutter, by Deborah Walker. First appeared in Eschatology. Andrew S. Fuller...

Toasted Cake 139! In which we strike a blow for freedom.Monday: The narrow corridor got stuffier as the seconds ticked off.  First appeared right here in Kazka Press. Anatoly Belilovsky was born in a city that went through six or...

Toasted Cake 138! In which we aria.The overture begins in D minor, transitioning to a lighthearted D major allegro.(First appeared in F&SF) Oliver Buckram, Ph.D., lives in the Boston area where (under an assumed name) he teaches social science to...

Toasted Cake 137! In which we come apart.I gave my left arm to Elizabeth.First appeared right here in Daily SF.Caroline M. Yoachim lives in Seattle and loves cold cloudy weather. She has a story in this month's issue of Lightspeed,...

Toasted Cake 135! In which we conquer.The road to popularity at Fremont High School is paved with rose petals.  First appeared right here at Kazka Press. Charity Tahmaseb has slung corn on the cob for Green Giant and jumped out of...

Toasted Cake 134! In which we remember the pebbles. My world is a pair of photographs.First appeared right here in Daily SF.Alex Shvartsman is a writer, translator and game designer from Brooklyn, NY. Over 70 of his short stories have appeared...

Toasted Cake 133! In which we feed the birds. When the birds came, we novices fed them bread from the last night's meal. First appeared in Cabinet des Fées: A Journal of Fairy Tales.Darja Malcolm-Clarke's fiction and poetry have appeared in Strange...

Toasted Cake 132! In which we brew the coffee. Henry Lindnis measured out his life with coffee spoons. First appeared right here in Nature. Alvaro is the co-author, with Robert Silverberg, of WHEN THE BLUE SHIFT COMES, which received a starred review from...

Toasted Cake 131! In which we acquaint Santa with our backyard. Santa was placing the last of the gifts under the Christmas tree when he heard a wee cough from behind. First appeared in the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology. Siobhan Gallagher is a...

Toasted Cake 130! In which we are shards of ice. When the first snow falls, it burns.  First appeared in Three-Lobed Burning Eye.Michelle Muenzler's goal in life is to bring forth the bunny apocalypse and bury the earth with furry-soft goodness....

Toasted Cake 129! In which we stitch up our problems. The doctor woke up screaming, wiped the tears from his eyes and made some coffee. Sean Tanner lives in the south of Ireland with his girlfriend and no cats, where he operates...

Toasted Cake 110! In which we Rail. I find earplugs necessary, at least.  Paul Hamilton lives in the Silicon Valley with his wife and daughter. He writes stories about broken people and repairing worlds. When not writing, he reads or draws...

Toasted Cake 109! In which we walk the asbestos roofs. The King of the World and I sit on the roof of my house and talk philosophy. We are ten. Vajra Chandrasekera lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has audio fiction forthcoming...

Toasted Cake 108! In which we drink all the gin. (First appeared right here in Nature.)First of all, I want you to forget every single word that they told you at the recruiting office.Sylvia Spruck Wrigley was born in Germany and...