Escape Pod 933: Summitting the Moon

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Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Science Fiction, Drama

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🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summitting the Moon By Pragathi Bala T-7 days The moon Landed, the Rut appeared, home equity plummeted, jobs disappeared, and Ghis liked riding the moon. It was the last item on this tragic list that her wife couldn’t accept. It was the leaf that broke the whale’s back or something similar. “It’s the last time, Max,” Ghis said. “I promise.” Max rolled her eyes and blew cigarette smoke out the window. The pungent vapor followed the wind back into the house a second later. On another night years ago, Max had stood at that window on a full moon night with the light caressing her profile as she looked out at the landscape with a hopeful expression. But there were no more moonlit nights, and Max was no longer the hopeful woman Ghis once knew. “I’m not lying this time,” Ghis said.

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0:00.0	The Theater of the Midnight of the Midnight Sun,
0:02.0	with stories of mystery, fantasy, sci-fi, and spy-fi,
0:05.0	featuring the story Big Business,
0:07.0	and an unusual phone call one night.
0:09.0	And when the beep goes, I get this.
0:12.0	I know you're there. Don't act like you're not. Pick up this phone or
0:15.8	I shall raise up the armies of darkness and cast you into the eternal fires of hell.
0:20.9	Yeah right like I'm shaking in my boots. Once again, somehow the devil had gotten my phone number.
0:27.0	In a sci-fy thriller, Uniform, where two scientists try to avert a growing global catastrophe.
0:33.2	Poly, there's something else here too.
0:36.4	Something weird.
0:38.4	What?
0:39.4	What do you see?
0:40.4	That spot of light.
0:41.4	It's not just a spot anymore.
0:44.1	Jung? Jung, Jung, get out of there, get out of there!
0:49.6	The second blast was even louder than the first.
0:52.1	The tremor hit a seconds later. The
0:55.0	theater of the midnight sun, available wherever you listen to podcasts. The theater of the midnight sun, available wherever you listen to podcasts. Escape Odd, episode 933, sumiting the moon by Progity Barla. Oh, Hello and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.
1:44.0	I'm Merle Lafferty, your host and co-editor.
1:48.0	Our story this week is Summiting the Moon by Preguffi Bala.
1:54.2	Preguthi is a speculative fiction writer who loves to write about characters on personal journeys
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