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

Greetings Clarksville Citizens. I hope this podcast finds you extraordinarily well.

We're into our translation for the month of April 2018, issue 139.

The piece is titled The Wings of Earth, and is by Jeng Bo, translated by Andy Dudak.

Jeng Bo's first story, The Last Game, was published in 2003, and to date he has published over 40 short stories and several novels.

He has won multiple Yin He Galaxy and Chinese Nebula Awards, including most recently,

a Galaxy Award for his novel, Chasing, Shadow, and Light.

Andy Dudak has done multiple translations for us here at Clarksworld magazine.

As a writer himself, Andy's fiction has appeared in Analog, Apex, Daily Science Fiction,

Rich Horton's years best, and elsewhere. He is a translator living in China. You can find him

at Andy Dudak. tumbler.com.

And just as a reminder, this translation project would not be possible without your support.

Without your support, we wouldn't have the resources to continue to work with Storycom,

our partner in bringing you these wonderful Chinese fiction stories.

So without further ado, I invite you to sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

Your turn, shall you, Max said, looking back with a hint of a grin.

Shang Shao Yu didn't move.

Come on, time to ratchet things up a notch.

Max didn't seem to have noticed,

Jau's trepidation.

We can't let your trip be in vain.

Now then, down on earth you might try to jump the last three steps on a staircase.

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