Drabblecast 444 – The Hands of Heroes

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Norm Sherman

Comedy Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.8 • 975 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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What makes a hero? The Drabbecast brings you an original commissioned story by Cat Rambo this week called “The Hands of Heroes.” The thing is, I was never a hero. The first wave of aliens taught me that. The war with them – my older brothers became heroes there, one died in the stand-off at […]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Travelcast, episode 444. The
0:17.1	Travel Cast is a weekly audio fiction magazine that brings strange stories
0:21.1	by strange authors to strange listeners such as yourself.
0:25.0	I'm your host Norm Sherman.
0:28.0	Women and Aliens Month continues this week.
0:30.0	We bring you a fun Dravellcast commissioned space opera by author Cat Rambo called The Hands of Heroes.
0:37.0	Let's dive right in.
0:39.0	F and S. F writer Cat Rambo lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest.
0:43.0	She's been shortlisted for an Endeavor Award, Locust Award, World Fantasy Award, and most recently the
0:48.2	Nebula Award.
0:49.6	Her debut novel, Beast of Tabat, appeared in 2015 from Word Fire Press, the same year she co-edited
0:55.6	Ad Astra, the SFWA 50th anniversary cookbook.
0:59.8	She's a former two-term president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
1:03.4	and still volunteers with the organization. She runs the popular online
1:07.2	writing school focused on Fantasy and Science Fiction, the Ramboe Academy of Wayward
1:11.7	writers. Check it out at Academy. Cat Rambo Academy of Wayward Writers.
1:12.6	Check it out at Academy. Cat Rambo.com.
1:16.0	The story is read to you by Sarah Tolbert.
1:18.5	Sarah studied acting at Grinnell College
1:20.5	and the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neil Center.
1:23.7	She's narrated podcast for Travelcast, Fantasy, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and Podcasts.
1:29.1	In addition to voice acting, she enjoys performing in live theater and has earned a regional award from the
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