Ouroboros

"The Warmth of His Breath" by Ashley MangtaniManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.comManawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben BastinBio for this weeks author: Ashley Mangtani is a slipstream writer who's never met a rule of reality he didn't want to bend, mostly because straight fiction never let him say what he actually meant. Nominated for Best Short Fictions 26/27, his work appears or is forthcoming in Smokelong Quarterly, Strange Horizons, Litro, Washington Square Review, Boudin, Heavy Feather Review, BULL, Cherry Tree, Thin Skin, HAWKEYE, Mobius, i70 Review, Palisades Review, Third Wednesday, Rock Salt, Neon Dystopia, Apocalypse Confidential, and others. His debut short story collection, Unhappy Endings, will be available in 2027, and he's currently finishing his novella series, Crescendo. Read more at ashleymangtani.com

"The Coin of the Realm" by Rex BurrowsManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.comManawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben BastinBio for this weeks author: Rex Burrows writes speculative fiction, usually of the weird and dark varieties. His stories have appeared in publications including Weird Horror Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Supernatural Tales, Tenebrous Antiquities: An Anthology of Historical Horror, and the Horror Library anthology series. A full list of his published work and other information can be found at www.rexburrows.com.

"Number Five" by George S. WalkerManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.comManawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben BastinBio for this weeks author: George S. Walker's stories have appeared in Abyss & Apex, Andromeda Spaceways, Electric Spec, The Colored Lens, On Spec, Penumbric, and elsewhere.  Anthologies containing his work include Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism & Beyond, and The Third Science Fiction Megapack.His website is https://sites.google.com/site/georgeswalker/

"Ouroboros" by Kate O'SullivanManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.comManawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben BastinBio for this weeks author: Kate O'Sullivan is a mid-Atlantic archaeologist who enjoys writing when she isn't being chased by emus or trying to rub off the perpetual layer of dirt that sticks to her skin. She enjoys authoring in several different genres, as has published literary fiction with Flash Fiction Magazine, sci-fi with NUNUM, poetry with the Bay to Ocean Journal, and more. Outside of digging in the dirt and scribbling down her ideas, she enjoys spending time with her fiance and their two hairless cats, Princess and Ollie.

"What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw" by Elijah J. MearsManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.comManawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben BastinBio for this weeks author: Elijah J. Mears is a fat, gay, neurodivergent, Jewish writer of science fiction and fantasy from the southeastern United States. His short fiction has previously appeared in venues such as Apex, Adventitious, and Otherside, and he is a first reader for Fusion Fragment. You can find him on Bluesky @elijah.mea.rs, on Instagram @elijahjmears, and on his website, ElijahJMears.com.

"This, Too, is Magic" by Celia WinterManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox Ballard http://foxballardvo.comManawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben BastinBio for this weeks author: Celia Winter is a Chicago-based award-winning knitter whose bachelor’s degree in history only tangentially helps her in her career in Data & Analytics. Her speculative and romantic fiction has been published in Clarkesworld, The Dark, and several anthologies. When not knitting, she can be found writing; when not writing, she can be found bothering her two fluffy cats. She frequently cowers in fear at the enormity of the internet, but she posts updates to her newsletter at celiawinter.kit.com, which also contains links to her social media. 

"The Right Call" by Eric FomleyManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox BallardBio for this weeks author: Eric Fomley’s stories have appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Clarkesworld, and Nature. You can read more of his stories on his website ericfomley.com or in his seventy-story flash fiction collection Futures.

"Slide Sk8r_G.R.L., Slide" by J. D. HarlockManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.comThe podcast is edited and produced by CB Droege https://cbdroege.taplink.wsStories are performed by Fox BallardBio for this weeks author: J. D. Harlock is an Eisner Award-nominated American writer whose writing has been featured in Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, The Comics Journal, The Cincinnati Review, The Griffith Review, Lucky Jefferson, and Queen’s Quarterly.

"Bitten" by Tiffany FarrManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.wsThe Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleodThe Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB DroegeBio for this weeks author: Tiffany loves to travel and collect rocks and postcards along the way. She lives with her feisty but sweet chihuahua, Maria. Her work has appeared in Microfiction Monday Magazine, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, international literary magazine Tears in the Fence, and the literary journal Relief: A Journal of Art & Faith. 

"Late" by Marlena ClarkManawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/ManawakerManawaker Discord: https://discord.gg/zjzA2pY9f9More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.wsThe Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleodThe Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB DroegeBio for this weeks author: Marlena Clark is a devoted reader and sometimes writer of fiction and fantasy. They live dubiously in Western Massachusetts and believe every story is improved by one unnecessary adverb.