Podcastle, Episode 933 for Tuesday the 3rd of March, 2026.

This week's story is a Tales from the Vault, and it's ink by Xander M. Odell, read by Sean

D. Sorrentino, hosted by M.K. Hobson, produced by Eric Valdez and Priya Wood, rated R with content

notes for tattoos, bigotry and processing of trauma.

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

It is my privilege to present for your enjoyment, Inc. by Zander M. O'Dell, narrated by Sean D. Sorentino.

We first published this story 11 years ago in August of 2015.

By the way, hi, I'm Alistair.

You normally hear me over at the Spookier Castle on the other hill, the one that's always

under the rainstorm with the lightning.

Yeah, or occasionally on radio transmissions from that weird

looking shooting star that keeps coming by. But this week, I am at the podcastle and I am opening

the vaults for our latest tale and I'm so excited to do this. Because this story is a personal

favourite. It's written by the amazing Zanda M. Odell.

Xander is one of my all-time favorite authors and one of my all-time favorite people.

I've had the pleasure of chatting with them in person more than once, including a trip to Seattle and the Space Needle

that remains one of the highlights of every experience I've had in America.

Zanda is the living definition of good

people, and I am honored and privileged to call them a friend. Zanda lives in Washington State,

with their husband, sons, and an Albanian miniature moose, cunningly disguised as a dog. Their work

has appeared in such venues as cross-genres,

daily science fiction, pseudopod,

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