Podcast on Episode 913 for Tuesday the 14th of October 2025.

Vidritsa of the River by Adriana Kanchova, read by Katz Corbetti and produced by Eric Valdez.

Rated PG with content notes for drowning.

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

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

The Dritsa of the River by Adriana Kanchever as narrated by Katzgobeti.

This story was first published in Troll Breath magazine 2025.

Adriana Kanchava writes speculative tales of life's emotional conundrums, often with a pinch of idealism.

Born in Bulgaria, she lived in six countries before settling in Germany.

She holds a PhD in molecular biology and has also worked as a science editor, scuba diver and flight attendant.

Her fiction appears in short edition, stupefying stories, escape pod and elsewhere.

Learn more about Adriana at cachingwords.com or subscribe to her newsletter at sendfox.com

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Kat Skobetti is a queer Greek-Serbian SFF writer, film critic and podcaster, based in London UK.

Her novel in progress about a secret society of Swedish superheroes was shortlisted for the London Writers Award in 2019,

and she was a juror for the best non-fiction category in the 2020 British Fantasy Awards.

She organizes Spectrum, the largest critique group for SFF writers in the UK and is one of

the podcast editors at Strange Horizons magazine.

Her day job is in theatre.

And now pay attention, for her tale is about to begin, and the village elders have warned you of this before.

Vedritsa of the river by Adriana Kancheva, narrated by Kat Kerbeti.

The Kham Nakhuncheva, narrated by Kat Kherbetty. The Kamchia River had grown turgid after a storm.

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