For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of the newest episode of the BCS podcast–our 300th episode!

BCS 300 is “Five Aspects of River and Sky” by Adam R. Shannon, one of the stories forthcoming in BCS #365, which you Patreon supporters received an exclusive early-release ebook of earlier this week. It’s a special narration for the 300th episode of the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast. (No spoilers about that, because that might give away part of the story!)

Enter the download password that’s in the Patreon post to supporters of the BCS Patreon, click the button, and download the mp3 to your audio device. Or listen to it streaming:

(Duration: 34:59 — 24.0 MB)

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For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 038 is “A Portrait of the Desert in Personages of Power” by R.B. Lemberg, from BCS #229 back in 2017, a special five-hour audio novella that was episode 200 of the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast, guest-narrated by C.S.E. Cooney.

It’s introduced by the author, talking about elements of the Birdverse setting and the novella and its characters, one of whom is a main character in R.B.’s new Birdverse novel, The Unbalancing, out in September from Tachyon Publications.

Enter the download password that’s in the Patreon post to supporters of the BCS Patreon, click the button, and download the mp3 to your audio device. Or listen to it streaming:

(Duration: 05:06:15 — 210 MB)

Thank you for your support of the BCS Patreon!

For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 037 is “What the River Brings, and What It Takes Away” by Natalia Theodoridou, from Issue #281 back in 2019. It’s introduced with a statement from the author, explaining the beliefs behind the story and its themes, which deal with similar issues as the two new stories in BCS #362 by Eleanna Castroianni and Autumn Canter.

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(Duration: 00:21:06 — 14.5MB)

Thank you for your support of the BCS Patreon!

For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 035 is “The Angel Azrael Delivers Small Mercies” by Peter Darbyshire, from BCS #102 back in 2012. It’s introduced by the author, explaining the genesis of the Angel Azrael character–who has appeared in four stories in BCS, including “The Angel Azrael Encounters the Revelation Pilgrims and Other Curiosities” in BCS #351–and his horror-influenced Weird Western world, and the personal bibles in that world.

Enter the download password that’s in the Patreon post to supporters of the BCS Patreon, click the button, and download the mp3 to your audio device. Or listen to it streaming:

(Duration: 00:36:14 — 25MB)

Thank you for your support of the BCS Patreon!

For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 034 is “Gennesaret” by Phoenix Alexander, from BCS #246, one of the two special double-issues for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 4. It’s introduced by the author, discussing the story’s inspirations from inter-generational political attitudes in families of immigrants and patriarchal culture and how its use of science-fantasy elements shaped its presentation, as do other of the new stories alongside it in BCS #350, one of the two special double-issues for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 6.

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(Duration: 00:36:53 — 26MB)

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For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of the next episode of the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast:

BCS 290: At the Foot of the Dragon Stair by Aliette de Bodard, from BCS #350, our second special double-issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 6.

It’s guest-narrated by Tina Connolly, who narrated the BCS podcasts of Aliette de Bodard’s stories in past BCS Science-Fantasy special issues: BCS 170: A Salvaging of Ghosts in BCS Science-Fantasy Month 3 and BCS 121: The Breath of War in BCS Science-Fantasy Month 2.

You Patreon supporters are getting exclusive access to this BCS podcast episode a week early. It won’t be live on the website until Feb. 24.

Enter the download password that’s in the Patreon post to supporters of the BCS Patreon, click the button, and download the mp3 to your audio device. Or listen to it streaming here:

(Duration: 39:25 — 27.07MB)

Thank you for your support of the BCS Patreon!

For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 033 is “The Three Feats of Agani” by Christie Yant, from BCS #100 back in 2012. It’s introduced by the author, positing questions about who a story belongs to and whether stories matter–which are questions that the story itself examines, as do the two new stories alongside it in Thursday’s new issue, by Marie Brennan and Spencer Ellsworth.

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(Duration: 00:35:36 — 25MB)

Thank you for your support of the BCS Patreon!

For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 029 is “Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate)” by Marissa Lingen, from BCS #295. It’s introduced by the author, discussing the story’s approach to characters and politics and to political systems, and it won’t be live on the website or to podcast subscribers until next week.

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(Duration: 00:27:45 — 19.06MB)

Thank you for your support of the BCS Patreon!

For supporters of the BCS Patreon, here is an exclusive early download of a new episode of our ancillary podcast The BCS Audio Vault. The BCS Audio Vault features past stories from the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast with a new introduction by an author or narrator.

BCS Audio Vault 028 is “The Mermaid Astronaut” by Yoon Ha Lee, from BCS Science-Fantasy Month 5, currently a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story. It’s introduced by the author, explaining the inspiration for the story, and it won’t be live on the website or to podcast subscribers until next week.

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(Duration: 00:43:49 — 30.09MB)

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