Podcastle, Episode 930 for Tuesday the 10th of February 2026.

Parsley girl, pass the girl, let down your trico bazaar by Natalie Zuta, read by Valerie Valdez and produced by Eric Valdez.

Rated PG with content notes for pregnancy loss, post-nazasal depression and second-person narration.

Good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, and welcome to podcast on with the Flying Castle Fantasy Fiction.

I'm your host, Matt Dovey, and I am thrilled to present a podcast original for you all, the incredibly titled,

Partly Girl, Passed a Girl,, Let Daniel Tricor Bazaar

by Natalie Zuta, narrated by Valerie Valdez.

Natalie Zuta is a writer and pop culture critic living in New York.

Her non-fiction work has been published at

Reactor and in their collection Rocket Fuel, as well as NPR books, Lit Hub and elsewhere. Her

SFF short plays have been performed at geek theatre festivals in New York City and beyond. Her

immersive romantacy play Gartas premiered at Chicago's Otherworld Theatre Company during

Pride 2024.

She has been a writer in residence with the Amtrak Residency and is a graduate of viable

paradise. Her short fiction has appeared in the Icarus Writing Collective and Podcasts.

Valerie Valdez lives in an elaborate meme palace with her husband and kids, where she writes, edits and moonlights as a muse.

When she isn't co-editing a skate pod, she enjoys crafting bespoke autosional curses, playing video games and admiring the outdoors from the safety of her living room.

Her debut novel, Chilling Effect, was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award,

and her short fiction and poetry have been featured in Uncanny magazine, Magic the Gathering,

and several anthologies.

Writing as Leah Amador, her first contemporary fantasy romance novel,

Which You Would, came out from Avon Books in September 2025.

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