EscapePod, Episode 1008, Observer Effects by Tim Pratt.

Flashback Friday. Welcome to EscapePod, the weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm Alistair, your host, and this week's story originally appeared on June 22nd, 2012,

as episode 350. It's the fourth stop on our year-long tour through some of the big numbers

that EP has hit during its 20-year and counting to-date Voyage, and this time the story comes

from frequent flyers in the pod, Tim Pratt on words, and

A. K. Covek's on voice.

Tim is the author of over 20 novels, most recently Philip K. Dick Award finalist, The Wrong

Stars. And Tim, if our bio for you is a little out of date, congratulations for all the

finalist and award wins that have no doubt come after this.

As T.A. Pratt, Tim wrote 10 novels in the Marlon Mason Urban Fantasy series.

His stories have appeared in the best American short stories, the year's best fantasy and other nice places. He's a Hugo Award winner for short fiction and has been a finalist

for World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Stoker, Mythopeic, and Nebula

awards, among others. He's a senior editor at Locus Magazine and lives in Berkeley, California

with his family. Every month he writes a new story for his Patreon supporters at patreon.com

. . . . . . . . A. Kovacs is a co-founder of Dark Overlord Media, along with Scott Sigler.

A operates as the publisher, scheduling the fiction projects, coordinating editing, print

publication and e-book production, and also manages strategic partnerships.

In short, if a task does not involve fiction writing or being loud and obnoxious, it probably

falls to A.

A is a rabid movie geek, Doctor Who fan and science fiction nerd.

She volunteers in several women forward and science-oriented organizations in San Diego, where she lives.

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