First Fiction: a podcast featuring noteworthy fiction from Verso.ink
15. Prologue to "The World Over" by Cassiopeia Fletcher
Narrated by: Cassiopeia Fletcher
Episode #15 | 03.02.2021
“Get up the dam,” Eryn ordered, waving the others toward the ropes while keeping her eyes pinned on the woods. “Right now.”“We can’t just leave!” Jules said, her eyes dar
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For a moment, their gazes locked. His face was Liam-cheerful, but there was something in his eyes, a searching.They had a history—a pull of interlocking years. They’d bee
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13. "The Shark Waves Back" by Christopher Jones
Narrated by: Christopher Jones
Episode #13 | 12.22.2020
Do you feel trapped? Norman thought. Do you look out onto this huge other world, with beings walking and talking and moving as they choose, in and out, and think--why can
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Jane appraised the room. She chose the seat nearest her mother, not because she enjoyed the woman’s presence, but because that seat was nearest the window and would leave
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11. "The Most Wonderful Sound" by Cassiopeia Fletcher
Narrated by: Cassiopeia Fletcher
Episode #11 | 11.24.2020
Reaching up, Alexa rested her palm against her collar bone where she felt Emrys’s arms rest. There was nothing there. Six years ago, that would have bothered her, but now
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I watch her sleep, her short bristle of hair twisted into sweaty knots. I can’t help her and it’s killing me.Today's short story is sure to get you in an apocalyptic mood
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She threw back the quilt and grabbed the doll. It was large and heavier than she expected, and just the weight of it demanded to be held close to her body. Snuggled.Cryst
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"This is Dollie." She adjusted the doll's dress. "She's nothing special. Old and maybe a bit creepy, but nothing special." She rubbed her finger across the doll's porcela
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We were out of the bar in minutes, him opening the door for me while trying to call up the closest ride on one of his apps. I didn’t let it show I was wishing he had a ca
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6. "Black Dragon" by Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell
Narrated by: Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell
Episode #6 | 09.15.2020
The gods were among them.And the gods were called dragons.Today's episode features our youngest author to date, Genevieve Ann Atwater. Enjoy the prologue and first chapte
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Father gives a great cry, as of a wild boar spitted on a shaft of ash, and then he is still. I do not need the doctors to pronounce him dead. But I do need to know why my
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4. "The Emerald City" by Cassiopeia Fletcher
Narrated by: Cassiopeia Fletcher
Episode #4 | 08.18.2020
How naïve he’d been! Growing up wasn’t just about cleaning things, it also meant going to the store on your own and crossing the big street by yourself and tripping and f
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They will call her Monster. Child killer. A seething psychopath.
DRIVEN is a haunting yet highly empathetic piece that will leave you changed by the end of it. Keep liste
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“So, your father is one of these superheroes who dresses up and gets into a lot of trouble.”“Not a hero. One of the bad guys."Supervillain High is the first in Gerhard Ge
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The bodies wouldn't sink...Our first episode features a complete short story by Crystal Brinkerhoff. At the time of recording, Tethered is not only one of our Noteworthy
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