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Escape pod. Episode 875. The Hagfish has three hearts. By Monica Joyce Evans.

Hello and welcome to escape pod. I'm your host and co-editor, Merlaferty. This week we bring you

the Hagfish has three hearts by Monica Joyce Evans. Monica is a digital game scholar and designer

who also writes speculative fiction. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple publications including

analog, nature, futures, and flash fiction online. She lives in North Texas with her husband,

two daughters, and approximately 10 million books. You can reach her at Monica Joyce Evans at gmail.com.

It's narrated for us by Julia Rios. Julia is a queer Latinx writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator

whose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in Latin American literature today,

light speed, and goblin fruit, among other places. Their editing work has won multiple awards

including the Hugo Award. Julia is a co-host of This is Why We're Like This, a podcast about the

movies we watched in childhood that shape our lives for better or worse. They've narrated stories

for escape pod, podcasting, pseudopod, and cast of wonders. They're OMG Julia on Twitter.

This story was originally published in Cosmas' Enthinities in September 2021.

Now curl yourself into a comfortable spiral. It's story time.

The Hagfish has three hearts by Monica Joyce Evans, narrated by Julia Rios.

The Beacons were in the wrong place. Noma swallowed her roasted squid and clicked,

still staring at the sea. It was hard to be accurate on land, of course. She'd have a better

sense once she got in the water, but the Beacons had moved, which wasn't possible. She turned

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