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This is our fifth story for the month of April, issue 187. I hope you've enjoyed the

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Our story is titled An Expression of Silence and is by Beth Goeder. Beth Goeder.

You can be found at Bethgoeder.com, works as an archivist, processing the papers of economics,

scientists, and other interesting folks. Or fiction has appeared in venues such as escape

pod, fireside, and flash fiction online. She also has multiple stories in Clark's World.

Some of which are titled Candid, History and Pieces, and the house that left into forever.

So my dear listener, I hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

Three Seconds Before The last nectarine from the spaceship

glistens in Riley's palm, an imperfect globe smelling like summer. She nestles among the

blue tinted ferns of Icarra sea, cupping the nectarine like a tiny sun. The first bite

is primal. Her mouth swollen with juice that rushes past her chin, taste everywhere, submerging

her. She tears into the nectarine, not caring that the rest of the crew is watching from

the spaceship, recording this historic moment for their archives. She feels not like an astronaut

light years from Earth, but like a wild thing lost in the taste of home.

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