Escape Pod 759: The Sun From Both Sides (Part 3 of 3)

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The Sun From Both Sides (Part 3 of 3) By R.S.A. Garcia (Continued from Part 2 - Escape Pod episode 758) "Grandmaster Lucochin." He started awake, his hand tightening on something. Someone. The Knight hung motionless over him. He had it by the throat, his fingers digging into the soft flesh beneath the golden full mask and its red speaker. A gold mask. A Knight of the Royal Sept Valencia. He released the Knight and it straightened, showing no sign that he had almost throttled it in his sleep. His sleep. He'd fallen asleep. He looked down at the empty sheets beside him and sucked in a breath. The Knight took a step back as he swung his legs onto the floor. "Where is my wife?" he ground out, his voice harsh with sleep and fear. "Grandmaster Valencia awaits you in the Audience Room." "Where is my wife?" The Knight crossed its arms over bare breasts, the only outward reaction to his inexcusable rudeness. "Grandmaster Valencia awaits you," the Knight repeated. The rainbow colours of the three-dimensional dodecahedron crest of Sept Valencia covered most of its forearm. His blood was ice in his veins as he swiftly pulled on his boots. There was no sign Eva had ever been there. Her shoes were gone, the trays of food had been removed and only one mask remained on the table. His heart stuttered when he laid eyes on it, his lungs refusing to draw air. Then he took a breath and let the old calm, the old watchfulness, settle around him.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Mer Lafferty, co-editor of Escape Pod here, and I just wanted to let you know, if you are listening to this
0:06.6	podcast right now, then you probably would enjoy our very first print anthology.
0:18.0	Our 15th anniversary print anthology Escape Pod will feature a mix of stories some of which have been on the site some are reprints that may be new to you and some are brand new stories.
0:26.0	From people like T King Fisher, Maurice Brodus,
0:30.0	Greg Van Dyke out, and our own Tina Connolly. I also contributed a story featuring the
0:36.2	universe from my book Six Wakes. But check it out, we're pretty proud and
0:41.1	what we've done with this, just like we're pretty proud with what we've done
0:43.4	with this entire podcast for the past 15 years. Escape Pod, episode 759.
0:59.0	The Sun from both sides.
1:00.9	Conclusion by RSA Garcia. The Hello and welcome to Escape Pod your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Vivia, your host for this
1:34.4	for this episode. This week I bring you the conclusion of The Sun from
1:39.1	both sides by RSA Garcia. It was first published by Clark's World Magazine in May 2019.
1:47.0	RSA lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended family and too many dogs.
1:52.0	Her debut science fiction mystery novel extended family and too many dogs.
1:53.0	Her debut science fiction mystery novel, Lex Talionis,
1:56.7	received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and The Silver Medal for Best
2:01.0	Sci-Fi Fantasy Horror E-book from the Independent Publishers Awards in 2015.
2:07.0	She has published short fiction in international magazines including Clark's World,
2:12.0	Abyss and Apex, International magazine, and several anthologies.
2:18.0	Her newest story, Fire and His Eyes, Blood on His Teeth, is available now in the Devil's Ways anthology, edited by Anna Kashima.
2:27.4	Your narrator this week is Hollis Monroe.
2:30.8	Hollis is an award-winning radio producer, opera and jazz singer, and Shakespearean.
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