EscapePod. Episode 132. Milt by Victoria N. She. Hello and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm your host this week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you, Milt, by Victoria and She.

This story first appeared in Fission Number 5,

an anthology of stories from the British Science Fiction Association.

Victoria N. Xi is a Chinese-American sci-fi fantasy and fabulous author,

and Claren West Graduate, 2025.

Her short fiction appears in analog science fiction and fact and the BSFA's

Fission Anthology. She works in mental health, specializing in trauma and anxiety. Her hobbies

include tending her aquarium and aggressively researching odd behaviors in her houseplants.

Ernie Kiara at F used literary, represents her novels.

You can find her at she writesprose.com, that's S-H-I, or on Blue SkyX, Insta-Tick-Tacac,

at She Writes Prose.

Your narrator this week is Tatiana Gray.

Tatiana Gray is a critically acclaimed actress of stage, screen, and the audio booth.

She has been nominated for dozens of fancy awards but hasn't won a single damn thing.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and you can find more about her at Tatiana Gray.com.

Your audio producer this week is Summer Brooks.

And the author has listed content notifications for injury and body horror,

climate grief, and implied sexual behavior.

So get ready to explore the relics left behind in the ocean because it's story time.

Milt by Victoria N. She. Read by Tatiana Gray.

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