Podcastle, Episode 888 for Tuesday the 18th of March 2025.

Redu by Bridget Winter, read by Julia Rios and produced by Devin Martin.

Rated R, with content notes for violence and coercive control.

Good morning, good day, good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to Podcastle, the flying castle of fantasy fiction.

I'm your host, Madovi, and it is my privilege to present for your enjoyment.

Redoo by Bridget Winter, narrated by Julia Rios.

This story was first published in New Year, New You, a speculative anthology of Reinvention,

2024.

This is an important story today, dealing with a topic that's rarely, if ever, broached in genre. That R rating for coercive control up top is not for a passing reference to the topic.

It feels more vital than ever to get stories like this out into the world,

which is why I'm very pleased to say that our end-of-year fundraiser through December 2024,

with its matching fund of $7,000 from some very generous long-time supporters, managed to pull in $7,158,

which meant we got everything we could out of that matching fund. Thank you so, so much for your

support, whether you signed up through Patreon, chipped in with a one-off

donation through PayPal, or even just spread the word in anti-social media.

Getting this shot of funding is essential, particularly as all our careful plans to start

taking of US federal grants of our still fresh non-profit status have, well, had to be thrown

out entirely, thanks to certain cultural wrecking balls making sure

there's not a single dollar headed anywhere except the billionaire class.

And if you wanted to help us spend some of this newfound shiny treasure, then we're

open to submissions right now to the end of March, both for general submissions and still

for our special disability pride and magic call, which are separate cues if you can submit to both.

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