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It is the last story for the month of October 2016, Issue 121.

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Our last story for the month of October is The Very Pulse of the Machine and is by Michael Swanwick.

Michael has received the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, World Fantasy and Hugo Awards, and has the odd distinction of having been nominated for and lost more of these same awards than any other human being.

His most recent novel is

Chasing the Phoenix in which post-utopian con men Darger and Surplus

accidentally conquer China. Not so much, said the cat.

His new short story collection was published in August.

He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marion Porter.

You can find Michael at his website, flogging. wife Marion Porter.

You can find Michael at his website, flogging babble. blog spot.com and if you like what you hear,

you can go to April 2014 for Passage, and May 2013 brought you from Babbles' fallen glory we fled.

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

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