Warning, the following episode of Escape Pod has discussion of suicide. Escape Pot, episode 666. This wind-dark feeling that isn't the blues, by Jose Pablo Ariate. And then. And the Hello and welcome to a skate pod. I'm Mer Lafferty, your co-editor.

This week's story is this wine- Dark Feeling that Isn't the Blues.

By Jose Pablo Iriate.

Jose is a Cuban-American writer and high school math teacher.

His fiction can be found in magazines such as Lightspeed,

Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, and others. Learn more about him at labyrinth rat.com or look for

Jose on Twitter at Labyrinth Rat.

It's narrated for us by Aleithia Kuntis, New York Times best-selling author, Princess,

voice actress, and a force of nature. She's responsible for creating the epic fantasy fairy tale realm of Areland

and dabbling on a myriad of other worlds beyond.

She's the host of Princess Elethia's fairy tale rants and Princess Elethia's traveling side show every year at Dragon

Con. She narrates for ACX, I GMS, Escape Pod, Suit Pod, and Cast of Wonders.

She was born in Vermont but resides on the space coast of

Florida with her teddy bear Charlie. Find out more about her at

Patreon.com slash Princess Aleithia. This is an escape pod original. So I promise you this is not a bug in the code. It's just story time.

This wine dark feeling This Wine Dark Feeling that Isn't the Blues by Jose Pablo Iriarte.

The Odyssey contains over 300 mentions of color.

Black, white, red.

Not a single blue though.

Even the ocean is not described as blue but as wine dark.

Likewise with the Quran and ancient Hebrew scripture.

No blues anywhere.

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