You wake in a strange room.

Your clothes are foreign and the walls are covered in objects from a different world.

You don't know where or when you are.

Or if you're still dreaming.

There are footsteps in the hall.

Jumping up, you race out of the room and into the streets.

You have just entered the Twilight Histories.

Today's story is by Kevin Valbenese.

You're part of a small team entering a world that has a sparse,

empty feeling. Some great thing has passed that's now in ruin. And yet there's a constant sense of danger.

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And now for today's show, The Drown City, by Kevin Valpenesi.

Ah, here you are.

Thank you for coming on such short notice. I'm Dr. Bouchard. To my right here is

Corporal Larel Peterson, and of course you already know Dr. Guerra. I am sorry to call you all here,

but we have a rather sensitive situation on our hands. Roughly 12 hours ago, we lost a probe that was conducting a preliminary survey of a recently

discovered world.

This probe is our latest design, equipped to provide reconnaissance through a combination of

stealth and several finely tuned measurement recording devices.

Its loss is both an embarrassment and a concern with regards to our competitors.

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