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John Bell

**John Bell** is creator of award-winning radio ads (no, really!), voice talent, audio-book voice, and writer/producer of the *Bells in the Batfry* podcast.

He has an audio book on **Audible** and **iTunes** (plus a text version, but you *really* want the audio version) called *The Devil’s Pinata* … a rather silly and pun-filled spoof of action-adventure novels.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Pseudopod

* PP291 Lizardfoot, by John Jasper Owens
* PP324 Wings, by Nathaniel Lee
* PP330 Flash On The Borderlands XV: At Your Service!: *Sterile* by Christopher Tepedino
* PP344 The Pit, by Joe R. Lansdale
* PP385 Flash on the Borderlands XX: Community: *Jack* by Mohammad Naim Kabir
* PP456 Flash on the Borderlands XXVI: Official Reports: *Final Corrections, Pittsburgh Times-Dispatch* by M. Bennardo
* PP484 Flash on the Borderlands XXXI: WEIRD SCIENCE HORROR!: *The Masters,*by Theodore Cogswell
* PP526 The Great American Nightmare, by Moaner T. Lawrence
* PP563 Flash on the Borderlands XXXIX: Teratology, *The Corpse Child*, by Chris Kuriata
* PP635 Last Week I was Esther, by Deborah L. Davitt
Jaime O. Mayer

**Jaime O. Mayer** shares her Seattle home with two needy cats, too many fish tanks, and a patient husband. When she isn’t reading or writing, she enjoys many hobbies including knitting, PC gaming, and photography. Powered by tea and buried in yarn, she blogs infrequently and can be found on social media as @JaimeOMayer. She has a personal essay on the representation of adoption in SFF forthcoming in the *Invisible 3* anthology.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW260 Contractual Obligations, read by Katherine Inskip
* CW294 Artemis Rising 4 – Earn Your Breath, read by Ibba Armancas (also as CW338, a Staff Pick)
Jaki Idler

**Jaki Idler** lives outside Philadelphia where she writes, teaches and – despite any literary evidence to the contrary – raises two wonderful boys. Her day job is bringing other’s stories to life. You can follow her writing at **Idle Truths**. She just narrated her own story “Terminal” for **Wicked Women Writers 2012** at **HorrorAddicts.net**. She’s also thrilled to read Crystal Connor’s “Spores” on **podiobooks.com**.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP353 Flash on the Borderlands XVII: Keeping Up Appearances, *Pawn*, read by Julia Rios; a shorter version entitled "Queen" was a semi-finalist in the 2010 Flash Fiction Contest.
Guy Stewart

**Guy Stewart** a writer, a father, a teacher and a counselor.

Guy is also a husband supporting his wife, a multi-year breast cancer survivor. He maintains multiple blogs, including a SF/YA/Childrens writing blog called *POSSIBLY IRRITATING ESSAYS*, and Guy's Gotta Talk -- About BREAST CANCER.

His first novel, *Heirs of the Shattered Sphere: Emerald of Earth* is out now.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW181 Fairy Bones, read by Katrin Kania
Katherine Mankiller

**Katherine Mankiller** has been published in *Electric Velocipede*, *Escape Pod*, and *ChiZine*. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

When not writing, she's performing amazing feats of Geek-Fu. Over the years, she's asked that her business cards read everything from “Alpha Bitch” through “Queen of Awesomeness” to “Zen Master” – to no avail.

Her greatest ambition is to rule the world.

 Work at Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP403 Saving Alan Idle, narrated by Kyle Akers
* EP292 In the Water, narrated by Kim Gianopoulos
* EP283 Grandfather Paradox, narrated by Kim Gianopoulos
Fritz Leiber

FRITZ REUTER LEIBER JR. (1910-1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of sword and sorcery fantasy, having in fact created the term. Leiber was heavily influenced by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Graves in the first two decades of his career. Beginning in the late 1950s, he was increasingly influenced by the works of Carl Jung, particularly by the concepts of the anima and the shadow. From the mid-1960s onwards, he began incorporating elements of Joseph Campbell’s THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES into his work.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP500 A Bit of the Dark World, read by Norm Sherman
Kathryn McMahon

**Kathryn McMahon** is an American living abroad with her British wife and dog. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in places such as Syntax and Salt and The Cincinnati Review, as well as in the food and horror anthology Sharp & Sugar Tooth: Women Up to No Good (Upper Rubber Boot). Among other adventures, she’s been in quicksand twice, camped in a bat-filled cave, and steered a tall ship. But mostly she just likes to read.

## Work on Escape Artists

PodCastle

* PC524 Shine Like the Sea's Deepest Secrets, read by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
George Hrab

Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, composer, and heliocentrist **George Hrab** has written and produced six independent CDs and a concert DVD; published two books; and has recorded hundreds of episodes of The Geologic Podcast.  He's traveled to four continents promoting critical thinking, science, and skepticism through story and song. George is considered one of the preeminent skeptic/science/atheist/geek-culture music icons currently living in his apartment.

