Hello and welcome to CapsCast, your weekly Feline Fiction podcast.

This is Episode 341 for April 1st, 2021.

I'm your host, Laura Pearlman, and I have one quick announcement.

Starting today, we're taking this podcast in a slightly different direction.

I'll go into detail later in the episode, but if you notice something different about

today's story, that's why.

Our story this week is Bargan by Sarah Galey.

This story first appeared in Mother Ship Zeta in December 2015.

Dawgoner Hugo Award winner and bestselling author Sarah Galey is an internationally published

writer of fiction and nonfiction.

Their nonfiction has been published by Mashable and the Boston Globe.

Their short fiction credits include Vice and the Atlantic.

Their debut novella, River of Teeth, was a 2018 Hugo and Nebula Award finalist.

Their bestselling adult novel debut, Magic for Liars, was published in 2019.

Their most recent novel, The Echo White, is available now.

You can find links to their work at www.saragaley.com and on social media at Galey Frey.

Your narrator this week is Trendane Sparks.

Originally born in Texas, Trends Sparks eventually escaped and wound his way through a mystical

series of jobs in the San Francisco Bay area, where he has worked as a software QA tester

for both graphics drivers and video games, a freelance mascot performer, and several

jobs on a PBS kids show.

For most of his life, people have told him that his voice is a pleasure to listen to.

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