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Escape pod. Episode 890. The mechanical turk has a panic attack. By Francis Bass.

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

week, Tina Connolly, and I'm here to bring you the mechanical turk has a panic attack

by Francis Bass. This story first appeared in Uncharted magazine. Francis Bass is a writer

living in Philadelphia. His writing has appeared in reckoning, electric literature and others,

and he has self-published many other works. You can find him online at FrancisBass.com and

on Twitter at FrancisRBass. Your narrator this week is Valerie Valdez.

In addition to co-editing the escape pod, Valerie Valdez lives in an elaborate meme balance

with her husband and kids where she writes edits and moonlights as a news. She enjoys

crafting bespoke artisanal curses, playing with swords, and admiring the outdoors from

the safety of her living room. Her debut novel, Chilling Effect, was shortlisted for the 2021

Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was also named one of library journals best SF-slash fantasy

novels of 2019. Her short fiction and poetry have been featured in Uncanny, Time Travel

Short Stories, and Nightmare Magazine. Join her in opiating about books, video games and

parenting on Twitter at Valerie Valdez, or find links to her work at handleinsunshine.com.

Your audio producer this week is Summer Brooks. So get ready to try the Seasonal Cheeseboard

because it's story time.

The Mechanical Turk has a panic attack by Francis Bass, narrated by Valerie Valdez.

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