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Best week's episode of Straw, by Russell Nichols. I'm going to be here. Hello and welcome to Escape Pod. I'm Merlebrity your co-editor. This week's

story is Man of straw by Russell Nichols.

Russell is a speculative fiction writer and endangered journalist.

Raised in Richmond, California, he sold all his stuff at 2011 and now lives out of a backpack

with his wife,

bag of bonding around the world.

Find his work in Faya, Apex magazine,

Fireside Fiction, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine's POC Destroy Horror Special Issue and others.

Look for him at Russell Nichols.com.

It's narrated for you by Dominic Rabram.

Dom is an artist living in Silver Spring, Maryland.

He also runs a show online called Don's Sketchcast,

where he makes art while listening to music

and interviewing creative people.

Find out more at dom Rabran.com.

This story was originally published in Cakeda magazine.

Now make sure you go to the bathroom before bed.

It's story time. Man of Straw by Russell Nichols, read by Dominic Rabran.

I pissed my PJs when I saw that scarecrow.

It was the middle of the night and everybody was knocked out.

Marcus, my big brother who died the week before last, had his door cracked.

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