You are listening to a Clark's World magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

Greetings Clark's World Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you fantastic. I'm just coming back from the

Nebul Awards weekend that was held in San Jose. I'd like to offer my

congratulations to all the winners and all of the categories.

But most particularly to Aliet de Boudard,

who took home the Nebula for short story,

for her work entitled Immersion.

So congratulations again.

No, the real news to report.

So let's hop right into the fourth story of the month of May.

I can't believe it's almost over can you? The fourth story is titled

The Banquet of the Lords of Night by Liz Williams. British writer Liz Williams has had work appear in Interzone Asimov's Visionary Tongue, Sub-Taranian, Terra Incognita,

The New Jules Verne Adventure Strange Horizons realms of fantasy and elsewhere.

And her stories have been collected in Banquet of the Lest. of best known for her Inspector Chen series detailing the exploits of a policeman in a demon

haunted world who literally has to go to hell to solve some of his cases.

And which include the

the demon and the city precious dragon the shadow pavilion and the iron con.

Her other books include the novels

The Ghost Sister Empire of Bones, The Poison Master,

Nine layers of sky, dark land, blood mine, banner of souls, and winter strike.

Her most recent book is the start of the World Soul trilogy.

She lives in Brighton, England. You can find Liz at her website me v-e-n-n-n-n-L-G-G-D-G-G-G-G-G-T-C-O-T-E-N-N-L-G-T-E-N-T-E-N-T-G-G-T-G-G-G-G-T-G-G-T-G-G-T-G-G-G-G-T-G-G-G-N-Gn-G-Gn-Gn-G-G-G-G- Relax, and let me tell you a story.

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