PodCastle is the world’s first fantasy audio magazine. Each week we bring you short stories across the spectrum of fantasy from leading authors and new discoveries. Like our sister podcasts, Escape Pod and Pseudopod, PodCastle is entirely free to listen and share.

If you’re a fantasy writer, we’re a paying market for new fiction or reprints. Please see our submission guidelines for more details. And if you have any questions, please e-mail us. Thank you!

Check it out at PodCastle.org and iTunes

Also check out EscapePod and PseudoPod

Click this to go to GETTING STARTED, contains all 3 parts: What are Podcasts, Itunes and Podiobooks.
iTunes is a FREE and fast download. It is really a MUST have if you want to enjoy podcast. There are other programs that may work just as well or better, but I use and enjoy iTunes. Download Itunes at www.apple.com/itunes its a free, fast and easy download. You can go to the iTunes store and search for podcast. There is a comment section where you can view what other listeners have posted and you can post your own thought on the content. They have a lot of free content. You can also preview and download music for around $.99. There is also TV show and movies available. You don’t need an iPod or iPhone to listen, you can listen right on you computer (PC or Mac). You can load your whole Music Library into iTunes and then load them to your iPod/iPhone/iTouch. I have a 80 gig iPod that holds all my music, podcasts (including video) and audio books.

So why are you still here? Go download it and start listening.

Click this to  go to GETTING STARTED, contains all 3 parts: What are Podcasts, iTunes and Podiobooks.

Portable media means just that! Its portable, you can take it with you on your travels. Whether your using an iPod, Mp3 player or now many phones are capable of storing personal media on a storage card. You can also listen on your computer.

PODCASTS are audio or video shows that can be loaded to your portable device. Then played back whenever or wherever you wish to listen. You can listen with ear buds or hooked into your cars audio system. DID I MENTION PODCASTS ARE FREE?

Just about anything you can imagine, there is probably a podcast for it. Whether your into gardening, yoga, running, tech, music or endless other subjects, you’ll probably find a podcast for it. Try to Google your favorite subject plus “podcast” and see what happens.
Example: “comedy podcast”. I got over 18 million results.

Free audio books are available by a variety of authors. A great source is www.podiobooks.com

There are different ways to download podcasts. They are stored as RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication), downloaded with itunes, windows media player, real player and winamp to mention a few. All can be downloaded for free. I use itunes and an 80 gig ipod Classic or my iPhone to listen to my favorites.