Escape Pod 882: Hey, George

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Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Science Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Hey, George By Elizabeth Guilt "Hey, George." I remind myself that that is not my name; it never was. I will myself not to react, not to break stride, as I stroll along beside the beach. Old habits die hard, and the best neuro-reset in the world can't overcome years of routine. Whoever called out could, had they been watching closely, have seen my tiny hesitation. But they are not calling me. I hear footsteps behind me, running steps, getting closer. "George!" I stop walking and take a deep breath. I assume a politely blank expression, and turn around. And then I see her.

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0:50.6	Hello, and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Valdez,
1:13.3	your host for this episode. Our story this week is Hey George by Elizabeth
1:18.8	Guilt. This is an Escape Pod original. Elizabeth Guilt lives in London, UK, where history
1:25.9	lurks alongside plate glass office buildings and stories spring out of the street names.
1:31.4	Her fiction has appeared recently in Cosmic Horror Monthly, The Arcaneist, All World's
1:36.0	Way Farer, and various anthologies. Our primary narrator Hugo Jackson is a non-binary fantasy
1:44.1	author, with the third novel of their resonance tetralogy series being released in April
1:48.8	this year by Inspired Quill, and most of the time, is also a big grumpy leftist furry.
1:55.6	This story is also narrated by members of our distinguished Escape Artist staff, Alistair
2:00.7	Stewart, Matt Dobie, and Cat Day. Now, get ready to experience the luxury of a personal
2:07.7	assistant with an impressive and sometimes inconvenient memory because it's story time.
2:14.6	Hey George by Elizabeth Guilt, narrated by Hugo Jackson. Hey George, I remind myself
2:26.0	that that is not my name. It never was. I will myself not to react, not to break stride
2:32.6	as I stroll along beside the beach. Old habits die hard, and the best neuro-reset in
2:38.5	the world can't overcome years of routine. Whoever called out could, had they been watching
2:43.4	closely, have seen my tiny hesitation, but they are not calling me. I hear footsteps behind
2:49.8	me, running steps, getting closer. George, I stop walking and take a deep breath, I assume
2:57.2	a politely blank expression, and turn around. And then I see her.
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