*here puss puss puss puss puss!!* *leaves out some catnip treats for @catscast.org * Trick or treat!!! www.castofwonders.org/2024/10/cast...

We are also thrilled about this, and so are @catscast.org… 😁

New episode! The Invention of a Cat by Carolina Valentine, a CatsCast original. Free to listen/read at www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...

Huge congrats to @smhallow.bsky.social, whose story "Mandy and Lulu Welcome Walter" will appear in We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2023! You can pre-order now, but in the meantime, you can listen to Tatiana Grey's amazing Mandy & Lulu narration at www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...

This story is so sweet and heartbreaking. It was such an honor to narrate it.

New patron-only episode: The Best Way to Procure Breakfast by @dmvickerson.bsky.social, narrated by @behravesh.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/98998059

Final day!

CatsCast is open for submissions, now through February 11. Send us your words! (But not more than 6000 of them). escapeartists.net/catscast/cat...

CatsCast 22 is live! Blood Water, written by J.A. Bryson, narrated by Tatiana Grey. www.patreon.com/posts/95528696

Announcements! 1. We've sent final responses to all outstanding story submissions -- if you're still waiting for one, please query [email protected]. 2. Our next submission period will be February 1-11. 3. Episode 22 will go out to early access patrons tonight & everyone else on Friday.

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Remember CatsCast Episode 17, with the creepy monster and the really long title? The book it's in is out!

On International Podcast Day, don't forget to check out all of the podcasts that make up the Escape Artists family... 🦑 @pseudopod.org (horror) 🚀 @escapepod.org (science fiction) 🐉 @podcastle.org (fantasy) 🎭 @castofwonders.org (speculative YA) 🐈 @catscast.org (cats)

New episode! Match.Cat by Ember Randall, narrated by @laurasbadideas.bsky.social, audio-produced by Wilson Fowlie. www.patreon.com/posts/catsca...

And don't forget to submit! We want to see your awesome, uplifting, funny and/or strange science-fiction short stories! With the associate editors' help, we aim to provide personal feedback to the majority of our short-fiction submissions. escapepod.org/guidelines/s...

Um. If you're wondering why a random cat podcast suddenly followed you today, it's because a cat walked across our keyboard. Yeah, that's it. It certainly wasn't because our editor thought she was going through her own followers list and "following back" while logged in to the CatsCast account.

5 TV shows to get to know us! Simon's Cat The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Salem episodes only) Star Trek: The Next Generation (Spot episodes only) Star Trek: Discovery (Grudge episodes only) Star Trek: Lower Decks (T'Ana episodes only)

announcing a new yearly reprint anthology: Afterlives: Year's Best Death Fiction series editor: @ect.bsky.social 2023 editor: @vajra.me details (and submission link--open today!):

Today is #InternationalCatDay (not to be confused with Kat Day, who transcends space and time and narrated our most recent episode). What are some of your favorite cat stories?

The PseudoPod portal is open for general submissions from 11 Aug 5am BST until 22 Aug 2023 4:59 BST* We're looking for horror stories of up to 6000 words. You may submit one reprint and one original. (*Portals are slippery: we recommend not leaving it until the last minute)

Absolutely one of the sweetest and nastiest things I have ever written. Also a preview of Posthaste Manor from me and @carsonwinter.bsky.social coming in October

New patron-only episode! "The Absolutely True ..." by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social, narrated by @chronicleflask.bsky.social, audio-produced by Dave Robison. This will appear in Posthaste Manor 10/2023 - thanks to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for letting us run it https://www.patreon.com/posts/86565130

Terrific news from the British Fantasy Society! Congratulations to our very own PseudoPod and PodCastle and all the other finalists, including the lovely @alasdairstuart.bsky.social for his nomination in the non-fiction category! https://britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-award-shortlists/

Oh hi! Nice to see you. Hey, while you're here, would you mind opening that packet of treats for me?