5 Best Magical Realism Book Podcasts

1. LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)

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Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, from the bestsellers and award-winners you already know to the best new voices you haven't heard yet...more Host John Joseph Adams
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 822Facebook 7.9KTwitter 31.9K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. PodCastle

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PodCastle is the world's first audio fantasy magazine. Weekly, we broadcast the best in fantasy short stories, running the gammut from heart-pounding sword and sorcery, to strange surrealist tales, to gritty urban fantasy, to the psychological depth of magical realism. Our podcast features authors including N.K. Jemisin, Peter S. Beagle, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Jim C. Hines, and Cat Rambo, among others. Terry Pratchett once wrote, 'Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind...more Host Matt Dovey
Producer/Network Escape Artists Foundation
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 707Facebook 1.7KTwitter 6.2K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Since Jul 2007 Get Email Contact

3. Colored Pages Book Club

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Join longtime friends Marci and Ako for their bi-weekly podcast where they discuss fiction, fantasy, and magical realism written by writers from colorful and diverse backgrounds! Come for the honest discussions, stay for the complete and utter tomfoolery. Also, no worries if you haven't read the books, we've got you covered!more Producer/Network Colored Pages Book Club
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 58Twitter 226Instagram 325 Avg Length 81 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. FANTASY MAGAZINE - Fantasy Story Podcast (Audiobook | Short Stories)

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Edited by Christie Yant and Arley Sorg, FANTASY is a digital magazine focusing exclusively on the fantasy genre. In its pages, you will find all types of fantasy—dark fantasy, contemporary urban tales, surrealism, magical realism, science fantasy, high fantasy, folktales…and anything and everything in between. Fantasy is entertainment for the intelligent genre reader—we publish stories of the fantastic that make us think, and tell us what it is to be human. Every month FANTASY will bring you a mix of original short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and nonfiction...more Producer/Network Realm
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 16Facebook 2.7KTwitter 8.9K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Serial Tales - Joan Juliet Buck's Littleburg Tales

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'Serial Tales' are set in Littleburg, the Hudson Valley hamlet that time forgot, until time remembered it.In Littleburg, the veil is so thin that the other world is in your face, and half the population are shamans. The psychic old guard must incorporate the post-Covid newbies , which leads to some powerful collective hallucinations, including, perhaps, the Second Coming. As a result , local hotel owner Vince and millionaire pop star renter Cobbler Martin think they have been given the mission to fight the darkness with light...more Producer/Network Radio Free Rhinecliff
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Twitter 2.7KInstagram 12.1K Get Email Contact