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Woodpecker Warbler Mussel Thrush by Ruth Hoferay, read by Julia Rios and produced by Dean Kidd.

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Good morning, good day, good afternoon and good afternoon and good evening and welcome to Podcastle, the Flying Castle of Fantasy Fiction.

I'm your host, Matt Dovey, and it is my privilege to present for your enjoyment.

Woodpecker, warbler, muscle, thrush by Ruth Hoferay, a podcastle original narrated for you by Julia Rios.

Before we begin, note for the writers in our audience, we are now open again for general submissions.

Usual rules apply, check the website for guidelines, etc, etc.

Except, oh hoho, One rule is different this time.

Instead of being open all month, we'll be open for six months, all the way through the end of April.

We're testing out a theory that opening for only one month does not, in fact, reduce the number of submissions you get, but only compresses them.

So I hope is that opening for longer allows for a more

sustainable pattern of reading for our associate editors, which in turn should mean a steadier

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