Escape Pod 162: God Juice
Show Notes
Rated R. Contains strong language and sexual tomfoolery.
God Juice
By M. K. Hobson
“I wish to give you the opportunity to purchase a very valuable artifact from the great age of Ja’ardi civilization,” he said. “We stole it from a rival tribe, who revered it as possessing divine powers. I am prepared to offer it to you at a very reasonable price.”
I rolled my eyes. If I had a nickel for every time someone tried to sell me an artifact with divine powers … Zhee must have seen the eyeroll, for he hastened to add:
“It is reputed to bestow upon its owner the ability to create flowing rivers of God Juice.”
I tilted my head slightly to see if some sense might roll downhill from his words. “Correct me if I’m wrong,” I said, sucking on the wedge of flesh-colored fruit, “But isn’t God Juice the stuff that caused your civilization to collapse?”
Zhee shifted, scratching the back of his head. “Well … yes.”
About the Author
M. K. Hobson
M.K. Hobson is a writer extraordinaire whose work has appeared in many publications such as Realms of Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Interzone and Sybil’s Garage. Her debut novel The Native Star was published to critical acclaim in September 2010 by Ballantine Spectra.
About the Narrator
Christiana Ellis
Christiana Ellis is an award-winning writer and podcaster living in Massachusetts. She is the author of Nina Kimberly the Merciless, Space Casey and Phyllis Esposito: Interdimensional Private-Eye, and she can often be found running a variety table-top role-playing games on her stream and podcast “So Many Levels”.
