You are listening to a Clark's World magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

Greetings Clark's World Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you well.

This is our fourth story for the month of March 2018,

issue 138. The piece is titled, Farewell, Adam. It is by Shihu Shihu, Shihu, translated by Blake Stone Banks.

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Our author, Shieu Shinku, was born in King Dao China in 1993 but don't for a moment imagine her favorite beer springs from there.

Now, based in Beijing, Xinhu,

divides her time between the philosophy department of

Sinehua University and the realms of speculative fiction.

She has published more than 15 SF stories including the collection

Death by The Night of Glory.

So my dear listener, I do hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

One, me.

After stopping my medication for just a week, I passed the test with ease.

It wasn't too much trouble.

My parents never cared what I was up to. My friends probably thought I was already

dead. Dr. Liu was upset but knew me well enough to know I hadn't made the decision

out of selfishness,

whether for my own dream of the spotlight

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