Podcastle, Episode 884 for Tuesday, the 25th of March 2025.

All the Cuddles with None of the Pain by J.J. Roth,

produced by Priya Wood and Eric Valdez, rated PG.

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

I'm your host, Amalia Harrington, and is my privilege to present for your enjoyment.

All of the Cuddles with None of the Pain by J.J. Roth.

Narrated by Kalita Muhammad Ali.

Jenor Albert, Dagny Paul, Graham Dumlop, Summer Fletcher, Matt Dovey,

Alsair Stewart, Marguerite Kenner, Eleanor R. Wood, and Stephen Capps.

This story is a podcast original and was first published on July 25, 2017.

J.J. Roth lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner, two school-age sons and two geriatric cats.

She parents the kids and cats, practices law at a tech company, and squeezes riding into the interstices.

Her work has appeared in nature, Urban Fantasy Magazine, Endromeda Spaceways Inflite Magazine,

and a number of small press venues.

JJ is an associate member of the SFWA and a member of the Codex Writers Group. For more information and updates, please visit her website at jj.roff.net. Follow her on

Twitter where she is at Roth Roth Roth, W. ROTH ROTH, or find her on Facebook where she is J-J.Roth.

We do not have a narrator this week, but mini-narrators.

This week is a full cast recording.

Links are in the show notes.

And now, pay attention, for our tale is about to begin.

Grab your little beloved one and holds them close.

All of the Cuddles with None of the Pain by J.J. Roth.

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