PodCastle 926: TALES FROM THE VAULTS – The Gold Silkworm
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Author : Tony Pi Narrator : S. Qiouyi Lu Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Previously ran as episode 423 and first published in Fantasy Magazine Rated PG-13 The Gold Silkworm by Tony Pi When I first became keeper of the Spirit of Grass, she and I made a pact to never turn […]
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| 0:00.0 | Podcastle, Episode 926 for Tuesday the 13th of January, 2026. |
| 0:18.0 | A Tale from the Vault. The Gold Silkworm by Tony Pye, |
| 0:24.6 | read by S. Chuiylu |
| 0:27.6 | and produced by Priya Wood and Eric Valdez. |
| 0:30.6 | Rated PG-13. |
| 0:36.6 | Hello everyone. Welcome back to Podcastle, the flying fortress of fantasy fiction. |
| 0:47.2 | I'm your guest host, Grand Dunlop. I was co-editor here for a while. It's very nice |
| 0:53.2 | indeed to be back and walking these familiar corridors. |
| 0:57.0 | I left in 2017, but guest hosted in 2021 and 2023, |
| 1:03.0 | so I guess it's my two-yearly turn at the hosting mic again. |
| 1:08.0 | Today we present for your enjoyment another |
| 1:12.0 | Tell from the Vault, |
| 1:15.6 | the gold silkworm by Tony Pye and narrated by S. |
| 1:20.2 | Tuyilu. |
| 1:22.9 | This story was first published in Fantasy Magazine |
| 1:26.0 | in December 2010. Not sure why I went all |
| 1:30.2 | dramatic there, although I have been listening to a lot of Alan Tudik lately. Hmm. The |
| 1:37.7 | story's author is the wonderful Tony Pye, who is Toronto-based science fiction and |
| 1:43.1 | fantasy writer and poet. Originally from Taiwan, |
| 1:47.0 | he also holds a PhD and linguistics from McGill University. His short stories have appeared |
| 1:53.0 | in many anthologies and magazines, both in print or online, such as on-spec beneath ceaseless skies and elsewhere. |
| 2:03.1 | His stories often feature sly, shapeshifters, Utsiahiros and Sorcerers and unlikely detectives. |
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