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Penny Magic

Penny Magic Presswww.pennymagic.co
Listen for fictionalized short stories that bring magic into your everyday life. We tell stories of things truthful yet unreal, transcendent yet simple...stories of broken bones and growing up, of sticky candy and new worlds, flash floods and mermaids, lost coins and the first step of a journey.
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Episodes

Vol. 4, Story 10: The Monarch Wife

"It was the summer and no one had seen the monarchs for fifty years." Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Nov 24, 202052 minSeason 4Ep. 10

Vol. 4, Story 9: Labyrinth

“She was a genius in her time, born at the right moment to the right parents.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Nov 17, 202025 minSeason 4Ep. 9

Vol. 4, Story 8: All the Khans Before Me

“When I go to sleep, I see Genghis Khan’s ghost.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Nov 03, 202027 minSeason 4Ep. 8

Vol. 4, Story 7: Solid, Liquid, Robot

“She was eighteen when she met him, nineteen when she fell in love with him, and twenty when they last spoke.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Oct 27, 202014 minSeason 4Ep. 7

Vol. 4, Story 6: Phenomenal Noumena

“George St. George, PhD, was quite convinced that his house wasn’t real.” Written by Matt Mills, narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Oct 20, 202017 minSeason 4Ep. 6

Vol. 4, Story 5: A Biography of Ghosts

“I am a biographer of ghosts, the one who watches what was once here.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Oct 13, 202016 minSeason 4Ep. 5

Vol. 4, Story 4: Beneath the Waters & All That Live in Them

“It is a beautiful night on that chimera shore.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Oct 06, 202018 minSeason 4Ep. 4

Vol. 4, Story 3: The Harbor

“It was all over the news that week: the story of the art thief striking in their very own city.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Sep 29, 202016 minSeason 4Ep. 3

Vol. 4, Story 2: Alyssa Marie & the Apple Tree

“Alyssa Marie was four years and three months old when they moved into the house on Tricklewood Lane.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Sep 22, 202024 minSeason 4Ep. 2

Vol. 4, Story 1: Long Live the Legends

“Away from the town, among the cliffs that circled the lake, a woman made her way up to the old temple of stone.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Sep 15, 202017 minSeason 4Ep. 1

Vol. 3, Story 10: White Vida

“The worst part of the storm was that she couldn’t see her friend’s face anymore.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co, and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Dec 10, 201943 minSeason 3Ep. 10

Vol. 3, Story 9: The Oyster Girl

“It was on the prince’s first voyage out, when he was only ten years old, that he first saw the oyster girl.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co, and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Dec 03, 201912 minSeason 3Ep. 9

Vol. 3, Story 8: The Things We Know But Never Say

“This was the best cargo in months. It didn’t smell or leak, and it wasn’t illegal. It might not even be worth it for pirates to steal.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Nov 26, 201926 minSeason 3Ep. 8

Vol. 3, Story 7: The Star Map

“It was a hot, dry afternoon when Christina’s husband did that extraordinary thing, that thing no one else in Rustvale had done for as long as anyone could remember: he left.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Nov 19, 201950 minSeason 3Ep. 7

Vol. 3, Story 6: Daytime Moon

“A crescent moon stamped the night sky warily, now more obvious in the dark than it had been earlier in the day when it was just an opal sliver on a pale blue sheet.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Nov 12, 201915 minSeason 3Ep. 6

Vol. 3, Story 5: Mervin Q. Peevler & the Monkeywrench Express

“Everybody knew that if you wanted unicorn blood, you had to go see Mervin Q. Peevler.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Nov 05, 201939 minSeason 3Ep. 5

Vol. 3, Story 4: That Always Happens

“It is our third night in Asia, and I make a friend at the bar the way friends are made here—one foreigner sees another and starts talking.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Oct 29, 20199 minSeason 3Ep. 4

Vol. 3, Story 3: The Memory Thief

“Many years ago, in the city of Holem, which is across the yawning Taw, there was a man with a very peculiar skill: he could remove memories.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Oct 22, 201925 minSeason 3Ep. 3

Vol. 3, Story 2: The Tourists

“They came this far so that they could see the mountain, and their first thought, both of them, was how small it looked.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Oct 15, 201917 minSeason 3Ep. 2

Vol. 3, Story 1: Down Where the Dead Play Their Lutes

“When Hop was little, her Uncle Crumble would play the lute and sing a lot of nonsense about the ocean.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Oct 08, 201932 minSeason 3Ep. 1

Penny Magic Classic: The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton

This summer, we’re reading some of our favorite classic short stories. "The criminal could not know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest idea whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married." Written by Frank R. Stockton and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read original stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagra...

Sep 04, 201917 min

Penny Magic Classic: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

This summer, we’re reading some of our favorite classic short stories. "Whatever hour you woke there was a door shutting. From room to room they went, hand in hand, lifting here, opening there, making sure—a ghostly couple" Written by Virginia Woolf and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read original stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Jul 24, 20197 min

Penny Magic Classic: The Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit

This summer, we’re reading some of our favorite classic short stories. "And then, quite suddenly, Nurse came in and said, 'Master Lionel, dear, they've come to fetch you to go and be King.'" Written by E. Nesbit and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read original stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Jun 18, 201927 min

Special Announcement: Penny Magic is coming to print!

For a limited time, you can pre-order Vol. 1: Fairytales for Grown-Ups as a print book on Kickstarter. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

May 16, 20192 min

Vol. 2, Story 10: Back to Underfoot

“When Andrew was five, he discovered a magical world, as children often do.” Written by Matt & Natalie Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

May 14, 201924 minSeason 2Ep. 10

Vol. 2, Story 9: Sunburn

“Sharing a booth is the most personal thing in the world, aside from sharing a kiss or a mausoleum.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

May 07, 201910 minSeason 2Ep. 9

Vol. 2, Story 8: The Death of Peter Stonewood

“Even now, all these years later, I can picture his face. Most of all, I remember how we killed him.” Written by Matt Mills and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Apr 30, 201930 minSeason 2Ep. 8

Vol. 2, Story 7: Raincatcher

“It was the second spring storm, and the city had been waiting for it for days.” Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Apr 23, 201910 minSeason 2Ep. 7

Vol. 2, Story 6: The Fable Hotel

“It was the summer of ’98 when all the magical creatures of the famous Fable Hotel went on strike.” Written by Matt Mills and directed by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories....

Apr 16, 201928 minSeason 2Ep. 6

Vol. 2, Story 5: The Winter War

"The worst part of the Winter War was watching the old people fight it." Written and narrated by Natalie Mills. Read these stories on pennymagic.co , and sign up for our newsletter to read our Secret Stories and stay updated about future projects. You can also follow us on Instagram or Twitter to read our Mini Stories.

Apr 09, 201913 minSeason 2Ep. 5
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