You are listening to a Clark's World Magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

Season's Greetings and happy holidays.

I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

This is our fifth story for the month of December 2016,

issue one, two, three.

I'm going to jump into the story, but not before thanking you.

I've been watching those Patreon numbers climb up and it's all thanks to you.

So if you have donated just a dollar or more to that particular campaign, thank you so

much. And if you haven't, no worries.

There's always plenty of time to do so.

But every single dollar that we get helps kneel and helps the magazine continue to grow so that we can

continue to bring excellent content your way each and every month.

So our fifth story is titled A Future Far Too Bright and is by Joseph Lindel. Joseph is a lawyer, writer, and occasional historian.

His short fiction has previously appeared in beneath the ceaseless skies.

Joseph has lived in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York, and now resides in an unincorporated part of Maryland

just outside Washington, D.C., with his wife and son.

You can find Joseph at his website, Joseph Lindel. WordPress.com.

So I invite you to sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

November 24th, 2038 Dear Dad, I'm in third grade and the teacher is Miss Babiève. She's from

Aager Baishan, which must be an honor space.

She told us to write a real letter with stamps to someone we miss.

I know you're a time-traveler.

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