The New York City premiere of George’s composition for string quartet and voice called "The Broad Street Score” will be on May 12th, 2016 at NECSS, the North East Conference for Science and Skepticism.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP536 Prophet to the Dogs, by Bethany Edwards

 Pseudopod

* PP023 Civilized Monsters, by Johnny Compton
* PP052 That Old Black Magic, by John R. Platt
* PP064 Connecting Door, by Richard E. Dansky
* PP142 Camp, by Jeremy C. Shipp
* PP230 Girls Gone Insane, by John Jasper Owens
* PP368 Short and Nasty, by Darrell Schweitzer
* PP379 The Greatest Good Of The Greatest Number, by Gertrude Atherton
* PP402 The Recovery, by H.V. Chao
* P486 Hinterlands, by William Gibson
* PP518 The Tiger, by Nina Allan
James Vachowski

**James Vachowski** works as a quality assurance technician for an independent traveling circus, where he strives to ensure that your next ride on the Cyclone is in full compliance with most, if not all, applicable state safety regulations. When he’s not living his dream of seeing the world from the parking lots of local shopping malls and Moose lodges, he writes fiction.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* The Great Game:
	+ CW43 Part 1 – Khyber, read by Barry J. Northern
	+ CW46 Part 2 – The Great Game, read by Barry J. Northern
	+ CW50 Part 3 – The Empty Quarter, read by Barry J. Northern
	+ CW54 Part 4 – In The Bowels of the Sick Man, read by Barry J. Northern
	+ CW58 Part 5 – The Dark Continent, read by Barry J. Northern
	+ CW61 Part 6 – When Stars Fall, read by Graeme Dunlop
	+ CW65 Part 7 – The Mustard Wyrm, read by Barry J. Northern

* CW139 Little Wonders VI: A Little Laughter - *Continue?*, read by John Cmar
Kay Steele

**Kay Steele** is her own evil twin and has a secret identity where she writes stories and makes art but she’s not telling unless you ask nicely, or ask at all, or just sort of glance in her general direction. A nerd by awkward accident and a geek by choice, Kay is also a gamer, an innuendo specialist and thankfully gets by on very little sleep. Sharing a tiny house with a small child and cartoonish number of pets wasn’t really the plan but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to her. She absolutely loves doing voice acting and narration because she’s a ham.

## Work on Escape Artists

PodCastle

* PC457 Giant: Blade and Branch and Stone, by Spencer Ellsworth; read by Graeme Dunlop, Wilson Fowlie, and **Kay Steele**
Heath Miller

**Heath Miller** is an actor from Perth, Western Australia. Sometimes found in theatres, recording studios, comedy clubs, television sets, convention centres and YouTube videos – Heath currently finds himself living on an island off the coast of Maine with two improbably large cats, one improbably large dog, and a brace of regular sized chickens.

## Work on Escape Artists

### PodCastle

* PC422 Golden Chaos, by M.K. Hutchins
* PC471-472 “The Chaos Village”, by M.K. Hutchins
	+ Part 1 and Part 2
* PC541-543 *The Waters of Versailles*, by Kelly Robson
	+ Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Julia Watson

**JULIA WATSON** is a freelance writer and editor, and a graduate of UCR’s Palm Desert Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing, where she studied screenwriting and fiction. She lives near San Diego, CA and is currently at work on a TV pilot script and a YA fantasy novel. She also has an indie short film, FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (a 16-minute zombie movie she co-wrote and assistant produced). For more info and updates about the film, see its Facebook Page. And you can find her on Twitter at @wordnerditis.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP462 Flash on the Borderlands XXIX - Monsters *Habeas Corpus,* read by Kaitie Radel
Kim Rogers

**Kim Rogers** is an EMC actress living in Brooklyn, NY. She has recently appeared in such productions as Cthethal Weapon and the musical Slaw Slingers. She has also done voice work for The Kaleidocast and currently works for Music Theatre International.

## Work on Escape Artists

PodCastle

* PC404 Territory, by Julie Steinbacher, read with Maura McHugh
* PC424 Betty and the Squelchy Saurus, by Caroline M. Yoachim
* PC436 Flash Fiction Extravaganza! Elements: *Dragon Fancy*, by Leigh Wallace
Jessica Amanda Salmonson

**Jessica Amanda Salmonson** is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award, ReaderCon Certificate, and Lambda Award, author of THE DISFAVORED HERO and other novels, THE DEATH SONNETS and other poetry collections, and THE DEEP MUSEUM and other short story collections.

Forthcoming – a giant omnibus of her works will appear from the extravagantly cool Centipede Press consisting of her Dell Books novel ANTHONY SHRIEK, a number of poems, and her Ace Books collection A SILVER THREAD OF MADNESS plus enough new and uncollected material to equal a third book in one huge volume. Her next poetry collection PETS GIVEN IN EVIDENCE OF OLD ENGLISH WITCHCRAFT AND OTHER BEWITCHED BEINGS will be issued this coming year by The Sidecar Preservation Society to coincide with Diversicon where she will be Guest of Honor. She’s presently working on a small collection THE BLIND AVIATRIX: Dream Life and Real Life, too odd for commercial publishers but she can’t help it she has to write it.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP475 The Toad Witch, read by Sandra Espinoza
Jen Zink

**Jen Zink** is a stay at home mom and podcaster with a love of all things science fiction and fantasy.

You can find her on Twitter @loopdilou or on The Skiffy and Fanty Show (or on Twitter @skiffyandfanty), which she produces and co-hosts. The Skiffy and Fanty Show is a weekly podcast and active blog featuring anything and everything related to the science fiction and fantasy genres, with commentary on controversial topics and news in literature, film, and interviews with authors, scientists, and filmmakers.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Pseudopod

* PP553 Fade to Gold, by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
* PP614 WEIRD SCIENCE HORROR ISSUE #2: Figure 8, by E. Catherine Tobler
Eve Upton

**Eve Upton** — is huddled in the darkness of the cupboard…she appears to be scratching words into the floor…what does that say? *nolite the bastardes carborundorum*…

