CatsCast publishes speculative cat stories monthly. We hope that each story leaves its cat-loving listeners a little happier after listening than they were before. See the sidebar for instructions on how to subscribe.
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You can find us on Bluesky at @catscast.org or on the Escape Artists Discord server. For general inquiries, email catscast@escapeartists.net.
CatsCast is a production of the Escape Artists Foundation. Be sure to check out our sister shows: Cast of Wonders for the best in YA fiction, PseudoPod for horror, PodCastle for fantasy, and Escape Pod for science fiction.
CatsCast is currently closed to submissions.
Our Staff
Editor: Laura Pearlman (she/her)
Laura Pearlman’s short fiction has appeared in Nature, Shimmer, Flash Fiction Online, and a handful of other places. Her LOLcat captions have appeared in McSweeney’s. She’s a former associate editor at Escape Pod and has guest-edited episodes of Escape Pod and Cast of Wonders. She has a tragically neglected blog called Unlikely Explanations and can be found on Bluesky at @laurasbadideas.bsky.social.
Assistant Editor: Tarver Nova (he/him)
Tarver Nova is a spec-fic writer and professional night owl. His stories are found in Baffling Magazine, Air & Nothingness Press, Daily Science Fiction, and other fine places. He is found in New York with an ever-growing number of forever and foster cats. Visit him at tarvernova.com or show him your cats on Twitter @tarvernova.
Audio Producer: Wilson Fowlie (he/him)
Wilson Fowlie lives in a suburb of Vancouver, Canada and has been reading aloud since the age of 4. His life has changed recently: he lost his wife to cancer, he has joined the Escape Artists team, and he changed day jobs, from programming to recording voiceovers for instructional videos, which he loves doing, but not as much as he loved Heather.
Audio Producer: Dave Robison
Dave Robison has lent his voice to dozens of stories for Escape Artists Inc. where he also supports the organization as Production Concierge. He’s currently shepherding several enterprises, including ARCHIVOS, a story mapping and presentation tool, a zombie-themed coffee company (complete with a weekly webcomic) called CORPSE COFFEE AND TEA, and his voice acting career.
Supervising Editor: Purrsephone (she/her)
Purrsephone (or Seffie, as she likes to be called) divides her time between the sunny living spaces of her home and the dark nether regions of her human’s bedroom closet. Her hobbies include purring and chasing the laser dot.
Editorial Intern: Frankie (she/her)
Frankie “Bartleby”, Esq. is a full-time snuggler and part-time dust mop from Queens. In her free time, she enjoys playing fetch with bottle caps and chirping at anything that moves (and some things that don’t).
Editorial Intern: Janeway (she/her)
A rescue from the local humane society, Janeway has become the captain of her household. Her important duties include sleeping on her humans’ laps, being enamored with lights of all kinds, and keeping her brothers in line.
Editorial Intern: Grendel (he/him)
Grendel keeps his humans on their toes in his never ending quest to steal his siblings’ food. He doesn’t quite understand how to be a cat, but will come running at the sound of a bag of shredded cheese.
Editorial Intern: Momo (he/him)
Momo primary duty is to greet visitors and come running when the doorbell rings, while his siblings sprint in the other direction. When not making friends, he can be found scratching things he shouldn’t and looking sad when Janeway stole the lap he wanted to sit in.
Production Intern: Grover
Cover Model: Guinness (he/him)
GUINNESS IS AN AUTHOR, MODEL, ACTOR, AND CON-RUNNER. HE ENJOYS BOXES AND BLANKIES, AND HE LIVES WITH HIS HUMAN (AND PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHER) KT BRYSKI. FOLLOW HIM ON TWITTER @GuinnessIsACat.
Alumni
Supervising Editor: Thunder
Thunder (August 19, 2004 – January 6, 2023) served as supervising editor at CatsCast from the beginning. He also worked in a research computing group in southern California, participating enthusiastically in conference calls. Always an overachiever, he held an additional job as a food critic. He was the best cat ever.
Associate Editor: Kitty Sarkozy
Associate Editor: Aurora Hurd (they/them)
Aurora Hurd is a Vermont speculative fiction writer and a graduate of Goddard College’s Creative Writing MFA program. They teach creative writing classes for all levels, co-own the StoryWilds writing coaching, and are currently working on editing their first (several) novel(s). You can find updates on what they’re up to at their website aurorahurd.com