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

Greetings, Clark's World Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

This is our first story for the month of May. Issue 176.

I hope that with some of the nicer weather that you may be experiencing wherever you're listening from,

you're getting outside.

A little bit of sun can go a long way. And with me and your ears,

thank you. You're taking me along on the journey.

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So our first story is titled Best Laid Plans.

And is by David D. Levine.

Now David is the author of the Andre Norton Award-winning novel Arabella of Mars,

sequel Arabella in the Battle of Venus, and Arabella the Trader of Mars,

and over 50 SF and Fantasy stories.

Stories have appeared as Moves, Analog, FNSF, Tor.com, numerous years best anthologies,

and his award-winning collection Space Magic.

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

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