## Work on Escape Artists

### Escape Pod

* EP661 A Fine Night for Tea and Bludgeoning, by Beth Cato

### Pseudopod

* PP231 Tippler's Bane, by Evelyn Wang, read by Paul S. Jenkins & **Eve Upton**
* PP271 Flash on the Borderlands X - Demonica: “DOG” by Stephen Hodgkinson
* PP347 Flash on the Borderlands XVI: Trial & Discipline: “The Killing Machine” by Karen Runge
* PP482 The Box Wife, by Emma Osborne
* PP517 Into the Penny Arcade, by Claire Dean
* PP625 The Golgotha Dancers and These Doth The Lord Hate: “These Doth The Lord Hate”, by Manly Wade Wellman

### PodCastle

* PC410 The Saint of the Sidewalks, by Kat Howard
Jess Hyslop

**Jess Hyslop** lives in London has recently been ejected from the cosy realm of academia into the perils of ‘the real world’, where she is trying to survive the life of an aspiring writer. She studied English at the University of Cambridge and three years later, emerged with her passion for sci-fi and fantasy still fully intact. Extraordinary! In 2010 she was awarded the University’s Quiller-Couch prize for creative writing, for Augury, a short story set during the Nazi occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW011 To Be True (Part 1), read by Graeme Dunlop
	+ CW012 To Be True (Part 2)
* CW078 The Giant Who Dreamed of Summer, read by M K Hobson
	+ CW111 Staff Pick 2013: The Giant Who Dreamed of Summer
Ellora Sen-Gupta

**Ellora Sen-Gupta** is a (currently Boston-based) biomedical engineer who often disguises herself as a voice-over narrator and photographer among other roles. She has a great love of animals, miniatures, miniature animals, books and comics, exploring, tv cartoons, etc. Ellora is happiest when she is traveling the world with her family or friends but can also be delighted to sit home with her pets and some arts and crafts and/or Netflix.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP576 Karma Among the Cloud Kings, by Brian Trent
Erin Roberts

**Erin Roberts** writes in New York City under the watchful eye of her cat Crumbsnatcher. She is an MFA student at Stonecoast, a graduate of the 2015 Odyssey Writing Workshop, and a workshop leader for the New York Writers Coalition. When not writing, she can most often be found singing karaoke, lifting heavy objects, or trying to take over change the world.

## Work on Escape Artists

PodCastle

* PC429 Wolfy Things, read by Maui Threv
Joseph Cusumano

**Joseph Cusumano** is a physician living in St. Louis. His major hobby, other than writing, is the design and construction of radio controlled airplanes. His piloting skills need a lot of work. His writing in 2016 has been accepted by Crimson Streets, Mystery Weekly, Disturbed Digest, Flash Fiction Press, Heater, and Litmag (University of Missouri).

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP561 Better to Curse the Darkness than Light a Candle, read by Cheyenne Wright
Judith Merril

**Judith Merril** was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist, and one of the first women to be widely influential in those roles.

Merril began writing professionally, especially short stories about sports, starting in 1945, before publishing her first science-fiction story in 1948. Her story “Dead Center” (1954) is one of only two stories taken from any science fiction or fantasy magazine for the Best American Short Stories volumes edited by Martha Foley in the 1950s. According to science fiction scholar Rob Latham, “throughout the 1950s, Merril, along with fellow SF authors James Blish and Damon Knight had taken the lead in promoting higher literary standards and a greater sense of professionalism within the field.” As an initiator of the New Wave movement, she edited the 1968 anthology England Swings SF. From the mid-1970s until her death, Merril spent much time in the Canadian peace movement, including traveling to Ottawa dressed as a witch in order to hex Parliament for allowing American cruise missile testing over Canada. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA renamed) made Merril its Author Emeritus for 1997 and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted her in 2013.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP542 That Only a Mother, read by Dagny Paul
Kameron Hurley

**Kameron Hurley** is an award-winning author, advertising copywriter, and online scribe.  Hurley grew up in Washington State, and has lived in Fairbanks, Alaska; Durban, South Africa; and Chicago. She has degrees in historical studies from the University of Alaska and the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, specializing in the history of South African resistance movements. Her essay on the history of women in conflict “We Have Always Fought” was the first blog post to win a Hugo Award. It was also nominated for Best Non-Fiction work by the British Fantasy Society.

Hurley is the author of God’s War, Infidel, and Rapture, a science-fantasy noir series which earned her the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer and the Kitschy Award for Best Debut Novel. She has won the Hugo Award (twice) and been a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Nebula Award, the Locus Award and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. Additionally, her work has been included on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Hurley’s short fiction has appeared in magazines such as Lightspeed, EscapePod, and Strange Horizons, and anthologies such as The Lowest Heaven, The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women and Year’s Best SF. Her fiction has been translated into Romanian, Swedish, Spanish, and Russian. She is also a graduate of Clarion West.

In addition to her writing, Hurley has been a Stollee guest lecturer at Buena Vista University and taught copywriting at the School of Advertising Art. Hurley currently lives in Ohio, where she’s cultivating an urban homestead. Her latest novel, The Mirror Empire, will be published by Angry Robot Books in August 2014.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP207 Wonder Maul Doll, read by Kim the Comic Book Goddess
* EP462 Women of Our Occupation, read by Mur Lafferty
* (Essay) Tea, Bodies and Business: Remaking the Hero Archetype
* EP611 When We Fall, read by Ibba Armancas
Gemma Files

