Podcastle, Episode 9909 for Tuesday the 16th of September 2025.

Resurrection Rum by Stephanie Malia Morris, narrated by Dominic Rabran and produced by Eric Valdez, rated PG-13 with content notes for death, gun violence, and racism.

Hello and welcome to Podcastle, the Flying Castle of Fantasy Fiction.

I'm today's host, Wilson Fowley.

Today I am privileged to present to you...

Hang on.

Last time I hosted a couple of weeks ago, I finished off by telling you some important news about all the Escape Artist's podcasts, including this one. But it occurs to me that some of you probably stop listening after the story is over and missed the announcement. So this time I'm going to tell you the news. Yes, the same news, it's that important, before the story,

in the hopes that more people will hear it.

I will keep it as brief as I can.

The T-LDR version is that on October 1st, we are going to be introducing brief tasteful ads

at the beginning and end of each of our episodes, though we'll be keeping an ad-free feed available

on our Patreon, and we will not interrupt stories with ads.

In the past, we didn't consider ads feasible, but a recent audience survey showed that

most people considered ads a necessary evil, and a good chunk don't mind them at all,

especially if an ad-free option is available,

which shows us your, dear listeners, overwhelming support for funding our episodes into the future.

As I mentioned, we are creating premium ad-free versions of our episodes with bonus content

you won't find anywhere else. And here is where you have a chance not only to support us, but also

to save some money doing so. If you subscribe at patreon.com slash EA podcasts before October 1st,

you lock in at our current base rate of $5 per month. Starting October 1st, new subscribers

will have to pay $7 a month for premium access. That's right,

subscribers who are signed up by September 30th will not have to pay the new higher rate starting

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