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

Reading's Clarksville Citizens, I hope this podcast finds you well.

This is our sixth story for the month of May 2023 issue 200.

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wonderful stories each and every month. Our story is titled The Giants Among Us and is by Megan

Chi. Now, Megan Chi has lived in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States and is currently based

in Singapore. Her work has been published in fantasy magazine Nature Futures and Cast of Wonders.

You can find her in Twitter at MeganFLG. So my dear listener, I hope you can sit back, relax and let

me tell you a story. On an island in the northern hemisphere, there is a small community called

the Cadyan. In the summer, the Cadyan sprawl like a brightly colored bizarre around the sleeping

body of a giant feeling creature sheltered from the sun by its massive shadow. The summer weather

is mild, warm rains and humid winds. The people sleep on woven rugs and the open air, trusting and

unafraid. The Cadyan have heard of lies and thievery and murder, but those are foreign peculiarities

in the shadow of their sleeping giant they have nothing to fear. In the winter, they pack up their

belongings and make the long hike onto the giant's back. They spend the frigid winter months

sleeping in the warm dense forest of the giant's fur. The fur extends far over the heads of

even the tallest men, sheltering them from the blizzards and the biting cold. They live off dry

provisions and kegs of wine repaired during a long summer months. It is easy to get lost in the fur,

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