Though she was born in London, England, Gemma Files is a Canadian citizen, and has lived in Toronto, Ontario for her entire life (thus far). She is the daughter of two actors, Gary Files and Elva Mai Hoover. Files graduated from Ryerson University with a B.A.A. in Magazine Journalism, then spent roughly eight years as a film critic, primarily writing for local alt-culture journal *eye Weekly*. By 1998, she was also teaching screenwriting, short screenplay writing, television series development, film history and Canadian film history, first at the Trebas Institute, then the Toronto Film School. After leaving *eye*, she taught full-time,  while also publishing two collections of short stories (*Kissing Carrion* and *The Worm in Every Heart*, both from Prime Books) and two chapbooks of poetry (*Bent Under Night*, a Sinnersphere Production, and *Dust Radio*, from Kelp Queen Press). In 2002, she married fellow author Stephen J. Barringer. In 2008, the Toronto Film School closed down and Files' son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She became a stay-at-home Mom, finally beginning serious work on her long-planned first novel. *A Book of Tongues: Volume One in the Hexslinger Series* (ChiZine Publications) was released in April, 2010, and will be followed by two sequels, *A Rope of Thorns*(2011) and *A Tree of Bones*(2012).

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP257 In "The Poor Girl Taken By Surprise", read by Julia Rios
Hayley Stone

**Hayley Stone** is the author of the sci-fi novel *Machinations*, which was chosen as an Amazon Best Sci-fi & Fantasy Book of the Year for 2016. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in *Fireside Fiction*, *Flash Fiction Online*, *Liminality*, and various anthologies. When not reading or writing, Hayley studies history, falls in love with video game characters, and analyzes buildings for velociraptor entry points.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Escape Pod

* EP659 Caesura, read by Stephanie Malia Morris
Ian Stuart

**Ian Stuart** is a writer/performer living in York. He has done work for the BBC and Manx Radio, as well as audiobooks, historical guides, and promotional videos. He is also a storyteller/guide for **The Ghost Trail of York**, taking tourists round the city and telling them some of its darker secrets.

You can read more about his poetry and his dog, Digby, on his blog, *The Top Banana*. If you wish to contact Ian about voiceover work of any kind, you can get in touch with him on Twitter.

His greatest boast is that he is the father of a famous son.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Writing

#### Pseudopod

* PP619 The Ghost Guide’s Tale & The Halloween Parade: “The Ghost Guide’s Tale”, read by **Ian Stuart**

### Narrating

#### Pseudopod

* PP114 The Cellar, by Stephen Owen
* PP133 Grave of Ships, by Richard Marsden
* PP155 The Worm that Gnaws, by Orrin Grey
* PP165 The Copse, by Robert Mammone
* PP171 Napier’s Bones, by Stephen Gaskell
* PP188 The Dark Level, by John F.D. Taff
* PP191 Acceptable Losses, by Simon Wood
* PP209 Corvus Curse, by Barry J. Northern
* PP270 A Revelation of Cormorants, by Mark Valentine
* PP311 Flash On The Borderlands XIV: Resistance!: *No Further* by Matthew Acheson
* PP313 The Dead Sexton, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
* PP375 The Signalman, by Charles Dickens
* PP454 Eastern Promise, by Stewart Horn (read with Hugo Jackson)
* PP555 Four Hours of a Revolution, by Premee Mohamed
* PP619 The Ghost Guide’s Tale & The Halloween Parade: “The Ghost Guide’s Tale”, by **Ian Stuart**

#### PodCastle

* PC188 The Ghost of Christmas Possible, by Tim Pratt and Heather Shaw
* PC228 The Terror of Blue John Gap, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* PC381 The Vandalists, by Natalia Theodoridou
* PC348 Testimony of Samuel Frobisher Regarding Events on Her Majesty’s Ship, by Ian Tregillis
* PC304 Titanic!, by Lavie Tidhar

#### Cast of Wonders

* CW99 Little Wonders 3 – Scary Stories:  *The Boatman* by J.A. Ironside
* CW102 The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe
* CW185 Marley and Cratchit, by David Steffen
Guy De Maupassant

**Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant** (1850 – 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form’s finest exponents. He delighted in clever plotting, and taking his cue from Balzac, he wrote comfortably in both the high-Realist and fantastic modes; many of his short stories (notably “Le Horla”) describe apparently supernatural phenomena. However, the supernatural in Maupassant is often implicitly a symptom of the protagonists’ troubled minds, as Maupassant was fascinated by the burgeoning discipline of psychiatry. In his later years he developed a constant desire for solitude, an obsession for self-preservation, and a fear of death and crazed paranoia of persecution, that came from the syphilis he had contracted in his early days. On January 2, in 1892, Maupassant tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat and was committed to a celebrated private asylum at Passy, in Paris, where he died on July 6, 1893.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP282 Flash On The Borderlands XI - Fearful Fashions: *A Mother of Monsters*, read by B.J. Harrison
Glen Hirshberg

Born to parents Linda Hirshberg (psychologist) and Jerry Hirshberg (painter, founder of Nissan Design International, and author of *The Creative Priority*), Hirshberg began telling stories at the age of three. "My mother was a psychologist, my father a designer and painter, and I think their influence still resonates through everything I write. I can’t draw a straight line, but I love painting with the language, and what interests me most in stories, even the spooky ones, is the way people respond to and discover one another as their lives unfold or unravel." Hirshberg was ten years old in 1976 when the Oakland County Child Killer began to kidnap and kill children in his neighborhood. This formative experience finds outlet in the plot of Hirshberg's first novel *The Snowman's Children* which, as *Publisher's Weekly* relates, is the story of an adult coming to terms with his "1970s suburban childhood. In the winter of 1977, a serial killer dubbed "The Snowman" haunted a quiet Michigan neighborhood, preying on the town's children." In 1980, Hirshberg moved with his family to Southern California when his father, Jerry Hirshberg, took a job with Nissan Design. Hirshberg graduated from Torrey Pines High School before earning his B.A. from Columbia University in 1988, where he won the Bennett Cerf Prize, and his M.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Montana in Missoula in 1991. Hirshberg then moved to Seattle where he worked as a music critic and writer for the Seattle Weekly among other publications. He currently teaches and lives with his family in the Los Angeles area.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP210 The Nimble Men, read by Eric Luke
H. G. Wells

