Escape Pod 777: The Dame With the Earth at Her Back

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Escape Artists Foundation

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Dame With the Earth at Her Back By Sarah Pauling That’s the trouble with Teegarden’s northern latitudes: the sun never sets in summer. The red glow assaults Maryellen’s stage long after midnight, pushing in through the picture window alongside the nightclub floor. She’s asked Bruce if she could close the curtains sometime, since she gets tired of squinting out into her audience. He said it’d be a waste of prime oceanside real estate not to let the tourists see the ice. So she makes the best of it. A comedienne works with what she’s got: in this case, a prime view of the drug deal going down between the back tables. “I mean honestly! During my show! You couldn’t’a waited fifteen minutes to get your fix?” She clicks across the stage in Mary Jane pumps, letting her voice go high and nasal and schoolmarm scolding. “You couldn’t’a waited fifteen minutes or so? I only got so much material! My stamina’s nil! Ask my ex!”

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Brent Lambert, guest editor for Escape Pod's Black Future Mom Special
0:05.7	Event, and I'm hyped to read your science fiction stories.
0:09.6	Submissions are open through the end of March, find all the details at escapepod.org,
0:14.9	I'm looking forward to seeing your submissions.
0:24.9	Escape Pod episode 777, the day with the Earth at her back, by Sarah Pauling.
0:44.9	Hello and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.
1:02.2	I'm Phoebe Barton, your host for this episode.
1:05.2	I'm an associate editor here at Escape Pod, and I'm happy to bring you something new
1:09.2	for your years today.
1:11.5	Our story this week is The Dame with the Earth at her back, by Sarah Pauling.
1:16.5	This is an Escape Pod original.
1:19.3	Sarah Pauling sends other people to distant places for a living as a study abroad advisor
1:24.6	in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1:26.6	She was shortlisted for the James White Award for New Writers, and is a graduate of the
1:31.1	Fireball Paradise Workshop.
1:33.5	Her work is secured in strange horizons, cast of wonders, and abyss napex.
1:39.3	If approached without sudden movement, she can be found at at underscore Pauling S on
1:44.4	Twitter, where she natters on about writing, tabletop gaming, comics, and books.
1:51.6	Tina Connolly is the author of the Iron Skin and seriously wicked series, and the collection
1:57.5	on the eyeball floor.
1:59.6	She has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Norton, and World Fantasy Awards.
2:05.3	She co-hosts Escape Pod, narrates for beneath ceaseless skies, and all four Escape artists
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