Escape Pod 992: Nerves Into Circuits

Escape Pod

Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Science Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Nerves Into Circuits By Lyra Meurer Metal arms descend to press skin-soft conductor strips over my shoulders. The Neurasuit has been in warming mode for a few minutes–my overwrought senses accept the lines of heat like a gift. Despite my anxiety for the fight, my trapezius muscles relax, creaking in the silence. Released from the tension, my vertebrae settle into place with small snaps, one or two with each breath. Wires snake through my hair, massaging the scalp pain I didn’t notice was there. More swirl around my neck, tickle between my toes, seeking the overabundant bristles of my nerves. The Neurasuit folds around me with a hiss and a click, shutting out the cold night air. Before the systems launch, before the fight begins, I have a moment of perfect comfort in a little space built for me.

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0:18.3	and follow us to be notified when we go live, plus access VODs of past broadcasts. EscapeBOD, Episode 992, Nerves into Circuits, by Lyrauma. Hello and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Valerie Valdez, your host for this episode.
1:14.6	Our story this week is Nerves into Circuits by Lyra Moyer. His story was originally published in Heartline's spec in November 2023.
1:24.6	Lyra Moyers wanted to be a writer since they were a stream-waiting, story-inventing
1:29.9	child. Now, they chase that dream in Colorado, where they live with their husband, backyard skunks,
1:36.7	and overflowing collections of journals and books. When they're not writing, they can be found
1:42.1	down a Wikipedia rabbit hole or basking in a sunbeam.
1:46.4	Their short fiction can be found in Troll Breath magazine, Heartline's Speck, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and several anthologies.
1:54.7	Lyra's contemplations on international music, early 2000s television, world building, and other bizarre phenomena,
2:02.0	along with pictures of their doodles, can be found at Lyra Moyer.blogspot.com.
2:07.1	Our narrator, Rosie Sentman, is an actor, voice actor, singer, and all-around theater artist,
2:13.3	originally from Georgia, and now living in Boston, Massachusetts.
2:17.3	Outside of performing, they are an independent researcher focusing on Cosmic Horror and the Decadent Movement,
2:23.3	and are passionate about disability rights, surrealism in theater, and their orange cat, Whitby.
2:29.3	You can find more about their projects and contact them at rosycentman.com.
2:41.1	Now, get ready for some disabled heroes to fight as a team because it's story time.
2:49.1	Nerves Into Circuits by Lyra Murer, read by Rosie Sentman.
2:55.9	Metal arms descend to press skin soft conductor strips over my shoulders.
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