You are listening to a Clarkswold magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

Greetings Clarkswold citizens, I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

This is our second to the last story for the month of August 2021 issue 179.

I hope that you've enjoyed August's stories thus far, and guess what?

The fun doesn't stop, because in September, we give you a whole new slate of stories.

This piece is titled an instance and is by M. Lock 5 translated by Julie Novakova.

M. Lock 5, which can be found at the website mlock5.gitlab.io,

transforms thoughts about society, technology, and artificial mind into stories and essays.

These are published anonymously, partly as an experiment,

can a faceless author find a way to readers, whether limits of internet privacy,

and partly because of the feeling of comfort and freedom.

This has been translated by Julie Novakova.

We can be found at julienovakova.com.

Julie is a scientist, educator, and award-winning check author, editor and translator of

science fiction, fantasy and detective stories. She published seven novels, one anthology,

one story collection, and over 30 short pieces in check. Her work in English appeared in Clark's

World Asmolves, Analog, and elsewhere. Her works have been translated into eight languages so far,

and she translates check stories into English. In tor.com, Strange Horizons, FNSF, Clark's World

and Welkin Magazine. Julie's newest book is a story collection titled The Ship Whisperer,

Arbiter Press 2020. She is a recipient of the European fandom's encouragement award and

multiple check genre awards. She's active in science outreach, education, and nonfiction writing,

and co-leads the outreach group of the European Astrobiology Institute. She's a member of the

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