Escape Pod 901: Bishop’s Opening (Part 2 of 4)

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Drama

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Bishop's Opening (Part 2 of 4) By R.S.A. Garcia (Continued from Part 1...) Bishop was alone in the Grandmaster's Penthouse suite when the call came from the Kingston. Once it was over and his Grandmaster's virtual form had dissipated, Bishop cursed under his breath. The Grandmaster Valencia's ship had failed to jump to the nearest Arbor after leaving Consortium space because of another instance of miscalculation by the Coretrees. There had been minor errors before, on Valencia. He'd heard of an incident several tempi ago, when a Sept vineyard transition deposited travellers at the wrong Sept. But this was far more serious. This time, a mistake had left the Valencia's flagship stranded half a galaxy from their planned destination. Whatever had caused the error, the crew no longer trusted the ship's quantum exchange would work accurately. As a result, the Grandmasters had chosen the long, slow flight to another Arbor. From there, they would transition to their Septhold vineyards safely, and allow the ship to be inspected and repaired. But that meant his Grandmaster would not arrive in time for the meeting. He expected Bishop to handle it instead. Bishop did not look forward to the task of soothing the Bartica's temper once he realised the Kingston was not in attendance.

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0:50.6	Hello, and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Valdez,
1:13.9	your host for this episode. Our story this week is part two of Bishop's
1:18.6	opening by RSA Garcia. The story was first published in Clark's World
1:23.3	Magazine in January 2022. RSA Garcia is a writer of speculative fiction and a
1:31.6	sturgeon, nebula, locus, and ignite award finalists. Her Amazon bestselling
1:37.1	science fiction mystery, Lex Tolionus, received a star review from Publishers Weekly and
1:43.0	the Silver Medal for Best Sci-Fi Fantasy Horror e-book from the Independent Publishers
1:47.6	Awards in 2015. She's published short fiction in magazines such as Clark's World Magazine,
1:53.6	Escape Pod, Strange Horizons, and International Magazine. Her stories have been translated
1:59.9	into several languages and have appeared in a number of anthologies, including the
2:04.0	critically acclaimed, The Best of World Sci-Fi of Volume 1, The Best Science Fiction of the
2:09.0	Year, Volume 4, The Apex Book of World Sci-Fi, Volume 5, and Sunspot Jungle, Volume 2. Her
2:17.0	work has also been long listed for the Locus Awards and the British Science Fiction Awards.
2:22.0	She lives in Trinidad and Tobago with an extended family and too many cats. Learn more at
2:27.7	rsaegarcia.com. Our narrator, Dominic Rabyrinth, is an artist
2:34.2	living in Silver Spring, Maryland. He also runs a show online called Dom's Sketchcast,
2:40.0	where he makes art while listening to music and interviewing creative people. Find out
2:44.7	more at DomRabyrinth.com. Now, let's see where the pieces on the chess board will make
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