Escape Pod, episode 715. A box, a pocket, a spaceman, by E. Catherine Tobler. I'm going to Hello and welcome to Escape Pod your weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm Vivia, your host for this episode.

Our story this week is a box, a pocket, a spaceman, by E. Catherine Tobler.

It was first published by Light Speed magazine in August 2014.

E. Catherine Tobler has lost the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards.

She keeps writing.

Your narrator this week is Tina Connolly.

Tina is the author of the Iron Skin and Seriously Wicked series

and the collection on the eyeball floor.

She has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Norton, and World Fantasy Awards.

She co-host Escape Pod, narrates for Benez Seesless Skies,

and all four Escape Artist Podcasts,

and runs the Parsak winning Flash Fiction Podcast, Toasted Cake.

Before we get to our story, a quick note to any authors in our audience.

Escape Pod is temporarily closing to submissions from January 15th

through January 31st. We are transitioning our system to a new platform which will launch

on February 1st.

Now, get ready to stare into a pocket of space because it's story time.

A box, a pocket, a spaceman. By E. Catherine Tobler.

The spacemen shows up on a hot summer afternoon,

not in the dead of night when you're crouched in the garden peering through a telescope that shows you the endless glories and wonders of the night sky.

There's no spaceship making a bright arc against a star-spangled sky. Just a man in a space suit, standing at the

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