You are listening to a Clarksworld magazine podcast. I'm your host and narrator Kate Baker. Welcome to

the fourth story for the month of April, 2025, issue 223. I hope that all of our stories have been

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Our story is titled Still Water. It's by Deng Rahn, translated by

Andy Dudak. Jungran was born in 1981 and graduated from Beijing, Zhao Tong University in 2004 with a degree

in computer science, after sent in the IT industry,

Mr. Jung, became a reporter and news analyst with Economic Daily and China Economic Net,

during which time his news commentary won a China News Award. His stories have won numerous

gold and silver Chinese Nebula awards and three galaxy awards for best novelette.

He runs a coffee shop in southern China and writes in his spare time.

The Windy City, his short story collection, was published in 2015.

Andy Dudak's original stories have been in analog apex, Asimovs, Clark's World, Daily Science

Science Fiction, Intrismone, The Magazine of, Daily Science Fiction, Intrason, The Magazine of Fantasy

and Science Fiction World, and numerous years' best anthologies. His story, Love in the Time of

Immuno-sharing, was a finalist for the UG Foster Award. His translations of Chinese SF are widely

published, and he believes in the healing power of D&D. So my dear listener,

I hope that you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story. One. It turns out you've missed your favorite season.

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