BCS 324: Willow Wood

BCS 324: Willow Wood

Author: Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine January 11, 2024 Duration: 21:32

By Linda Niehoff, from Issue #398 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by M.K. Hobson.

Music like that doesn’t belong inside. It belongs to outside in the night. Quivering in the air with every crawling thing.

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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: 50

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction Podcasts
Podcast Episodes
BCS 365: The Eldest Bird of Paradise [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:24
By Denzel Xavier Scott, from Issue #465 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineA special 90-minute audio novelette, narrated by Stephanie Malia Morris.That’s why I can only fail. I’m never alone. I’m never disconnecte…
BCS 364: My Blue Silk Fan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:27
by Richard Parks, narrated by Folly Blaine, from Issue #463 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies
BCS 363: Dreams in Burnished Silver [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:09
By Christine Hanolsy, from Issue #462 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.I paced the day away instead of sleeping, as if you’d left your lamp alight beside my cot. More info »
BCS 362: Waiting for The Yellow Ships [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:50:14
By Edward Hodge, from Issue #460 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Michael J. DeLuca.I tried to control our son, just like I’d tried to control your worship of Ukh.More info »
BCS 361: The Voice and Her Knife [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:01
By AnaMaria Curtis, from Issue #458 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.The butcher spends his early mornings making contact with anyone who knows anyone who might be a hunter, who might kno…
BCS 360: The Sparrow Tree [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:41
By Alma Alexander, from Issue #456 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Dominick Rabrun.He brought the Empress there to show the now-bejeweled tree when the leaves turned bronze in the autumn.More info »
BCS 359: The Sea Child [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:34
By Justin Wesley Ferguson, from Issue #453 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by M.K. Hobson.Gerda set the dress aside and tried to do the same with the stirrings of dread in her stomach.More info »
BCS 358: Hollow in The Hope [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:45
By Aimee Ogden, from Issue #451 – Science-Fantasy Month 8 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineA special one-hour audio novelette, narrated by Tina Connolly.They should use those hours wisely, and not in seeking cou…
BCS 357: Medusa’s Ship, or The Thing About Bodies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:01
By Natalia Theodoridou, from Issue #450 – Science-Fantasy Month 8 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine—she the ship recalls stories she never read of women and men in rivers weighed down their pockets full of stone…
BCS 356: Sing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:43
By Jules Bly, from Issue #448 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by Summer Fletcher.Do not stop singing. If your voice fails, the world vanishes.More info »