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The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Drabblecast 378 – Giraffe Cyborg Cleans House!

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Science Fiction, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

4.8989 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2016

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

A plate, a plate, another plate burst upon the kitchen tile. This one broke into three large pieces and assorted ceramic crumbs. Giraffe closed her long-lashed eyes and prayed to her many makers. Why in the world would the people make one hard thing that was so likely to smash into a second hard thing? […]

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Drabblecast, episode 378.

0:17.0

The Drabblecast is a weekly audio fiction magazine that brings strange stories by

0:21.7

strange authors to strange listeners such as yourself.

0:25.9

I'm your host, Norm Sherman.

0:28.9

Our story this week is something else.

0:30.9

You're going to love it, folks.

0:32.4

We actually came across it from one of our fans and frequent collaborators, David Stephan, who

0:37.1

runs the Diabolical Plots blog, where he does podcast reviews, and where this story first appeared. If you enjoy this story this week and I know you will

0:45.2

check out Dave's site at www. diabolical plots.com and stay tuned till after the story for a promo from Dave.

0:54.0

All right, let's hit this.

0:56.0

Our story this week is Cyborg Giraffe Clean's house

1:00.0

by Matthew Sandborn Smith.

1:02.0

Matthew Sandborn Smith's work has appeared in Cheezing,

1:05.0

Albedo One, the Starship sofa podcast, and at tour.com.

1:09.2

He's quite the funny guy. I've known Matthew for years,

1:12.3

and you should go check out his

1:13.2

podcast at beware the hairy mango.com which regularly features more of his

1:18.3

awesome work. The story's read to you by the one the only the Amy Sturgis.

1:24.4

Amy Sturgis. Amy holds a PhD in intellectual history and specializes in the fields of science fiction

1:29.2

and fantasy and Native American studies.

1:32.1

How awesome is that? She lives with her husband

1:34.4

Dr Larry M Hall and their best friend Virginia, the Boston Terrier in the foothills of

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