Podcastle, Episode 931 for Tuesday the 17th of February 26.

Birds of Fortune by Kelsey Hutton Read by Christiana Ellis

and produced by Eric Valdez

Rated G

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 pleasure to welcome Kelsey Hutton back to the battlements with her story,

Birds of Fortune, narrated by Christiana Ellis.

This story was first published in zooscape, issue 23, April 15th, 2025.

Kelsey Hutton is a Matisse author from Treaty 1 Territory and the homeland of the Matisse Nation,

also known as Winnipeg, Canada. Kelsey was born in an even snowier city than she lives in now,

up north, as they say in Winnipeg. She also used to live in Brazil as a kid. Her work has appeared in analogue science fiction and fact, beneath ceilus Skies, Auger magazine and others.

When she's not beading or cooking, you can find her at kelseyhutton.com, on Instagram at

Kelsey Hutton author or on Twitter slash X at Kelhutton author.

Christina Ellis is an award-winning writer and podcaster living in Massachusetts.

She is the author of Nina Kimberley the Mercilus, Space Casey and Phyllis Esposito,

interdimensional private eye, and she can often be found running a variety of tabletop role-playing games on her stream and podcast so many levels.

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

and it won't stop talking. Birds of Fortune by Kelsey Hutton.

Red by Christiana Ellis.

Water droplets still glistened on each of the griffon's feathers,

catching light on dark brown wings and tossing it about like they were old friends.

Each stroke of the wing beat back gusts of air forceful enough to talk their way into any closed-door affair.

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