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Greetings Clarkville's citizens and welcome to the 5th story for the month of February 2024, issue

2009. I hope that these podcasts have been treating you well and that you've liked what you've heard.

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Our piece is titled The Paragrin Falcon flies west and is by

Yang Wong Ching translated by Jay Chang. Yang Wong Ching is a science fiction author and winner of many awards including the Galaxy Award for Chinese Science fiction.

His short story collections include The Returned Man and Double Helix.

If you like what you hear, you can go back to hummingbird resting on

honeysuckles. J. Chung, growing up in Guangshu in Southern California, Jay Chung is a literary translator currently pursuing their PhD in East Asian languages and

civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania.

Academically, their interests lie in issues of religion, culture and identity.

Outside of school, they're an avid fan of tabletop games,

she on food and horror fiction.

So my dear listen, I hope you can set back,

relax, and let me tell you a story.

They ran and let me tell you a story.

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