**Herbert George "H. G." Wells** (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP182 The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham, read by Alasdair Stuart
Kim Lakin-Smith

**Kim Lakin-Smith** is a Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author.

Kim’s short stories feature in *Interzone, Black Static, Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who, Best British Fantasy 2013, Sharkpunk, The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk,*and more*.*She is the author of gothic science fantasy, *Tourniquet*, and YA novels, *Queen Rat*and*Autodrome.*Her novel, *Cyber Circus,* was shortlisted for both the BSFA Best Novel and the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel 2012.

With a background in dance and performance, she has narrated stories for Dark Fiction Magazine, Word Punk, Tales to Terrify, PseudoPod, and PodCastle.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP311 Flash on the Borderlands XIV - Resistance!: "The Conchie" by Jayne Chant
* PP329 Red Rubber Gloves, by Christine Brooke-Rose
* PP424 The Godsmaid Clara And Her Many Smiles, by Sharon Dodge
* PP479 Like Dolls, by J Lily Corbie

PodCastle

* PC392 The Lady's Maid, by Carlea Holl-Jensen
Katrin Kania

**Katrin Kania** is a medieval archaeologist specialising in historical textile techniques. She has written *The Middle Ages Unlocked*, an introduction to the English Middle Ages, together with historian and fiction writer Gillian Polack. She also spins, weaves, knits and blogs about all these things at Pallia.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Cast of Wonders

* CW181 Fairy Bones, by Guy Stewart
* CW328 Ava Paints the Horses, by Ville Meriläinen
Jennifer Noelle Welch

**Jennifer Noelle Welch** grew up in Mystic, Connecticut, and currently writes fantasy and speculative fiction in Portland, Maine. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Aoife’s Kiss (where this story was originally published), Penumbra, and InterGalactic Medicine Show.

When she isn’t writing, you can find her exploring the nearest museums, junk shops, and barbecue restaurants. Yum! She’s currently hard at work on a novel.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW156 The Seal King (Part 1), read by Paul Cram
	+ CW157 The Seal King (Part 2)
John Meagher

**John Meagher** is the writer and narrator of *Tales of the Left Hand*, an ongoing fantasy series offering “swashbuckling, intrigue, and a dash of magic.” In his secret identity, he’s a graphic designer living outside Washington DC with his wife, daughter and two cats.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP583 The Librarian, by Andrew Kozma

Pseudopod

* PP256 Repler, by Jonathan Lowe
* PP287 Final Girl Theory, by A.C. Wise
* PP491 The Second Act, by Nicolas Escobar

PodCastle

* PCMini070 Accompaniment, by Keffy R.M. Kehrli
* PC270 The Secret of Calling Rabbits, by Wendy Wagner
* PCBonus Bonus Episode: Prospero’s Last, by Den Patrick
* PC308 Gazing into the Carnauba Wax Eyes of the Future, by Keffy R.M. Kehrli
* PCMini047 Chinatown, by Greg van Eekhout
* PC130 Chemical Magic, by Katherine Sparrow

Cast of Wonders

* CW95 You Bet, by Alex Shvartsman
* CW166 Hard Passage, by Holly Schofield
* CW204 Twenty-One, by Michael Merriam
Ian Creasey

**Ian Creasey** is a writer from Yorkshire, England.  He has sold seventy-odd short stories to various magazines and anthologies. His debut collection, *Maps of the Edge*, was published in 2011; his second collection, *Escape Routes from Earth*, came out in 2015. Ian's spare time interests include hiking and gardening — anything to get outdoors and away from the computer screen.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP191 This Is How It Feels, read by FNH
* EP210 The Hastillan Weed, read by MarBelle
* EP318 The Prize Beyond Gold, read by Josh Roseman

Pseudopod

* PP033 The Sounds That Come After Screaming, read by Nick Popio
* PP067 Memories of the Knacker’s Yard, read by Ben Phillips
Hannah Wolf Bowen

**Hannah Wolf Bowen** has had fiction appear in Lady Churchill's *Rosebud Wristlet*, *Polyphony 6*, *Fantasy Magazine*, *Strange Horizons*, *Abyss & Apex*, *Ideomancer*, *The Fortean Bureau*, and *Alchemy*. She also served as fiction editor of *Chiaroscuro*, a webzine devoted to dark fiction.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP043 Everything Is Better with Zombies, read by Mur Lafferty
Jeff Samson

**Jeff Samson** brews Irish stout when he’s not writing science fiction and occasionally drinks it when he is. His work can be found in numerous publications, including Nature Magazine, Lore and Perihelion. Jeff lives in New Jersey with his wife and children, and no cats.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW74 Gods of Stone, read by Graeme Dunlop
* CW100 Final Time, read by Phoebe Harris
* CW213 Beneath the Loveliest Tints of Azure, read by Elie Hirschman
John Wiswell

**John Wiswell** is a writer who lives where New York keeps all its trees. His stories have appeared at PodCastle, Fireside Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. He is chronically ill, and was inspired to write this story during a period of being bedridden alone. He believes that Horror always keeps you company.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP544 Under the Rubble, read by Marguerite Kenner

PodCastle

* PC386 Flash Fiction Extravaganza: Ghostly Interludes, *Wet*, read by Nathaniel Lee
Kara Grace

**Kara Grace** lives in Michigan with her beloved boyfriend, puppy, and fluffy cat, but is always dreaming of Sunset Cliffs in San Diego. She is a geography student and aspiring voice actress, and is positive she is a woodland faerie stuck in the human world.

