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Escape Pod 637: At the Village Vanguard (Ruminations on Blacktopia)

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Escape Artists Foundation

Science Fiction, Drama, Fiction

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Author : Maurice Broaddus Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums At the Village Vanguard (Ruminations on Blacktopia) was originally published in Mothership Zeta, issue 5. Contains cursing, racism, and brief mention of drug use. At the Village Vanguard (Ruminations on Blacktopia) By Maurice Broaddus In this, […]

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Escape Bod, episode 637, at the Village Vanguard, ruminations on Black Topia.

0:15.0

By Maurice Broadus. I'm a library, this week's host and co-editor.

0:45.4

There are 11 days left to vote for the Hugo Awards. If you're eligible, have you voted?

0:51.6

Today's story is at the Village Vanguard,

0:54.2

Ruminations on Black Topia by Maurice Brodus.

0:57.4

A community organizer and teacher,

1:00.3

Maurice's work has appeared in Light Speed, Weird Tales, Apex, Asimov, Cemetery Dance, Black Static, and many more.

1:07.0

Some of his stories have been collected in The Voice of Martyrs.

1:10.0

He wrote the Urban Fantasy trilogy The Knights of Breton Court.

1:14.0

He co-authored the play Finding Home Indiana at 200.

1:18.0

His novellas include Buffalo Soldier, I Can Transform You,

1:21.0

Lead With Me, and Devil's Marionette. He's the co-editor of

1:25.2

dark faith, streets of shadows, and people of color destroy horror. Learn more about

1:30.2

him at Marise Broadus.com. It's read to you by Stephanie Morris. She

1:36.8

worked in a bookstore by day and a library by night which gives her access to

1:40.6

more books than she can possibly read over several lifetimes.

1:43.8

She's a recipient of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Award and a graduate of the 2017

1:49.3

Clarion West Writers Workshop.

1:51.8

Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Bia, Apex, and Nightmare.

1:56.0

She has narrated Short Fiction for Starship Sopa, Far Fetched, Fables, Uncanny, and all four of the Escape Artist Podcast.

2:04.0

This story originally appeared in the Escape Artist A-Zing Mothership Zeta.

2:09.0

Buckle up your seatbelt and don't look back.

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