Escape Pod 900: Bishop’s Opening (Part 1 of 4)

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Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Bishop's Opening (Part 1 of 4) By R.S.A. Garcia Old as she was, the Kiskadee had done three full delivery runs without a single safety incident. So naturally, with the crew relaxed after a fourth successful delivery and launch, and eight cycles after Reece slingshotted the starship around Tavaco to head back to the Roost and their next job, their luck ran out. Sebastian was in the middle of his daily workout when the shrill bark of the fire alarm brought him to a halt. "Where's that coming from?" he shouted as he hurried to unbuckle himself from the treadmill's harness with sweaty hands. Officially, he was the newest crewmember, two years into a three-year contract and designated as a cargo handler. The alarm meant the 'other duties as assigned' part of his contract was about to kick in. "Ventilation shafts ten and eleven," Reece replied in his ear. Sebastian was shoving his feet into his mag boots when the pilot added, "Origin point--Oxygen unit four."

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0:00.0	EA is now on Twitch. Join us Wednesday nights when Alistair reads a bedtime story, and Sunday
0:07.3	mornings for a few hours of chill casual gaming. Plus interviews, special guests, pick-up
0:13.2	streams, and more. Visit twitch.tv slash EA Podcasts. And follow us to be notified when
0:20.6	we go live, plus access VODs of past podcasts.
0:50.6	Hello, and welcome to EscapePod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Veldes,
1:15.2	your host for this episode. This is, in fact, the 900th episode of EscapePod, which is an
1:22.0	exciting milestone. To celebrate, we're bringing you a star among novellas, a ship's opening
1:28.8	by RSA Garcia. It will be presented in four parts. The story was first published in Clark's
1:35.5	World Magazine in January 2022, and was a finalist for Best novella in the 2022 Nambula Awards,
1:42.6	the 2023 Locus Awards, and the 2023 Ignite Awards. RSA Garcia is a writer of speculative fiction
1:52.8	and a sturgeon, Nambula, Locus, and Ignite Award finalist. Her Amazon Best Selling Science
1:58.9	Fiction Mystery, Lex Tolionis, received a star review from publishers weekly, and the Silver
2:04.8	Medal for Best Sci-Fi Fantasy Horror eBook from the Independent Publishers Awards in 2015.
2:11.4	She's published short fiction in magazines such as Clark's World Magazine, EscapePod, Strange
2:16.3	Horizons, and International Magazine. Her stories have been translated into several languages
2:22.6	and have appeared in a number of anthologies, including the critically acclaimed The Best
2:26.9	of World Sci-Fi of Volume 1, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 4, The Apex Book of World
2:33.2	Sci-Fi, Volume 5, and Sunspot Jungle, Volume 2. Her work has also been long listed for the Locus
2:40.2	Awards and the British Science Fiction Awards. She lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended
2:45.7	family in too many cats. Learn more at RSA Garcia.com. Our narrator, Dominic Rabran,
2:54.7	is an artist living in Silver Spring, Maryland. He also runs a show online called Dom's Sketchcast,
3:01.1	where he makes art while listening to music and interviewing creative people. Find out more
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