Escape God, episode 661. A fine night for tea and bludgining by Beth Kator. I'm going to Hello, and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.

I am your host this week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you a fine night for tea and bludgining by Beth Cato.

This story first appeared in Bain's Little Green Men Attacks

mythology in March 2017. Nebula nominated Beth Cato is the author of the Clockwork Dagger

and the new Blood of Earth trilogy from Harper Voyager.

The final book in that series, Roar of Sky,

was released in October.

She's a Hanford, California native,

transplanted to the Arizona desert,

where she lives with her husband, son, and requisite cats.

For the latest book news and oodles of cookie recipes, find her at Beth Cato.com or on Twitter

at Beth Cato.com or on Twitter at Beth Peter.

Your narrator this week is Eve Upton.

Eve has narrated many stories for us to run Sudapart

and recently on podcastal as well. And we're always glad to have her back.

So get ready to discuss some rather pro-letariat entertainment because it's story time.

A fine night for tea and bludgining by Berth Kerto, narrated by Eve Upton.

Summer, 1901.

Upon my arrival at the Durham's Dance,

it was quickly apparent to me that their daughter's new purebred fiancé was not the evening star as gossip had foretold.

Instead, a dashing green-skinned gentleman had garnered a pack of giggling and admirers.

I'd never encountered a person of such fascinatingly verdant colouration before,

...