Hello and welcome to the Drabblecast, episode 503.

The Drabblecast is an audio fiction podcast magazine that brings strange stories by strange authors to strange listeners, such as yourself.

I'm your host, Norm Sherman.

Sorry for the delay in this episode, folks.

I'm asked to ankles working on my new album, The Instruction Book,

which, by the way, still has late pledges open if you want to copy.

Just saying, search Kickstarter Norm Sherman, or find the link in our show notes.

But have no fear.

I assure you you you'll find this week's story quite worth the wait.

But before we get to that, a little housekeeping.

You guys like chosen ones, right?

Who doesn't?

Aside from Mordred, Voldemort, Skynet, Soren, Agent Smith,

Sir, the self-proclaimed emperor of Rylos, and

Ramsey's the second, of course. But I think we can all agree, it's better if and when

circumstances allow to be able to choose your chosen one, eh? Rather than having to be like,

Great, Bran. Well, you're in luck, folks, because we here at Drabble H.Q have been

working diligently behind the scenes to break the bonds of a deterministic universe and quell the void and listener-free agency. And the result,

we're bringing back the Drabblecast People's Choice Awards, now rebranded as the Strangies.

Best Drabble, best episode art, Bess Armstrong, best known for a role as SeaWorld Senior Marine Biologist Dr. Catherine Morgan and Jaws 3, the least best Jaws movie.

And of course, the biggest category of all, best story. Since it's been a while since we've done a People's Choice Award, we're extending this to 2023 and 2024.

So, maneuver your flangees and proboscaya on over to treblecast.com, and click on the

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