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- Nov 17, 2008 - 9:22 am
- The Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction Podcasts are now available through iTunes. If you have the iTunes software installed on your computer, you can click this link to take you right to the iTunes store page for our podcasts. Like all podcasts on iTunes, the BCS Audio Fiction Podcasts are available at no charge.
- Nov 7, 2008 - 9:04 am
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issues #1 and #2 were reviewed very positively by Lois Tilton in a recent issue of The Internet Review of Science Fiction. Two of the three stories in those issues received her "Recommended" rating, including "The Sword of Loving Kindness" by Chris Willrich and "Architectural Constants" by Yoon Ha Lee.
Those stories are still available through our Past Issues page, along with our newest issue #3, and "Architectural Constants" was also recently released as our first downloadable audio fiction podcast. Take a look (or a listen) and see what's impressing fantasy reviewers and fantasy readers around the world. - Nov 6, 2008 - 8:45 am
- Issue #3 -- Nov. 6, 2008
"The Crystal Stair, Pt. I," by Charles Coleman Finlay & Rae Carson FinlayKhatire couldn't seem to catch her breath, afraid to swallow the fouled air. The cut in her palm throbbed like heartache. She had just killed one of the precious vaimen. In the eyes of the emperor, her life was forfeit.
"Kingspeaker," by Marie Brennan
I have not spoken with my own voice in nearly seven years. I knew this would be my fate long before it happened--but only now do I understand what it means.
Audio Fiction Podcast 001
"Architectural Constants," by Yoon Ha Lee, from Issue #2.The spider stepped out of the gate. She was a stooped woman with dark hair. The sockets in her face were empty and scarred over. She wore gloves that were cut off at the first knuckle. At each fingertip was a tiny glittering eye.
- Oct 27, 2008 - 1:12 pm
- The Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Fiction Podcasts will debut on Thursday, Nov. 6. This series of regularly released audio mp3 files will feature literary adventure fantasy stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies magazine, with new episodes appearing biweekly.
Episode 001 will be Yoon Ha Lee's story "Architectural Constants," from Issue #2 of BCS. Subsequent episodes will include stories by Hugo Award-winner David D. Levine, Orbit novelist Marie Brennan, and more.
To subscribe to the RSS feed for the BCS Audio Fiction Podcasts, please visit the Subscribe page on our website. The podcasts will also be available through iTunes. - Oct 23, 2008 - 10:04 am
- Issue #2 -- Oct. 23, 2008
"The Sword of Loving Kindness, Pt. II," by Chris WillrichMistress Needles said, “Then may we be in harmony, to the degree harmony exists in this cesspool of a universe. The sword’s presence may yet prove a desirable thing. For your freedom, Imago Bone, and that of the companion who brings you fear and pain, depends upon its destruction.”
"Architectural Constants," by Yoon Ha Lee
The Spider stepped out of the gate. She was a stooped woman with dark hair. The sockets in her face were empty and scarred over. She wore gloves that were cut off at the first knuckle. At each fingertip was a tiny glittering eye.