Extra warnings this week folks, this story deals with rape and its consequences,

please step away if you need to.

Sudapod Episode 855 March 3rd 2023

The Water Said Neal by V. Aster Solomon

Hello everyone, welcome to Sudapod. I'm Aster, your weekly horror podcast host and this

week's story comes to us from V. Aster Solomon. V is a queer non-binary disabled mixed race author

residing in lower Kentucky. Their stories are entertaining from sweet and a little strange,

too deep and treading water, lost in the night, gasping for breath.

Their work has been featured in various venues and anthologies and their website is how

sweetthewords.com where you can find their social media and the bibliography.

Anorator this week is Kitty Sarkozy. Kitty is a speculative fiction writer, actor and robot

girlfriend. Several large cats allow her to live with them in Marriatta, Georgia.

She enjoys tending the extensive gardens where she hides the bodies.

For a list of her publications, acting credits or to engage her services on your next project,

go to kittysarkozy.com. So let the river carry you because the story is it tells you.

Those stories are true.

And the water said Neal. The river claims her like a lover,

like someone who needed her whole and open and honest. It feels like she's supposed to expose

her throat to bow for the very water itself or at least for the man who put her there.

She doesn't want this though. She never has, not now, not ever.

What she wanted was to kiss a man and have a nice time with him. Maybe wake up in the morning

to breakfast or just a cup of coffee and conversation. She wanted to walk away from an easy encounter

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