Hello Escape pod listeners. This is Merlefroni and I wanted you to remember that voting for the Escape

Pod Flash Fiction contest starts May 12th on Escape Pod's birthday. You can go to our forums at escape pod

and vote for your favorites.

Escape pod,

Escape pod, episode 627. Humans Die. Stars fade by Charles Paysua. to it. And the Hello and welcome to a skate pod. I'm Mer Lafferty, your co-editor.

This week's story is Humans Die Stars Fade by Charles Passour. is

a human die, stars fade by Charles Passuer. Charles Passuer is an avid reader, writer, and reviewer of all things speculative.

His fiction and poetry have appeared at Strange Horizons, Light Speed magazine, Book Smugglers, and many more.

He runs Quick Sip Reviews and can be found drunkenly reviewing goosebumps on his Patreon, which you can find

at Patreon.com slash quick sip reviews.

This story is an escape pot original.

It's narrated by Veronica Giger.

Veronica is a storyteller of the spoken and written word, an audiobook narrator and science fiction author.

She is the voice, producer, and one of four co-authors of the Secret World Chronicle podcast novel series. She narrates across genres

but her favorites are science fiction and fantasy. When she's not behind a

microphone, she's likely clutching a cup of coffee and catching up on her pop culture addictions.

You can find more about her at secretworld chronicle.com.

The flashing light tells you to sit down and listen because it's story time.

Humans die. Stars fade.

They come to style. fade.

They come to study, not me, not really.

No, they come for Eric, what he's become.

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