EscapePod Episode 1012 Hot Bot Summer by J.R. DeVitt. 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 Hot Bot Summer by J.R. DeWitt.

This story is not only original to Escape Pod, it is also his first

professional sales, so congrats. J.R. DeWitt is a sci-fi writer whose only claim to fame is that

Buzz Aldrin rode in his car. So far, he's only fallen down one manhole, but there's still

time. His fiction has appeared

in Fusion Fragment, the colored lens, daily ASAF, and more. He plans to take over the world

and pave over all the manholes. You can find them online at J.R. Dewitt.com and on Blue

Sky at J.R. Duet. Your narrator this week is Rebecca Wei Shea. Rebecca is a New York

City-based Taiwanese American actor and writer who feels awkward writing about herself in the third

person. Her acting work encompasses voiceover stage and screen. Her writing has been featured in

outlets like We Need need diverse books and

wear your voice magazine. She is a BA in theater and Italian studies from Wesleyan University

and is currently co-writing a memoir about Tibet. Find her online at RW.shay.com. That's RwH-H-S-I-E-H-I-H-D-C-KOM.

Your audio producer this week is Summer Brooks.

Now, this lovely story does contain descriptions of robots used as killing machines in war,

as well as an action scene with said robots.

So get ready to visit the Robo Sanctuary because it's story time.

Hot Bot Summer by J.R. DeWitt, narrated by Rebecca Weishia.

God, these bots are gorgeous, says Sergei as he snaps another photo. And even though

Oras just met him, she knows the guy means it. She's standing on one of Sergei's beaches,

her hair tied back in a loose bun, sandaled

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