You are listening to a Clarks world magazine podcast with your host and narrator, Kate Baker.

Greetings, Clarks world citizens. Welcome to the May 1st story.

2020-3 issue 200.

200 is a big number, and we could not do that without you.

So thank you so much, whether this is your first story or you've been with us over the

years.

Your support by just being here, by listening, by subscribing, and by going to Patreon.com

for a slash Clarks world has meant the world to us, and it allows us to bring you all of

these worlds.

My first story for this month is titled Better Living Through Algorithms, and is by Naomi

Critzer.

Naomi Critzer, who can be found at the website, Naomi Critzer.com, has been writing science

fiction and fantasy for over 20 years.

Her YA novel, Cat Fishing on Catnet, based on her short story, Cat Pictures Please, won

the 2020 Load Star Award, Edgar Award, and Minnesota Book Award.

Her latest book, Chaos on Catnet, came out from tortine in April 2021.

Naomi lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her family.

Naomi has a ton of stories here at Clarks World as well, including recent, like the Dragon

Project, Monster, waiting out the end of the world in Paddy's Place Cafe.

So much cooking, Cat Pictures Please, and Bits.

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

June was the first of my friends to get into it.

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