By Hilary Moon Murphy
Read by Rajan Khanna
First appeared in Tales of the Unanticipated .
My finest cheat started long ago, before India was even a country. Most of us were still under British rule, one way or another. I was apprenticed to Sri Ghare, one of the greatest negotiators in the princely states. I lived with him and his wife in a fine manor. Though I was from a poor family, he always treated me like I was his own son.
When Sri Ghare’s wife was great with child, he was called to negotiate for the local rajah. Sri Ghare made me promise to take care of her while he was gone. When my master’s wife went into labor, the female servants shooed me out of the house, knowing that I would only be in the way. But I had promised my master, and I was very worried. What if something should go wrong with the birth?
So I cheated. I sneaked back into the house when the servants were too busy to check for me. At first, I only listened through the sheer, blue ...
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Post Date: 2008-06-23 23:00:54
By Jim C. Hines .
Read by Tina Connolly .
Introduction by Erin Cashier.
First appeared in Sword and Sorceress, XXI .
I was in the woods behind our cabin, trying yet again to dissuade my daughter from this wizarding business.
“I _like_ magic,” Mel protested. “And I’m good at it. Remember the spell I made up last week?”
“The spell that changed my daggers into caterpillars?” James and I were still pulling cocoons out of the laundry.
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Post Date: 2008-06-20 13:00:38
By Caleb Wilson
Read by Chris Furst
First appeared in Diagram (full text at link).
Some things you will need are a full tank of gas, a flashlight, an axe, a bicycle.
Heading north on Route 110, turn left onto Entwhistle. The street will be paved in dark, fresh asphalt and tree-lined. The web of shadows, light dark light, will fall through the teeth of the leaves onto the windshield. Drive through four lights and beneath an iron railroad bridge.
Rated G . Contains a journe...
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Post Date: 2008-06-17 01:00:07
By Peter S. Beagle.
Read by Stephen Eley (of Escape Pod ).
Introduction by Summer Brooks .
First appeared in Wizards Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy , 2007.
Carcharos. One tends to think of wizards either as bearded and severe, bearded and bumblingly kindly, or bearded and dark and vaguely sinister. Carcharos was none of these things. There were broad blond planes to his friendly face, and if his blue eyes were a bit small, they were yet as candid as they co...
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Post Date: 2008-06-09 22:10:33
By John Schoffstall
Read by Heather Lindsley
Introduction by Rachel Swirsky
First appeared in Strange Horizons (full text at link.)
Featured intro Link: Postal Experiments
Christopher:
I received a letter from you today, expressing contrition for your past bad behavior and requesting a reconciliation with me. It was written in blue felt-tip pen, with big blurry spots that I think you intended to be taken as the marks of tears. However, when I burned the letter tho...
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