Escape

episode 670, the scent of lions by Tara Campbell. Welcome to Artemis Rising. I'm Hello and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm SK Nash, co-editor of Artemis Rising Five, and your guest host for today's story.

I am an associate editor at Escape Pod, a freelance editor of speculative fiction, an occasional

writer and reviewer, and a full-time bibliophile.

Our story today is The Scent of Lions by Tara Campbell.

This story first appeared in the Procyon Science Fiction anthology in June 2016.

Tara Campbell is a fiction editor at Barrel House and an MFA candidate at American University.

Prior publication credits include Smokelong Quarterly, Masters Review, and Strange Horizons.

Her third book, Midnight at the Oregon Poirium,

will be released by Aqued Up Press in 2019.

Find her at W.W.

Tara Campbell. W.

Our narrator is Sandra Espinoza, a New York born and raised voice actress.

Bilingual with a background in English literature and writing, she's always been fascinated with what people were saying and the broad palette of ways to say it.

After a childhood where video games were banned from the house, she's 180ed so hard that she's finally in them and never

leaving. Some games Sandra's voice for include Brawl Stars, Heroes of New Earth, Marvel

Avengers Academy, and the critically acclaimed Watch It

I Games point-and-click adventure game unavowed. Get to know her at Dusty

Old Roses. And follow on Twitter and Facebook at Dusty Old Roses.

So make sure your shield is fully charged, because it's story time.

The scent of lions by Tara Campbell, narrated by Sandra Espinoza.

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