You were 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.

Welcome to the fifth story for the month of August 2022 issue, 191.

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So our story is titled Slight Forms and is by RT Esther.

RT Esther can be found at the website module 10.com for a slash writing.

Esther works professionally as a visual designer.

When he's not doing that, he's raising two young kids with his wife and drawing any inspiration he can from the Texas heat.

His writing has previously appeared in Clarks World and his forthcoming in interzone.

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

Your five and your teacher tells you fear ways exactly 10 pounds.

You come home and you ask mom and dad if it's true, and you don't stop asking why after they confirm it is.

You don't stop till they tell you about the Slight.

By age nine, it becomes embarrassing to still believe the Slight are real.

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