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Clarkesworld Magazine

Space is Deep by Seth Chambers (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This episode features "Space is Deep" written by Seth Chambers. Published in the January 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chambers_01_26 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/clarkesworld/membership

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are listening to the last story for the month of January, 26, issue 232. Welcome to another

0:07.4

Clark's World Magazine podcast, where I am your host and narrator, Kate Baker. As per usual,

0:13.8

we couldn't have done this month. We cannot do the months ahead without your generous support.

0:18.7

So thank you if you were contributing in any which way by buying a

0:22.8

subscription by going to patreon.com.com by going to Clarksworld Citizens.com. We're checking a few bucks

0:28.2

our way via donation. We simply cannot do this without you. And a big hearty thanks because you're

0:33.9

letting me do something that I truly love each and every month. Our last story is titled Space is Deep and is by Seth Chambers.

0:40.3

Seth Chambers has worked as an infantry medic, farmhand, adult education teacher,

0:45.6

mental health counselor, and Chicago Bike Messenger.

0:48.1

His writing ranges from supernatural horror, the different kinds of monsters,

0:51.9

to science fiction, little bird, to absurdist humor,

0:56.1

legend of the asshole squirrel. His work has appeared in the magazine of fantasy and science fiction,

1:01.8

Daily SF, and elsewhere. His novella, in her eyes, was a finalist for the Sturgeon Award and

1:06.4

printed on the inaugural edition of the best science fiction and fantasy novellas edited by Paula Geron.

1:12.9

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

1:22.3

One, alien feet.

1:26.2

I don't recognize my feet.

1:28.7

They've always been perfectly normal appendages, but now appear strange and almost hideously

1:32.7

beautiful.

1:35.0

Beautiful?

1:36.2

I wonder why they seem beautiful, but they are.

1:38.7

I hide them by pulling on my grip socks.

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