Toasted Cake Podcast

Episodes

1. 15

   Toasted Cake 261: Symphony for the Space Between the Stars by Jenn Reese

   Toasted Cake 261! In which we sing. At 0600 hours, Aurora brews coffee, intensifies the lights to 800 lumens, and heats the ship to an optimal 70.2 degrees, all according to protocol. This story first appeared right here in Fireside.Jenn...

   Dec 21, 2020
2. 14

   Toasted Cake 260: Just One More Kitten GIF by Effie Seiberg

   Toasted Cake 260! In which maybe we procrastinate? Just a little?Jen's final sociology paper was due tomorrow, so she was procrastinating.This story first appeared in Galaxy's Edge, and a slightly longer version is available to read on Curious Fictions.Effie Seiberg...

   Dec 14, 2020
3. 13

   Toasted Cake 259: The Snow Queen's Discount Skate Rental and Half-Off Magical Workings by Kristen Koopman

   Toasted Cake 259! In which we skate the spell.I fell the first time I tried the spell. The magic broke, snapping a crack into the ice and getting me a three-day ban from the rink by the angry ex-almost-pro who...

   Dec 6, 2020
4. 12

   Toasted Cake 258 - Fear of Lying by M. Darusha Wehm

   Toasted Cake 258! In which we arrange our features in a neutral expression."I am experiencing an unpleasant digestive reaction to something I ingested this morning and my primary spousal relationship is suffering a breakdown which is causing me emotional distress."...

   Nov 30, 2020
5. 11

   Toasted Cake 257: Learner's Permit by Laurence Raphael Brothers

   Toasted Cake #257! In which we attempt the parallel parking maneuver.360-degree camera coverage. Radar, inertial compass, GPS. Independent all-wheel drive, nanoceramic brakes. 5G, sat-phone, and UHF communications. Air bags everywhere. And the worst student driver in the history of the...

   Nov 23, 2020
6. 10

   Toasted Cake 256: Wind-Lashed Vehicles of Bone by Bogi Takács

   Toasted Cake 256! In which we ride.Araana picked a sticky seedpod off his coat and stepped out of the brambles, onto the surface of the wide and flat road left over by an empire long past.This story first appeared on Bogi's...

   Nov 16, 2020
7. 9

   Toasted Cake 255: Unwrapping the Moon by Curtis C. Chen

   Toasted Cake #255! In which we make breathable air.It wasn't a new idea. But as soon as mother said out loud "we should wrap the Moon"--so close, so dead, but with resources hidden under dust and rock--father and his scientists...

   Nov 2, 2020
8. 8

   Toasted Cake 254: Packet C by Christi Nogle

   Toasted Cake Podcast #254! In which we hold our breath.When we rounded everybody up for the register, Maude and Julie were sheepish. They only wanted this one thing, this battered white box of . . . craft parts?This story first...

   Oct 25, 2020
9. 7

   Toasted Cake 253: So You've Decided to Adopt a Zeptonian Baby! by David Steffen

   Toasted Cake Podcast #253! in which we try to raise fully functioning adults.Whether you are adopting by chance because you found the smoking crater on your property or whether you volunteered for the Zeptonian Childcare Service, congratulations and thank you!This...

   Oct 19, 2020
10. 6

    Toasted Cake 252: Exchange (A Coral Study) by Katherine Quevedo

    Toasted Cake #252! In which we connect.When I got to Mario Reyes's dorm room, I heard him scuffling around, opening and closing drawers as if he had a girl coming over.This story first appeared in Factor Four Magazine.Katherine Quevedo was...

    Oct 13, 2020
11. 5

    Toasted Cake 251: Moon Errata by Megan Lee Beals

    Toasted Cake #251! In which we get out the hard-boiled egg.This one November my mom went missing and me and Andy and his other friend Meg tried to fill in for her because my mom is the moon.This story is...

    Oct 5, 2020
12. 4

    Toasted Cake 250: The Unmaker of Cakes by Liam Hogan

    Toasted Cake #250! In which we celebrate.Tommy's sixth birthday was ruined due to a mix-up at the bakery.This story is original to Toasted Cake.Liam Hogan is an award winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction...

    Sep 28, 2020
13. 3

    Toasted Cake 249: In Which a Demonic Printer Sparks an Office Romance by Diane Callahan

    Toasted Cake 249! In which we feed the printer. Everyone in the office called the supply room printer a "giant plastic sack of crap that deserved to rot in the underworld for all eternity."This story is original to Toasted Cake. Diane Callahan...

    Sep 21, 2020
14. 2

    Toasted Cake 248: Heart Stitch by José Pablo Iriarte

    Toasted Cake 248! In which we mend the tear in the fabric.You pieced it together decades ago; so far back that you don't remember not knowing.This story first appeared in Daily SF.José Pablo Iriarte is a Cuban-American writer, high school...

    Sep 14, 2020
15. 1

    Toasted Cake 247: A Wedding Gown of Autumn Leaves by Caroline M. Yoachim

    Toasted Cake 247! In which we use the unicorn-mane thread.The day before my wedding, my dress is a pile of birch leaves.This story first appeared in Daily SF.Caroline M. Yoachim is a prolific author of short stories, appearing in Asimov's,...

    Sep 6, 2020