CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 1

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4.7 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Margaret reads you the first part of a story about kids who grew up on the moon

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.
0:06.0	Cool Zone Media.
0:11.2	Book club, book club, book club, book club, book club, book club, book club.
0:16.6	I wonder how long I can do this.
0:18.0	Book club, but...
0:19.3	No, I don't actually want to do it all that long.
0:21.5	Hello, and welcome to Cool Zone Media Book Club.
0:24.8	The only book club where you don't have to do the reading is I do it for you.
0:30.2	I'm your host, Margaret Kiljoy, and we are back to our usual business this week.
0:35.8	I've got the first of two parts for you today of an absolutely
0:39.6	brutal story by my friend and co-conspirator Abby May Otis. This is from her 2018
0:46.6	collection from Small Beer Press called Alien Virus Love Disaster. And this collection has all kinds
0:53.8	of accolades like the Newcomb Institute
0:56.2	debut Literary Arts Award shortlist and Philip K. Dick Award finalist. And it shows that Abby's
1:03.5	writing is just entrancing. Her writing, you might say, has more humanity than a lot of the humans
1:09.3	I know. And I'm excited to read you this story called Moon Kids.
1:13.6	Why is it called Moon Kids?
1:14.6	Because it's about some Moon Kids.
1:17.6	It's also about coping with rejection and yearning and disability
1:21.6	and being a waitress for tourists and just how brutal it is acclimating to a new reality.
1:26.6	And Moon Kids. So brutal it is acclimating to a new reality. And moon kids.
1:29.3	So here it is.
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