"St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid" by C.L. Polk

LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Theresa Anne has spent years watching her mother tell fortunes and work magical spells. But when she asks to protect the girl she loves, she learns the true cost and sacrifice involved in magical requests. Find more from the author at www.clpolk.com. Content advisory: Violence

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lovar Burton and this is Lovar Burton Reads.
0:11.8	In every episode I hand-pick a different piece of short fiction and I read it to you.
0:18.9	The only thing these stories have in common is that I love them and I hope you will too.
0:27.9	First of all, I just need to thank you for listening to this season of Lovar Burton Reads.
0:34.7	It has been as we have all experienced a very challenging year, so thank you again for
0:42.8	listening this season and we're going to be back for another season early this summer.
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1:17.6	Now that's it.
1:20.2	We have a great story for you today to finish out.
1:24.2	It's an 8 by the Canadian writer C.L. Polk.
1:29.1	They're the author of the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Witch Mark, the first novel of the
1:35.4	Kingston cycle.
1:36.8	And this story is entitled St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Bridget.
1:42.4	And it was first published by Tor.com.
1:44.8	This is a really magical story and not just because the characters practice actual magic
1:50.6	and witchcraft.
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