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EP188: 29 Union Leaders Can’t Be Wrong

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By Genevieve Valentine.
Read by Chris Lester (of Metamor City).

First appeared in Strange Horizons, November 2007

Guest Host: Jeffrey R. DeRego

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“This is normal,” the doctor says, and, “Give yourself time, it’s
key,” and, “The hospital psychiatrist will be speaking to you about
some support groups.”

“What about Marlene?”

“She’s speaking with one of our counselors,” the doctor says. “Full
transplant is usually something of a shock to the loved one, at
first.”

“How long until I can see her?”

“That’s up to her,” the doctor says. “Can you squeeze the orange for me?”

As long as he doesn’t look, it’s fine.

Rated R. Contains adult situations and violence.

Feb 27, 2009 | 38 comments View Post
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EP187: Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky

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By Ken Scholes.
Read by Alex Wilson (of Telltale Weekly).

Adolf Hitler came to Paris in June 1941 feeling the weight of his years in his legs and the taste of a dying dream in his mouth. He spent most of that first day walking up and down the Champs Elysées, working the stiffness out of his bones and muscles while he looked at the shops and the people. Some of the dull ache was from the wooden benches on the train from Hamburg; most of it was age. And beneath the discomfort of his body, his soul ached too.

He’d never been here before, he thought as the Parisians slipped past in the noon-time sun. He snorted at the revelation. A fine painter you are, he told himself.

Rated R. Contains sexual violence. Also may be offensive to some for historical reasons.

Feb 07, 2009 | 89 comments View Post