Escape Pod 858: Pen Pal (Part 1 of 2)

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Fiction, Drama, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Pen Pal By Grant Canterbury December Third, 1996 Meliari Thulissia General Delivery Tharsis Station Dear Meliari, Hello!! My name is Mary and I am nine years old. I got your name for a pen pal and they said you were the first pen pal on Mars. This is the first time I have written a letter to Mars to. So I will tell you about me and how things are here in Oregon. And if you can tell me about yourself and what Mars is like that would be great! I am interested in mars but I have never been there yet. There is a book in the library that has pictures, I like the one with the little boats and orange trees on the grand canal. I mean the trees are orange not that they have oragnes. Here our trees are green except in fall. Right now they have lost their leaves.

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0:00.0	EscapePod Episode 858. Penpal. Part 1 of 2. By Grant Canterbury.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm your host this
0:47.0	week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you Part 1 of Penpal by Grant Canterbury.
0:55.5	This story first appeared in the science fiction anthology Vintage Werelds. We will be bringing
1:01.2	this story to you in two parts, with Part 1 this week and Part 2 next week.
1:06.7	Grant Canterbury is a naturalist and writer who grew up exploring the wild landscapes of
1:13.3	Alaska and the American West and reading stories about speculative worlds of science fiction
1:18.8	and fantasy. The stories have been published in science fiction anthologies Vintage Werelds,
1:25.3	Merrigan Tales, and after oil too, the years of crisis. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
1:32.1	See canterbury.bloodspot.com for irregular commentary and project updates.
1:37.8	Your narrators this week are in order of appearance, Kitty Sarcosi and Rachel Lackey. Kitty is
1:45.6	reading the part of Mary and Rachel is reading the part of Foo. Kitty Sarcosi is the
1:51.7	speculative fiction writer, actor, and robot girlfriend. Kitty is an alumnus of superstars
1:57.4	writing seminar, a member of the apex writers group, and the horror writers association.
2:03.4	Several large cats allow her to live with them in Mary at a Georgia. She enjoys tending
2:08.3	the extensive gardens where she hides the bodies. Her list of her publications, acting credits,
2:14.8	or to engage her services on your next project, go to kitty sarcosi.com.
2:21.5	Rachel Lackey plays Mrs. Humble and Penny in the comedy audio series Quite and Bold and
2:26.8	is a regular reader for strange studies of strange stories, the HP Lovecraft Literary
2:31.6	Podcast. Since you enjoy a short audio fiction, make sure to check out her narration of cool
2:36.6	air. Rachel is also one of the hosts of Rachel
2:40.2	Watch's Star Trek. Chris Love's Star Trek Rachel had never watched it until 2017 when
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