You are most likely to find her deep in the woods admiring and making friends with bugs and other wildlife, or underwater watching the sunlight filter through the surface and hanging out with the aquatic life. She currently spends her work days trapped in an office, but looks forward to a future where she can make a living traveling as a cultural consultant, and using her voice to bring the written word to life. Feel free to contact her with projects and/or adventures.

## Work on Escape Artists

### PodCastle

* PC271 Nightfall in the Scent Garden, by Claire Humphrey
* PC178 Braiding the Ghosts, by C.S.E. Cooney

### Cast of Wonders

* CW330 Dinovember! - The Raptor Snatchers, by Rachael K. Jones (also as CW341, a Staff Pick)
Kelly Robson

**Kelly Robson** is an award-winning short fiction writer. In 2018, her story “A Human Stain” won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, and in 2016, her novella *Waters of Versailles* won the Prix Aurora Award. She has also been a finalist for the Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, John W. Campbell, and Sunburst awards. In 2018, her time travel adventure “Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach” debuted to high critical praise.

After 22 years in Vancouver, she and her wife, fellow Spec Fic writer A. M. Dellamonica, now live in downtown Toronto.

## Work on Escape Artists

### PodCastle

* PC541-543 *The Waters of Versailles*, read by Heath Miller
	+ Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Keith McCleary

**Keith McCleary** is an MFA student at **UCSD**, and received his BFA in Film at **NYU**. His work has or is due to appear in **Heavy Metal magazine**, **Weave**, **Flash**, **Short Fast and Deadly**, the **San Diego Poetry Annual**, and in comic books he has written and illustrated for **Terminal Press**. He has also served as a copyeditor for **Kill Screen Magazine**. Keith maintains a semi-regular presence at his flash fiction tumblr, **Gchatus** and his website, **Weird Things I Have Done**.

His story "The Demon Fields" was read by Kevin M. Hayes for Flash on the Borderlands XVII: Keeping Up Appearances, Pseudopod episode 353.
Elora Gatts

Elora is an editor with a startup in the Midwest, where she lives with her partner. In the 1960’s, her father’s family immigrated to the United States from Sasebo, Japan, and eventually settled down in Appalachia. When her parents met years later, it was love at first sight, and in the year they conceived a daughter, they apparently also fell for George Lucas’s Willow. (Yes, those nerds really named her after the baby in Willow.) That love of fantasy proved hereditary.

She is also a copy editor for *Strange Horizons* and acts as a first reader for *Liminal Stories*. Believe it or not, Elora still has enough spare time to contemplate the intricacies of literature, history, and perfectly soaked tiramisu. You can find her on Twitter at @thegreatgattsby.
Kathryn DeFazio

**Kathryn DeFazio** has been writing fiction of varying quality since she learned how to hold a pencil (incorrectly, as it turned out). For about two years, she has been working on BackwardsCompatibility, an original speculative fiction universe about a candy-fueled queer robot who escapes his laboratory to find his original programmer. At the moment, she is taking time off to work on the second draft of a first novel and the first draft of a second novel. According to her mother, she still hasn’t learned to hold a pencil properly. Kathryn lives in Manhattan with her primary partner and step-parrot.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP621 Artemis Rising: Assistance, read by Summer Brooks
John Shade

**John Shade** was born in Central America and grew up all across the U.S. as a Navy brat. He received a B.A. in creative writing from the University of Houston, and an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. He is also a graduate of the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop on Martha’s Vineyard.

His work has appeared in Gold Dust Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and Giganotosaurus, among others. He writes short stories, novels, and comics, and now lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, daughter, a cat, and a dog. He tries to stay out of the sun’s way when summer comes around.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP548 A Prayer at Noon, read by Amber Pracht
Ika Koeck

**Ika Koeck** (pronounced Coke) was born a Malaysian with a hint of Dutch bloodline, and her passion for writing began when she was twelve after an accidental encounter with a fantasy novel left her mind reeling with ideas.

Her short stories have appeared in Ages of Wonder, an anthology published by DAW books and 100-Stories-For-Queensland, a charity anthology in aid of the survivors of the 2011 Queensland Flood. Her most recent publication is “Skin Deep”, published in Aurealis #91 and “Jungle Fever”, published in The Apex Book of World SF 3. Another fantasy short story, “To Dance The Dragon”, will be published in Ares Magazine in 2018.

When she is not traveling the world, Ika is working on her next short story or novel, running a race somewhere, training to be a triathlete, or being a butler for her cats.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW263 A Coat for Aodh, read by Wilson Fowlie
James Whitcomb Riley

**James Whitcomb Riley** was born in Greenfield, Indiana, on October 7, 1849. He left school at age sixteen and served in a variety of different jobs, including as a sign painter and with a traveling wagon show.

He was the author of several books of poetry, including *Home-Folks* (Bowen-Merrill, 1900), *The Flying Islands of the Night* (Bowen-Merrill, 1892), and *Pipes o’ Pan at Zekesbury* (Bobbs-Merrill, 1888).

He also served on the staff of two local newspapers, the *Anderson Democrat* and, later, the *Indianapolis Journal*. Riley was known as “the poet of the common people” for his frequent use of his local Indiana dialect in his work.

