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Escape pod. Episode 879. Triptych. Byavie Burton.

Hello, and welcome to Escape pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Valdenz,

your host for this episode. Our story this week is Triptych by Avie Burton. This is an escape pod

original. Avie Burton currently moonlights as a writer and daylights as a university student,

where he studies theater and mythology. Their story is often feature career characters,

Revenants, and, on occasion, Laser Swords. Our narrator, M. Dorusha Wayne,

is the nebula award-nominated and Sir Julius Vogel award-winning author of the interaction

fiction game The Martian Job, as well as 13 novels, several poems, and many short stories.

Originally from Canada, Dorusha lives in Wellington, New Zealand after spending several years

sailing the Pacific. They tweet at Dorusha, and their website is dorusha.ca.

This story contains depictions of gender dysphoria and threats of gun violence.

Now get ready to face a chilling dilemma in a locked basement, because it's story time.

Triptych by Avie Burton

Red by Dorusha Wayne

Delaney didn't have time to change before the men in suits came and bundled her into the car.

Her dress fell crooked against her knees and her makeup was half applied.

The sting of coal there brushed against her bare shoulders. They hadn't let her grab a jacket either.

The hasty exit and lack of preparation made her think that semi-willing kidnapping couldn't

...