Escape Pod 866: The Sea Goddess’ Bloom

Escape Pod

Escape Artists Foundation

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Sea Goddess' Bloom By Uchechukwu Nwaka There is doubt in my heart. Here, in the Blackwater, doubt is dangerous. Doubt is rancid. Like slitting the mud-smeared belly of a catfish, only to find its guts blackened by pollution, then watching it spill back into the blacker waters of the creek. Blackwater is a literal name; it is not symbolic. These people do not care about legacies. The only thing that matters is continuity. Continuity does not require permanence. At least Oba says so. Surely Oba cannot be wrong. Yet I doubt.

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0:27.0	Escape Pod, episode 866, The Sea Goddess Bloom by Usheshishu Koon Walker. Hello and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast.
1:14.3	I'm your host this week, Tina Connolly, and I am here to bring you,
1:18.5	The Sea Goddess Bloom by Uchechukuo Nuaka.
1:22.6	This story is original to Escape Pod.
1:26.3	Uchechuku Nuwaka is an Igbo medical student at University of Abadden, Nigeria.
1:31.3	His works have appeared in Podcastle, Omanana, Fusion Fragment, and Hexagon, among others.
1:38.3	When he's not trying to unravel the mysteries of human or inhuman interaction,
1:43.3	he can be found binge watching anime,
1:46.4	slush reading for fusion fragment, or generally trying to keep up with endless schoolwork.
1:51.9	Find him on Twitter at UCHE underscore CJN.
1:59.1	Your narrator this week is Sompto His Way.
2:03.0	Sampto lives in Lagos with his sister, their dog river, and their cats Ify in Salem.
2:08.9	He's a big movie geek, a runner, and a wildlife enthusiast.
2:13.2	A fan of white-souled shoes and heavy rainfall. He also fantasizes about becoming a high supreme witch.
2:20.8	His works have appeared or are forthcoming in Tor.com, Omanana Magazine, and others.
2:26.8	Follow him on Twitter at Somto underscore Ishysway, where he tweets about his bi-monthly quarter-life crisis, among other things.
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