He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 22, 1916.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Pseudopod

* PP618 Goblins & Little Orphant Annie: “Little Orphant Annie”, read by Phil Lunt
Jon Grilz

**Jon Grilz** is mystery writer as well as the creator of the Small Town Horror podcast who isn’t entirely sure which day of the week it is, but is pretty happy every time the sun rises. Most of the time you can find him wandering somewhere between the line dividing reality and wherever that laughter is coming from.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP501 Flash on the Borderlands XXXII: Punishments: *The Cages*, by Christopher Fowler
James Silverstein

**James Silverstein** was born and grew up just outside of Chicago and has been writing fiction since the age of 9, the day he was given his first typewriter (and ‘**Dragonman**’, the draconic superhero was born!). He has been involved in theater from the same age, including some professional Shakespeare in the 90’s and now does community theater). He has written for various role playing games, including **7th Sea**, **Stargate**, and, most recently, **Cairn**. He is working with **Dave Robison** on his **SHATTERED WORLDS** project, and **Antimatter Press** on his own novel; **NECROPOLIS**, a hard-boiled private eye tale with the undead.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP405 A Fine Sacrifice, by Steve Vernon
Greg van Eekhout

**Greg van Eekhout** is the author of stories and novels for adults and middle-grade audiences. His work has been nominated for the Nebula, Andre Norton, and Locus Awards.

His most recent work is the Daniel Blackland trilogy from Tor Books — *California Bones, Pacific Fire,* and *Dragon Coast* — about wizards who get their powers from eating the bones of extinct magical creatures. “The Authenticator” and “The Osteomancer’s Son” (previously featured on PodCastle) take place in the Daniel Blackland universe.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP031 Robots and Falling Hearts, by Tim Pratt & **Greg van Eekhout**; read by Alex Wilson
* EP044 Show and Tell, read by Anna Eley
* EP087 Authorwerx, read by Stephen Eley
* EP138 In the Late December, read by Stephen Eley
* EP202 Will You Be an Astronaut?, read by Christiana Ellis
* EP598 On the Fringes of the Fractal, read by Tina Connolly

Pseudopod

* Bonus Flash: Waiting Up For Father, read by Jonathan Chaffin
* PP231 (a) Pseudopod Special: The Alphabet Quartet (A Primer)

PodCastle

* PC008 The Osteomancer’s Son, read by Ben Phillips
* PC025 Anywhere There’s a Game, read by Benjamin Manoochehri
* PCMini039 Carnival Park, read by David Michel
* PCMini042 Change, read by Dave Thompson
* PCMini047 Chinatown, read by John Meagher
* PC114 Wolves Till the World Goes Down, read by Dave Thompson
* PCMini055 Ghost Market, read by Kane Lynch
* PC135 California King, by Michael J. Jasper and **Greg van Eekhout,** read by Dave Thompson
* PCBonus The Alphabet Quartet (A Primer)
* PCMini071 We Clever Jacks, read by Marshal Latham
* PC274 Far as You Can Go, read by Dave Thompson
* PC399 The Authenticator, read by Gregory Austin
Jenni Moody

**Jenni Moody** is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her stories have been published in Booth, Gingerbread House, and Mason’s Road. She’s lived in a dry cabin in Alaska and a small town in Japan, and was once chased by a family of bears through the Yukon at midnight. She collects stamps (inked, not licked) and writes in Huntsville, Alabama. Her flash fiction story *How to Break Up with Your Zombie Boyfriend* will be published in an upcoming issue of Strangelet. There are a couple of places you can find out more about Jenni’s work: her website, her Twitter feed, and her Pinterest board, where she posts story ideas.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW162 Sister Winter, read by Melissa Bugaj
K. Tempest Bradford

**K. Tempest Bradford** is a speculative fiction writer by night, a media critic and writing instructor by day, and a podcaster in the interstices. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies and magazines including Strange Horizons, Electric Velocipede, Diverse Energies, In the Shadow of the Towers, and many more. She’s the host of ORIGINality, a podcast about the roots of creative genius, and contributes to several more. Her media criticism and reviews can be found on NPR, io9, and in books about Time Lords. When not writing, she teaches classes on writing inclusive fiction through LitReactor and WritingtheOther.com.

## Work on Escape Artists

Author:

Escape Pod

* EP269 Élan Vital, read by Mur Lafferty

PodCastle

* PCMini028 Elf Aware, read by Marguerite Croft
* PC053 Change of Life, read by MA in PA
* PC123 Black Feather, read by Amal El-Mohtar

Narrator:

PodCastle

* PC345 Makeisha In Time, by Rachael K. Jones
* PC516d Best of PodCastle #2: Makeisha In Time, by Rachael K. Jones
Jennifer R. Donohue

**Jennifer R. Donohue** grew up at the Jersey Shore and now lives in New York with her fiancé and her Doberman. Though she got a bachelor′s degree in psychology, she has always wanted to write. She currently works at her local public library, where she also facilitates a writing workshop. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Mythic Delirum, Syntax & Salt, and elsewhere.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP623 Surveillance Fatigue, read by Diane Severson Mori
Gregory Frost

**Gregory Frost** is an American author of science fiction and fantasy who lives and works in Pennsylvania, USA, and directs a fiction writing workshop at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa. A graduate of the Clarion Workshop, he has been invited back as instructor several times, including the first session following its move to the University of California at San Diego in 2007. He is also active in the Interstitial Arts Foundation.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP010 The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray, read by Stephen Eley
J.M. McDermott

