You are listening to a Clarksville magazine podcast with your host and narrator, Kate Baker.

Greetings, Clarksville citizens.

I hope this podcast finds you well.

This is our last podcast for the month of November issue 182.

I hope you've enjoyed this month's story so far.

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If you've already been a subscriber or have given us some support over on patreon.com or

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You let me read the stories to you.

So, our last story is titled The Death Haiku of the Azure Five.

It is by L. Chan.

L. Chan hails from Singapore.

He spends most of his time wrangling a team of two dogs, Mr. Luca and Mr. Tully.

His work has appeared in places like Clarksworld, Transluner, Traveler's Lounge, Podcastle,

and The Dark.

He was a finalist for the 2020 UG Foster Memorial Award.

And if you like what you hear, you can go back to a house is not a home.

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

The Orbital Defense System, a thousand sharp eyes staring into the darkness, closed only

in death.

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