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Escape Pod 709: In A Wide Sky, Hidden

Escape Pod

Escape Artists Foundation

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Author : William Ledbetter Narrator : Pamela Quevillon Host : Benjamin C. Kinney Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums This story was previously published in Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine (July 2017). In A Wide Sky, Hidden by William Ledbetter Warm liquid gurgled away and the kettle field winked off, leaving me naked, […]

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Escape, episode 709, in a wide sky hidden by William Ledbetter. I'm going to Hello and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.

0:45.0

I'm Benjamin C. Kinney, your host for this episode.

0:48.0

Our story this week is in a wide sky hidden by William Ledbetter, narrated by Pamela Cavillian.

0:56.5

This story was first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in July 2017.

1:02.3

William Ledbetter is a nebulo award-winning author with more than 70s

1:06.5

speculative fiction stories and non-fiction articles published in four languages

1:10.6

in markets such as Assam's, Fantasy and Science Fiction,

1:14.3

Analog, EscapePod, Band.com, the Science Fiction Writers of America blog and Ad Astra.

1:20.6

He's been a space and technology geek since childhood, spent most of his non-writing career in the

1:26.1

aerospace and defense industry, and lives near Dallas with his wife, a needy dog, and two spoiled cats.

1:31.8

His best-selling audiobook, Level 5, is available from audible originals. Details at William Ledbetter.com. W-I-L M L E D B E T T E R.

1:48.0

Pemila Cavellion is a reader who has been falling hard into books her entire life.

1:53.2

She narrates here on Escape Pod and hosts Story Time

1:56.2

on Twitch every school night.

1:58.5

As Starstrider, she reads classic fiction

2:01.2

and hopes you will be as reluctant to put down your headphones as she is to put down the pages.

2:07.3

You can find her audio on Speak Easy narration.com, Twitch. TV slash Starstrider, S-A-R-S-T-R-S-T-R-S-T-R-E-R-T-E-R, or through Patreon dot com slash Starstrider.

2:24.0

Now, step through your soup kitchen because it's story time. In a wide sky hidden by William Ledbetter, narrated by Pamela Quivillon.

2:37.0

Warm liquid gurgled away and the kettle field winked off, leaving me naked, wet, and trembling into soup kitchens receiving chamber.

2:50.0

My traveling companion, Roger, waited with clothes.

2:54.0

Humanoid in shape, but impossibly thin, his eight foot tall metallic figure moved with an almost liquid grace as he stooped to help me into the robe. My new skin felt raw against

3:06.2

the thick fabric, but like the chills was caused by the transfer and only temporary.

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