The Cold Burns by Anne Wilkins (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This episode features "The Cold Burns" written by Anne Wilkins. Published in the December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins_12_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

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0:00.0	You are listening to a Clarksville magazine podcast. I'm your host and narrator, Kate Baker.
0:06.1	Greetings, Clarkville Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well. Welcome to the third
0:11.4	story for the month of December, issue 231. You know how we got to 231? That is through your generous
0:18.7	support. So if you have purchased a subscription, if you've gone to
0:23.1	Clarksworld Citizens.com, if you've gone to patreon.com, board slash Clarksworld, or check
0:27.8	a few bucks our way via donation. Oh, thank you. You have given me one of the best opportunities
0:34.7	I've ever had in my entire life to bring you these wonderful stories each and every month.
0:40.6	And this story is no exception.
0:43.1	The title of the story is The Cold Burns and is by Anne Wilkins.
0:48.2	Anne Wilkins is a sleep-deprived New Zealand teacher who writes in her spare time.
0:53.5	Her short fiction has appeared in Apex magazine,
0:55.8	The Dark, Flash Fiction online, and more. She has won the Fear 2025 Writers Battle, the June
1:03.2	24 Elegant Literature Prize, the 2023 Autumn Writers Battle, and the 2023 Cambridge Autumn Festival
1:10.7	short story competition.
1:12.8	Anne was a finalist for the 2025
1:14.4	Kurt Vonnegut, speculative literary prize,
1:16.8	the 2025 Bristol short story
1:18.7	prize, the 2024
1:20.3	London Independent Story Prize,
1:22.6	and placed third in the Hammond House
1:24.9	2024 International Literary Prize,
1:28.7	Anne's love of writing is fueled by copious amounts of coffee, reading, and hope.
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