This time we discussed Cabaret in Flames, written by Hache Pueyo and narrated by Dominique Franceschi. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.

Cabaret in Flames [Amazon]

Interview with the Vampire [Amazon]

Short Fiction Spotlight:

"This Is an Emergency Broadcast" written by R.S.A. Garcia, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 238: July 2026 / Short Story

"Those Who Left History" written by Wanxiang Fengnian, translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 234: March 2026 / Short Story

"Her Right Arm" written by Natalia Theodoridou, narrated by Mark Mullens [khōréō] / Short Story

"Leavetaking" written by Tia Tashiro, narrated by Erika Ensign [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Seventy-One / Short Story

"You Have Arrived at Your Destination" written by Jo Miles, narrated by Julia Rios [Escape Pod 1051] / Short Story

"Bend Like the Palm" written by David D. Levine, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 234: March 2026 / Short Story

This time we discussed A Trade of Blood, written by Robert Jackson Bennett, and narrated by Andrew Fallaize.

A Trade of Blood [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Tainted Cup [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

A Drop of Corruption [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

"2026 Hugo Award for Best Short Story nominees panel!" [Hugos There]

The Founders Trilogy (Series) - Book 1: Foundryside [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Lion's Tusk [Audible]

Sworn Soldier (Series) - Book 1: What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Looking Forward To:

Eternity's Tomb by Dan Moren - Nov 24, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed The Dragon Has Some Complaints, The Dragon Has Some Complaints.

The Dragon Has Some Complaints [Audible]

Forthcoming Books - Locus

Temeraire (Series) [Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby]

To Shape a Dragon's Breath [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Dragonriders of Pern (Series): Dragonflight [Libro.fm] /

[Overdrive/Libby]

Looking Forward To:

The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson - Sep 29, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lisa continues her discussions at Readercon 35.

https://readercon.org/">Readercon

Gillian Daniels: [Website] / [Instagram] / [Blusky]

Jenny Will Eat You Now - Sep 29, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Nothing Tastes as Good [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

London Calling (Series): Boyfriend Material [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

"Frost Bloom" [https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/frost-bloom/">Nightmare Magazine]

Suzanne Palmer: [Blusky]

Ode to the Half-Broken [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Short Stories: [Clarkesworld] / "House Party Blues" [Psuedopod] / [Beneath Ceaseless Skies]

Finder (Series): Driving the Deep [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

Kit Sedia: [Blusky]

The Alchemy of Stone [Audible]

The Power Broker [Libro.fm]

Watership Down [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

"Punks Don't Die" [Deadlands 40]

"Bindweed" [Interzone #303]

The House of Discarded Dreams [Audible]

Jake Casella Brookins: [Blusky] / [A Meal of Thorns] / [Ancillary Review of Books]

Lisa shares her discussions with authors at Readercon 35.

https://readercon.org/">Readercon

Elizabeth Bear: [Website] / [Newsletter] / [Patreon] / [Blusky]

White Space (Series): Ancestral Night [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

Lonesome Dove (Lee Horseley narration) [Overdrive/Libby]

V.I. Warshawski (Series): Indemnity Only [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

Karen Memory (Series): Karen Memory [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

"You do your Own Time" [https://buttondown.com/matociquala/archive/you-do-your-own-time-at-technology-review/">MIT Technology Review]

"Angels of the Waters" in The Book of the Dead - Oct 6, 2026 [Libro.fm]

The Job - 2026 [Clarkesworld]

The Dragon's Share - 2027 [Asimov's]

White Space 4 - TBD

AT Greenblatt: [Website] / [Blusky]

"The Doorkeepers" written by A.T. Greenblatt, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine]

"Give the Family My Love" [Clarkesworld]

Taste [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Finding Me [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

"Waystation City" [LeVar Burton Reads]

"If We Make It Through This Alive" [It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton]

Ann LeBlanc: [Website]

The Transitive Properties of Cheese [Overdrive/Libby]

Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures [Overdrive/Libby]

Baffling Magazine

Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

"Across the River, My Heart, My Memory" [Escape Pod 845]

"Five Tips for Sealing Away an Ancient Evil" [If There's Anyone Left]

This time we discussed the 2026 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Series and were joined by Christine from the https://klaxoncomms.com/hugo-history/">Hugo History podcast

2026 Hugo Finalists - Best Series:

Emily Wilde (Series): Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

October Daye (Series): Rosemary and Rue [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

The Chronicles of Osreth (Series): The Goblin Emperor [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

Old Man's War (Series): Old Man's War [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

The Craft Wars (Series): Dead Country [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

White Space (Series): Ancestral Night [Libro.fm] / [Libby/Overdrive]

https://klaxoncomms.com/hugo-history/">Hugo History / History Klaxon: [https://www.youtube.com/@historyklaxon">YouTube] / [https://bsky.app/profile/klaxon.bsky.social">blusky] / http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/contributor-profile-christine-d-baker.html">nerds of a feather]

This time we discussed Sublimation, written by Isabel J. Kim, and narrated by Michelle H. Lee & Major Curda.

Sublimation [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Readercon

The Subtle Art of Folding Space [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Space Between Worlds [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Severance (2022-) [IMDb]

Damian's Workshop [Audible]

This time we discussed The Last Contract of Isako, written by Fonda Lee, and narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal & Dillon Sickels.

The Last Contract of Isako [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Green Bone Saga (Series): Jade City [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Interview with Fonda Lee at ReaderCon 34 (2025) [Episode 318]

The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Logan's Run (1976) [IMDb]

This time on Narrated, we were inspired by the ongoing excitement and international camaraderie in the soccer/football world; so we are picking books set or written by authors around the world.

This time we discussed Green City Wars, written by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and narrated by John Pirhalla.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for providing review copies of Green City Wars for today's episode.

Green City Wars [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Service Model [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Flux [Libro.fm] / [https://www.overdrive.com/media/9584404/flux">OverDrive/Libby]

A Snake Falls to Earth [https://tidd.ly/3CAvg4T">Libro.fm]

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Terraformers [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Never Let Me Go [Libro.fm] / [https://www.overdrive.com/media/105251/never-let-me-go">Overdrive/Libby]

Klara and the Sun [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This time we discussed the 2026 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novel and were joined by Seth from Hugos There Podcast.

2026 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel:

A Drop of Corruption [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Everlasting [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Death of the Author [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Shroud [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Incandescent [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm]

Other Referenced Works:

Brigands and Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Shattering Peace [Audible]

Angel Down [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Notes from a Regicide [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Down in the Sea of Angels [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Luminous [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]