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

Greetings Clarksville Citizens. This is our last story for the month of January.

Thank you for listening to all the stories we've had to offer this month.

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can contribute. Our last story is titled, they have all one breath. And is by carl bunker.

and is by Carl Bunker. Carl Bunker's short stories have appeared

in Asimov's fantasy and science fiction, analog, interzone, Cosmos, The Year's

Best Science Fiction, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, and elsewhere.

He lives in a small town north of Boston, Mass, with his wife, Sundry Pets, and an assortment

of wildlife.

You can find Carl at his website,

Carl Bunker.com.

March 2016 brought you gray wings.

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

A passing streetcar noticed me on the sidewalk. It slowed to a stop, opening its door and dinging its bell to invite me on board. I ignored it, preferring to walk. It was hours before dawn, early to be

heading home by the standards of some, but I'd had enough club hopping for one night.

My skull, my brain, my body were all still vibrating

with echoes of the evening's music. It was a good feeling, but I wanted to get home and

put in a few hours of work before crashing.

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