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

Greetings Clarkville Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you very well.

Before we begin our final story for the month of September, I just wanted to make you aware of a really cool development here at Clark's World.

Beginning October 1st, you'll be able to download the Clark's World app.

Go to your respective app stores,

and you'll be able to see the magazine

like you've never seen it before on your mobile device.

So our last story is by Nancy Kress

and is titled First Principal.

Nancy began selling her elegant and incisive stories in the mid-70s.

Her books include the novel version of her Hugo and Nebula winning story,

Beggers in Spain, and a sequel Beggers and Choisers. a and many others. Her most recent book is the novel Flashpoint. In addition to the

awards for Beggars in Spain, she has also won the Nebul Awards for her

stories out of all of them bright stars and the Flowers of Owlet Prison.

The John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2003 for her novel

Probability Space, and another Hugo in 2009 for the Erdman Nexus. Most recently, she just won another Nebula award in 2013 for her

novella after the fall before the fall during the fall. She lives in Seattle, Washington with

her husband, writer Jack Skillingstead.

You can find Nancy Cress at s-f-f-f-not

forward slash people

forward slash N-K-R-E-S-R-E-S.

So, without further ado, let me tell you a story.

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