EscapeBOD, Episode 151. You have arrived at your destination. By Joe Miles. 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. You have arrived at your destination by Joe Miles.

This story is original to escape pod. Joe Miles is a non-binary author

of optimistic science fiction and fantasy. They live in Maryland where they help nonprofits use

the internet to save the world, but mostly serve the whims of their two cats. Find them online at joe miles.com.

Your narrator this week is Julia Rios.

Julia Rios, they then, is a queer Latinx writer, editor,

podcaster, and narrator,

whose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in

Latin American literature today,

Lightspeed, and Goblin Fruit, among other places.

Their editing work has won multiple awards, including the Hugo Award and the Shirley Jackson Award.

Julia is a co-host of, This Is Why We're Like This, a podcast about the movies we watch in childhood

that shape our lives for better or for worse.

They've narrated stories for SkatePod, Podcastle, Sudapod, and Cast of Wonders.

Your audio producer this week is Adam Pratt.

So get ready to be driven to an unexpected location because it's story time.

You have arrived at your destination by Joe Miles, narrated by Julia Rios

It starts with an accident

A dreary day, the road slick with rain

Emily is letting the car's auto drive do the work

because she is brain-fried and exhausted,

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