Escape Pod 615: Lonely Robot on a Rocket Ship in Space

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Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Author : Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Narrator : Christopher Cornell Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Lonely Robot on a Rocket Ship in Space was first published in Cicada Magazine in 2016. Frank discussion of sexual, gender and body identity; nothing graphic. Audio production note: Christopher Cornell has done an […]

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0:00.0	Escape Pod, episode 615, lonely robot on a rocket ship in space by Amer Krustad. I'm Mer Lafferty, your co-editor. This week's story is
0:46.4	Lonely Robot on a Rocket ship in space by A Merck Rustad. Merck is a queer non-binary writer who lives in Minnesota and is a 2016
0:57.0	Nebula Awards finalist.
0:59.0	Their stories have appeared in Light Speed, Fireside, Apex, Uncanny, Shimmer,
1:04.1	Secata, and several years best anthologies. You can find Merck on Twitter
1:09.3	at Merck-Unstad or their website a Merck-Rustad.com.
1:15.0	It's narrated by Christopher Cornell.
1:17.0	Christopher is a writer, musician, and software developer in Northern California.
1:22.0	He is also the producer and co-host of the Unreliable Marators Podcast and creator of the audio drama series Eeville.
1:29.0	This story originally ran in Cakeda magazine in August 2016, and now I'm going to trust you with this very important revelation.
1:36.0	It's Story Time.
1:40.0	Lonely Robot on a Rocket Ship in Space
1:44.0	By A Merck Rustad,
1:47.0	as read by Christopher Cornell.
1:50.0	Byron scribbled crib notes on his wrist the night before he planned to come out to his dad's.
1:56.0	He told all his friends he was sick, so he'd have an excuse to stay home Friday night.
2:01.0	It wasn't like he was lying. His stomach was so
2:04.6	nodded he thought he'd puke. But he couldn't sleep either. The words burned like he'd
2:10.2	used acid instead of a sharpie. I'm not scared or confused. It's who I am.
2:18.0	In the tiniest he could write legibly, he added,
2:21.5	Please don't be mad.
2:24.3	Saturday morning breakfast in the Santiago household was always one step shy of complete chaos.
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