Podcast on Episode 920 for Tuesday the 2nd of December 2025.

Orgreys by Jennifer R. Donoghue, read by Heather Thomas and produced by Eric Valdez, rated R with content notes for gore and traumatic birth.

Good. 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,

Orgarees by Jennifer R Donoghue, narrated by Heather Thomas.

This story was first published in Gumuts, Issue 3, March 2024.

Jennifer Ardonahue grew up at the Jersey Shore and now lives in central New York with her husband and their dopamins.

A full member of the SIFRA,

she works at her local public library where she also facilitates a writing workshop. In addition

to Exit Ghost, her debut novel, she is the author of the Run with the Hunted Cyberpunk

Heist novella series and the Learn to Howl Werewolf Tril. Her work as otherwise appeared in Apex magazine, Escape Pod, The Deadlands, Fusion Fragments and

elsewhere.

Heather Thomas is a jewellery expert by day and frantic dabbler in many things by night.

She co-hosts Under the Pendulum with her two siblings, and her other narrations can be found

on pseudapod, escape pod, the Wicked Library, Creepy and Tales to Terrify. She lives in

Denver, Colorado with her husband and her two spoiled rotten cats. And now pay

attention for our tale is about to begin and it is trying to tell you something

that will be painful to learn.

Aguirreys by Jennifer R. Donahue,

narrated by Heather Thomas.

She screamed the first time, so loud that the old man who lived in the

next apartment arrived at her door with surprising speed. Cardigan thrown hastily over his untucked white

undershirt, light scent of an evening beer while watching baseball on his breath. The neighbor held her

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