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The Oddish Gesture of Humans by Gabriel Calácia (audio)

Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Magazine

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This episode features "The Oddish Gesture of Humans" written by Gabriel Calácia. Published in the July 2020 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/calacia_07_20 Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/clarkesworld?

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

0:08.0

Greetings Clark's World Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well. This is our second story to

0:16.2

the last for July 2020, issue 166. Thank you for taking time to listen to this month's stories, and thank you for your ongoing support.

0:28.0

Please visit Patreon.com forward slash Clark's world to see how you can become a part of this magazine each

0:35.2

and every month.

0:39.3

The piece is titled The Oddest gesture of Humans. And is by Gabrielle Calacia.

0:45.0

Gabrielle Calacia is a writer from Brasilia,

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Brazil.

0:51.0

He started writing science fiction fantasy and horror during his high school and since

0:56.2

2015 he has been studying Brazilian language and literature.

1:00.8

He hopes to teach Portuguese language at the high school level while pursuing a career as a writer.

1:06.0

In addition to some short stories of novellas, he has completed an unpublished novel and currently finishing a second one.

1:12.0

The Oddish

1:13.4

gestures of humans is his first published story.

1:17.0

So my dear listener, I hope you can sit back and relax

1:21.1

and let me tell you a story.

1:29.0

Carrier La had been staring at the image for some time now. That was starting to bother

1:35.3

Hemar, who walked up and down busy with spreadsheets, theoretical books, memos,

1:41.2

and ideas weighing inside her head.

1:44.0

And Kerrier did nothing but look at that damn image.

1:48.0

Ere, she called one more time, still being able to find patients somewhere.

1:53.0

You've been looking at that image all morning, please come help.

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