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 extraordinarily well.

This is our first story for the month of October, 2021, issue one, 81.

As I mentioned, I hope you're doing marvelously well as we move into autumn here in the United States.

Leaves are starting to slowly change.

The temperature is getting colder.

So I hope you're huddled in a blanket or a nice cozy sweater as you listen to this podcast.

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So our first story for the month is titled Paper of Elephants and is by Brenda Cooper.

Brenda Cooper, who can be found at Brenda-cooper.com, writes about science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and nonfiction.

Two of her novels, The Silver Ship and The Sea, and Edge of Dark have won the Endeavor award for the best science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author.

Wilders was also shortlisted for the PK Dick Award.

Many of her short stories have been reprinted multiple times, and some have appeared in various years' best anthologies.

Brenda's most recent novels include a climate fiction duology set in the Pacific Northwest,

and the 10th anniversary redrafted release of her Freemont's Children series of Books,

which started with The Silver Ship and The Sea, including the brand new fourth and final installment, The Making War.

Brenda is particularly interested in robotics, climate change, and the social change that must go hand in hand with fixing the human relationship to the natural world.

She lives in Washington State with her wife, Tony, and their multiple border collies, some of whom actually get to her cheap.

She loves to exercise, garden, read, and talk with friends.

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

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