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

Greetings Clarks World Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you well.

This is our fourth story for the month of January 2017, issue 124.

Now before we begin today's podcast, I wanted to let you know of some exciting news.

Neil has quit his full-time job. Now you can find out why over at kneel dash clark.com where he goes into a little bit of the difficulties he experienced.

But I implore you. It is now more than ever so important to go to Patreon.com forward slash

Clarksworld and donate just a couple dollars or more. He's going to be relying

on the listeners and the readers of Clarksville magazine as he ramps

up his full-time career as an editor.

So if you like what you hear, and if you keep coming back for wonderful stories,

please show a little love our way.

So our story is titled Interchange

and is by Gary Closter.

Now, Gary Closter is a writer, librarian, martial arts instructor, and stay-at-home father, sometimes all

on the same day, but seldom all at the same time.

His short fiction has appeared in venues such as Apex, Clarksworld, an escape pod. His

first novel, Fire Soul, is out now. Additionally, in March 2012, Clarksworld published From Their Pause We Shall Inherit.

You can find more from Gary at Gary Closter.com and that's G-A-R-Y-K-L-O-S-T-E-R.

So I invite you to sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

Lucy woke up crying.

The bed stirred and warm skin pressed against her back.

An arm wrapped around her its familiar touch comforting.

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