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LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)
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Edited by bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams, LIGHTSPEED is a Hugo Award-winning, critically-acclaimed digital magazine. In its pages, you'll find science fiction from near-future stories and sociological SF to far-future, star-spanning SF. Plus there's fantasy from epic sword-and-sorcery and contemporary urban tales to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folk tales. Each month, LIGHTSPEED brings you a mix of original short stories and flash fiction featuring a variety of authors, f ...
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“Is there a problem, officer?” “We’re not the police.” My partner, Enrico, places his palm against the door, ready to test the old man’s resolve. I tap my finger against my thumb and SNAPbeam the warrant to the old man’s synaptic cache. “We’re EPF.” | © 2023 by D. Thomas Minton. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…
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TJ Williams – Kick Pod & Fit Fighter – Ep144
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Introducing our guest on today’s episode, TJ Williams, hailing from the Niagara Falls, NY. TJ is not only an independent professional wrestler but also a certified Group Fitness Instructor, a seasoned martial artist, and a passionate podcaster. With a martial arts journey spanning an impressive 27 years, TJ currently holds the rank of a 5th Degree …
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Martin Cahill | The Moment Before the Moment
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Azahn had been the ninety-third Imperial Foresight to the Dynasty of Silken Flame for only three weeks when he was forcibly retired. His body had been blessed by the holy waters of the Sky-Vein River, and he had earned the named-blade Stalwart Thy Mind, Strong Thy Arm, even now strapped to his back. He had trained his entire life. © 2023 by Martin …
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Join us for an inspiring episode featuring Michelle Manu, a globally recognized 10th Degree Black Belt and dedicated instructor in the ancient Hawaiian cultural practice and martial art, Lua. As the sole high-ranking female teacher of Lua, Michelle proudly holds the distinction of being the only public representative of Hawaiian Woman Warriors in o…
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Regina Kanyu Wang (translated by Rebecca F. Kuang) | A Record of Lost Time
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How did we end up here? The humans before me had the same physiological traits as I did, yet still we had no means of communicating with one another. I couldn’t understand what they were saying. Words and phrases spilled from their mouths, a torrent of sounds bleeding into one another, syllables pouring out in a drum roll, unending and uninterrupte…
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Lynn grew up in Centerview, CA , near Compton and Carson, and was a member of the Bloods gang. He credits his mother and Football for saving him from that life. He played Football for Kansas University and was the 5th pick of the for the LA Rams and also played for the San Diego Chargers. In 1992 he attended a try-out for the tv series American Gla…
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Osahon Ize-Iyamu | Last Ritual of the Smoke Eaters
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I didn’t want to eat Joshua, but he turned into dust, and the way things go in Carrucchi village is that if someone turns into ashes you inhale them till there’s nothing but smoke in your lungs and redness in your eye. Sometimes we have to eat people to make us less lonely. I didn’t want to do it, but Joshua named me as his eater, so my entire vill…
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Karen Sheperd – The Enforcer – Ep141
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Karen is a martial artist and actress. She was the first woman to hold the title of #1 Women’s Black Belt Forms Champion for the Karate Illustrated Rankings, a title she held again the next year. She was also the first woman to be rated #1 Women’s Black Belt Forms Competitor in the STAR System ratings. She was the first woman to win Grand Champion …
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MKRNYILGLD | The CRISPR Cookbook (Chapter Two): A Guide to Biohacking Your Own Eggs into Weapons of Destruction, to Be Forcibly Implanted into One Patriarchist at a Time
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If you’re reading this, in a self-destructing DM, on the reverse strand of a plasmid, in the recipe binder you found in a deported neighbor’s belongings dumped on the curb, you’re no longer angry. You’re hungry. Your last co-op got raided by the Department of Homeland Biosecurity, hunting for pharmaceuticals “dangerous” to those at risk of getting …
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Shaun is a global youth development specialist, who has embraced challenges and overcome social and economic obstacles to become an expert in the youth development field and the dedicated role model that he is today. Domestic violence, homelessness, gang violence and bullying shaped his future in an amazing and most unexpected way. As a child he an…
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Shannon Hall-Girolamo – American Gladiators – Ep139
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Shannon is an American professional boxer, wrestler, bodybuilder, martial artist and actress. She was the first ever ToughWoman Champion. She was a professional boxer in the IFBA. She has competed on ESPN, starred in 2 pay per views and was featured in Sports Illustrated, Muscle & Fitness and USA Today. She was also a fitness competitor, winning th…
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Dustin is a martial artist and podcast co-host who has studied multiple styles over the years. He is married with 3 kids and martial arts is a full family affair. He also loves classic cars and plays guitar. He is currently the co-host of the Formless Podcast! Please enjoy his story. The Formless Podcast on Apple Podcasts The Formless Podcast – You…
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A.L. Goldfuss | Where the God-Knives Tread (Part 2 of 2)