**J.M. McDermott** lives in Georgia, and holds an MFA in Popular Fiction from the University of Southern Maine and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. His first novel, Last Dragon, was #6 on Amazon.com’s Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2008, shortlisted for a Crawford Prize for First Fantasy, and on Locus Magazine‘s Recommended Reading List for Debuts in 2008. His second novel, Never Knew Another is the beginning of the Dogsland Trilogy, from Nightshade Books. It received strong critical praise including a review by noted genre critic, John Clute, in Strange Horizons. The second novel of the trilogy was reviewed in Publishers Weekly, praising the depiction of the anti-hero of the novel.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudpod

* PP570 The Jamcoi, read by Setsu Uzume
Ian Rose

**Ian Rose** is a web developer and former field biologist living in Portland, Oregon. He loves oceans and mountains and rain, and is very pleased to have found a place that offers him all of these, though he does have to visit his native east coast every year to fill up on bagels, pizza, and other bread products that Oregon just can’t seem to get quite right. Ian also has a story published by New Myths.

## Work on Escape Artists

Cast of Wonders

* CW099 Little Wonders III: Scary Stories - *Piper*, read by Barry J. Northern
Erica L. Satifka

**Erica L. Satifka** is a writer and/or friendly artificial construct, forged in a heady mix of iced coffee and sarcasm. She enjoys rainy days, questioning reality, ignoring her to-do list, and adding to her collection of tattoos. Her debut novel *Stay Crazy* (Apex Publications) won the 2017 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer, and her short fiction has appeared in *Clarkesworld*, *Shimmer*, *Interzone*, and *The Dark*. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her spouse Rob and an indeterminate number of cats.

## Work on Escape Artists

### Escape Pod

* EP657: The Big So-So, read by Ibba Armancas
Katherine Kendig

**Katherine Kendig** lives in Champaign, IL, where she completed an MFA in Fiction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earlier this year. She’s written plays, screenplays, poems, short stories, and most of a YA fantasy novel. Her story “The History of Women’s Suffrage” was recently published in *The* *Cincinnati Review*.

## Work on Escape Artists

PodCastle

* PC499 Flash Fiction Extravaganza - Flash Fiction Contest IV: “Have This Wish I Wish Tonight”, read by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
Karen Munro

**KAREN MUNRO** lives, writes, and works as a librarian in Portland, OR. Every day in October she sends a free scary story out to a select list of scary-story-readers. Stories are an eclectic mix, all freely available on the Internet. If you’d like to be added to the list, you can email her at kmunrovian at gmail dot com. She blogs at **Karen Munro** where people can find the full list of stories from October 2014. (Happy reading!).
John Chu

**John Chu** designs microprocessors by day and writes fiction by night. His work has been published at Boston Review, Asimov’s and Tor.com.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

Author

* EP412 Thirty Seconds From Now, read by Joel Kenyon
* EP459 The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere (2014 Hugo Award winner), read by **John Chu**

Narration

* EP367 Lion Dance, by Vylar Kaftan
* EP394 Good Hunting, by Ken Liu
* EP407 Mono no Aware (2013 Hugo Award Winner), by Ken Liu
* EP425 The Boy in Zaquitos, by Bruce McAllister

Pseudopod

* PP326 Bunraku, by David X. Wiggin
* PP538 Flash on the Borderlands XXXVII: Higher Beings Command: *The Hole At The Top of the World*, by Benjamin Blattberg

PodCastle

* PC330 DRINK ME (A Flash Fiction Extravaganza) - *The Forgetting Shiraz*, by E. Lily Yu
* PC372 The Character of the Hound, by Tony Pi

Cast of Wonders

* CW242 Little Wonders 11 - Flash Fiction Contest Finalists: *Remember the Ifrit*, by Rajiv Moté
Isis LaCoste

**Isis LaCoste** is the daughter of Rikki LaCoste. Isis is an aspiring young actress, a prolific artist and musician, a chip off the old block, really, and a lover of scary stories and movies. Isis and her father live in Toronto Canada.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PPBonus Christmas Bonus Flash: Tradition, by L.M. Ball

Cast of Wonders

* CW164 Amicae Aeternum, by Ellen Klages; read by Rikki LaCoste, **Isis LaCoste** and Fiona “Princess Scientist” Van Verth
	+ CW189 Staff Pick 2015 – Amicae Aeternum
Jay Lake

**Joseph Edward "Jay" Lake, Jr.** (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first-place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He lived in Portland, Oregon, and worked as a product manager for a voice services company.

Lake's writings have appeared in numerous publications, including Postscripts, Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, Strange Horizons, Asimov's Science Fiction, Nemonymous, and the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. He was an editor for the "Polyphony" anthology series from Wheatland Press and was also a contributor to The Internet Review of Science Fiction.

## Work on Escape Artists

Escape Pod

* EP102 The Angle of My Dreams, read by Stephen Eley
* EP212 Skinhorse Goes to Mars, read by Mike Boris
* EP235 On the Human Plan, read by Mike Boris
* EP336 The Speed of Time, read by Josh Roseman

Pseudopod

* PP290 The American Dead, read by Roberto Suarez
Jen Roper

**Jen Roper** lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She works as a software engineer. Some day she will probably embed SETI on your thermostat and in your car assuming someone else doesn’t beat her to the punch. In the meantime, her hobbies include drinking and knowing things and making pop culture references. She also enjoys long walks after dark and seeking out Eldritch abominations in an alternate reality known as “pocket monsters”.

## Work on Escape Artists

Pseudopod

* PP532 Artemis Rising 3 - Flash on the Borderlands XXXVI: Artemis Rising Showcase: *Us, Here*, by Victoria Winnick