EscapeBOD, Episode 1004, The Girl Who Came Before, by David Von All Men. Hello, and Hello and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast.

I am your host this week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you, The Girl Who Came Before, by David von Allman.

This story is original to escape pod.

Now, it wasn't until David Van Alman's high school professor thought one of his short

stories was suspiciously high in literary merit and threatened to have him expelled for

plagiarism that he realized he just might have the talent to be a real writer.

David's writing has appeared in new myths, Galaxy's Edge, Deep Magic, and other professional

publications, and has been published in Chinese translation.

David is a past grand prize winner of the Bain Fantasy Adventure Award.

He lives in his hometown of St. Louis with his children, Lucas and Eva, who writes some pretty darn good stories of their own.

Links to his works can be found at David von Alman.com.

Your narrator this week is Pine Gonzalez.

Pine Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican slash Chinese American writer and voice actor from the

Chicagoland area.

They are the creator of the podcasts, Tales from the Fringes of Reality, and Forged Bonds,

both of which also feature their voice.

When not writing or working at a bookstore,

they can be found listening to as many audio dramas as they are able to,

and playing with their dog, Athena.

Your audio producer this week is Adam Perot.

So get ready to welcome Sam home,

because it's story time.

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