BCS 309: Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea

BCS 309: Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea

Author: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine February 23, 2023 Duration: 1:09:20

By Kelsey Hutton, from Issue #376 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by Laurie McDougall.

She’d hoped to sew a dress powerful enough to remind the queen who the queen claimed as kin, and who claimed her in return.

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Imagine a quiet corner where the only sound is a voice, spinning tales of worlds that feel both ancient and utterly new. That's the space created by Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction Podcasts. Each episode is a journey, drawing directly from the rich library of the acclaimed Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine. Here, you'll find stories that live in the realm of literary fantasy, where the speculative is grounded in deep character and vivid prose. The narratives you'll hear aren't just about magic or strange lands-though they have those in abundance-but about the human condition explored through an extraordinary lens. This audio fiction podcast transforms the magazine's printed words into a living, breathing experience, perfect for a long commute or a moment of quiet escape. You might encounter a clockwork city humming with secrets one week, and a desert haunted by memories the next. The common thread is a commitment to what the magazine calls "literary adventure fantasy," a blend of elegant writing and compelling plots. It's for anyone who believes a story can be both an adventure and a piece of art, where the science of a world's logic is as important as the art of its telling. Tune in and let these carefully narrated stories pull you into landscapes that linger long after the final word.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

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BCS 287: Redfin Spine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:34
By Jonathan Olfert, from Issue #346 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.I thought I saw a smile flicker past in the dark, quick as one of his sharktooth arrows.More info »
BCS Audio Vault 032: As Tight As Any Knot [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:44
By M.A. Carrick, from Issue #344 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, the two authors behind the M.A. Carrick pen name, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Ho…
BCS Audio Vault 031: Undercurrents [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:52
By Charles Payseur, from Issue #343 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Hobson, explaining the story’s take on resistance and cooperation.R…
BCS Audio Vault 030: Rivers Run Free [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:29
By Charles Payseur, from Issue #342 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, in an interview conducted and engineered by M.K. Hobson, explaining the story’s element that oppression can link peo…
BCS 286: No Say [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:03
By Jonathan Louis Duckworth, from Issue #342 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Unless Tadie didn’t let him. She stepped a pace back and pulled Loyd with her, away from Jessen.More info »
BCS 285: The Last Days of Summer in the City of Olives [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:08
By Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko, from Issue #341 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Tina Connolly."Tell me, Maria," she said. "What is happening to our people?"More info »
BCS Audio Vault 028: The Mermaid Astronaut [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:49
By Yoon Ha Lee, from Issue #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by the author, explaining the inspiration for the story and its ending note.This particular mermai…
BCS 284: Stronger [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:51
By K.J. Parker, from Issue #340, Thirteenth Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Heath Miller.Love is the arrow that pins us down so we can't escape.More info »
BCS 283: In Case You’re the One to Devour a Star [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:01
By Tamara Jerée, from Issue #339 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Maxine L. Moore.Her voice is soft when she speaks, as if anything louder could aggravate my old wound.More info »