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Five Impossible Things by Koji A. Dae (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

This episode features "Five Impossible Things" written by Koji A. Dae. Published in the September 2025 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dae_09_25 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

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0:00.0

You are listening to a Clarkshold magazine podcast.

0:06.0

I'm your host and narrator Kate Baker.

0:08.3

Greetings Clarksville citizens.

0:09.4

I hope this podcast finds you as well as can be.

0:11.7

You are listening to the second to the last story for the September 2025 issue, issue number 228.

0:19.9

We cannot do this without you. We thank you for your ongoing support.

0:23.7

Thank you for coming by and listening. Thank you for checking a few bucks our way. Thank you for

0:27.8

purchasing a subscription or going to patreon.com for slash Clark's World. We seriously cannot do this

0:34.7

without you. You are amazing. So thank you.

0:38.2

Thanks again for all the people who have written me emails as well.

0:41.2

You can always get in touch at kate at Clarkshouldmagine.com, and that's Clark with an E.

0:46.7

Let me know what you're doing when you listen.

0:49.1

If you're doing some chores, why you listen, why you keep coming back, or how you found us.

0:55.1

So our story is titled Five Impossible Things and is by Koji A. Day.

1:00.0

Koji A day is a queer, synesthetic immigrant to Bulgaria.

1:04.5

A technical administrator by day, her two passion has always been stories.

1:08.3

She writes about all varieties of human relationships with each other,

1:12.1

with technology, and with the greater universe. Her short work has appeared in Clark's World,

1:16.7

Apex Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere, and she has several full-length books available.

1:22.8

If you like what you hear, I suggest you go back and listen to the three stories I'm about to list.

1:28.2

Hook and line, resistant, and the uncurling of samsara.

1:33.5

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

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