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Escape pod. Episode 774. A Wild Patience. By Gwen Garfinkle. Part 3 of 3.

Hello and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Divya, your host

for this episode. By the time you hear this, my first novel, Machine Hood, will be out in

the wild. I am needless to say, a little excited. Those of you who are regular listeners

know that I have strong feelings about AI, so I'm particularly excited to share a 400-page

novel about the subject. It's a fast-paced story full of biotech, labor conflicts, and family

ties. Check it out if that sounds appealing to you. It's also a ward nomination season. All of

us here at EscapePod would love for you to consider our work from 2020 for the nebula and Hugo

Awards. Our original fiction is all eligible in the short story category, and you can find a

full list of them on our website. EscapePod itself is eligible for the best semi-prozing

category in the Hugo's, and Mure and I are eligible for the best editor of short fiction.

We were deeply honored to make the Hugo Ballet last year, and we thank you so much for your

votes and your support. On to this week's story, the conclusion of A Wild Patience by Gwen Garfinkle,

first published by Giga Notosaurus in March 2020. Gwen Garfinkle lives in Los Angeles. Her

collection of short fiction and poetry, People Change, was published in 2018 by Aproduct Press.

Her work has appeared in such publications as Uncanny, Strange Horizons,

Apex, Not One of Us, Dreams and Nightmares, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Her debut novel

can't find my way home, is forthcoming from Aquaduct Press. Your narrator is New York Times

Best Selling Author, Alitia Contas. Alitia is a princess, storm chaser, and Saturday songwriter,

author of over 20 books and 40 short stories. Alitia is the recipient of the Jane Jolene Midlist

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