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Every Teshiarr metropolis, town, and hamlet had featured an agora, the community centerpiece for shopping, conversing, and joining. It was where one received their daily meals, heard news from leaders, and reported to communal soul alcoves. © 2023 by A.L. Goldfuss | Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a…
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Deron is an Actor and Sportsman who toured the professional racquetball circuit for three years. In the early 1980’s he was a deputy sheriff with Los Angeles County As an actor he has been in movies such as Enter The Blood Ring, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin and more. You also may have seen him on tv series like Walker…
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Gerald Okamura – Man of Many Weapons – Ep136
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Gerald is an Actor, Stuntman, Martial Artist, Weapons Designer and US Army Veteran. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii and has been studying martial arts for over 60 years. Throughout his 50 year career in the entertainment business you have seen him in such notable tv series as The Original Kung Fu Series, Knight Rider and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers an…
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A.L. Goldfuss | Where the God-Knives Tread (Part 1 of 2)
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When the ship’s scanners first chirped in the dead of night, Sien figured it was another misfire: light reflecting off asteroid ice, solar radiation, space dust. But xe still slid from xir berth into the chilly, cramped cockpit, eyes bleary. © 2023 by A.L. Goldfuss | Narrated by Paul Boehmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc…
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Jimmy Smith – Unlocking The Cage – Ep135
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Jimmy is a former high school wrestler and teacher who attended UCLA. He was a pro MMA fighter with a record of 5-1 and quit fighting when he was offered the job to host The Discovery Channels “Fight Quest”. He was also a co-host during season 2 and 3 of American Ninja Warrior. He has been a commentator for Bellator, The UFC and Invicta. He was als…
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The house was on the same street as a bakery whose only offering was penis-shaped waffles. Rufaro didn’t like American houses very much. They looked paper thin like doll houses that would lift off into the clouds if a strong wind came by. | © 2023 by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu. | Narrated by Christina Ogunade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph…
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Brad Parker – Women’s Self-Defense Community – Ep134
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Brad is an author, Podcaster and Self Defense instructor. He has been committed to empowering women for more than 20 years through developing and coaching effective self-defense strategies for the non-martial art female. He guides the Women’s Self-Defense Community providing instructors and students with techniques to successfully resist attacks by…
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Juan Moreno – Peak Performance – Ep133
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Juan is an American Tae Kwon Do practitioner. He is a 3-time Olympian and 2 time Silver Medalist. He has also won Gold at the Pan American Games and the World Cup. After leaving the mat he became a coach. He coached the US Olympic Tae Kwon Do team in 2008, 2012 and 2016 and has dedicated his life to the Olympic Movement and the Sport of Tae Kwon Do…
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Tracie Arlington – Play It Safe Defense – Ep132
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Tracie is the founder and lead instructor for Play It Safe Defense. She has been a martial artist for 29 years and her program has been taught to hundreds of thousands of children, teens and women since 2003. Her company officially certifies Physical Education teachers to teach self defense in PE classes for California middle & high school students…
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Justin is a retired business executive. Currently he is Senior Instructor at the Mattson Academy of Karate He was a part of the early 70’s movie “Super Weapon” and has been studying martial arts for over 50 years. He enjoys exercise and fitness and is involved in pilates and yoga. He loves spending time with his grand kids. Please enjoy his story! …
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John Kessel & Bruce Sterling | Money in the Bank
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“I lined up a new gig for you,” said the Glovemaster. “All you have to do is protect one special guy.” I sat in my trailer with my Bluetooth headphones on and my laptop perched on an Amazon box. I wore a boonie hat with a militia logo. | © 2023 by John Kessel & Bruce Sterling. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…
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Wim Demeere – Tai Chi Chuan – Ep130
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Wim has been a full-time personal trainer since 1994 who has also occasionally worked as a bouncer and served in the military. He has authored numerous instructional books and self defense videos. He is the owner of one of the oldest martial arts and self defense blogs and is also a podcaster. He has been training in the martial arts for almost 40 …
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Lowry Poletti | In the Nest Beneath the Mountain-Tree, Your Sisters Dance
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Dr. Nirwater Leera only agreed to study Mr. Girat because he is supposed to be dead. Tomorrow, they will meet in person for the first time. But today, Leera wastes time by staring at a cellophane bag full of Girat’s vomit. | © 2023 by Lowry Poletti. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Jamie is the one and only son of martial arts founder Jimmy Webster. He started training at a young age and earned his black belt at age 14. He held the title of Alabama State champion for 5 years in a row from 1985-1990. In 1993 he attacked the national tournament circuit and in 1994 won 1st place in 10 national tournaments in a row. in 1995 he be…
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Jason has been involved in the martial arts for almost 40 years and opened his first school over 25 years ago. He holds belts in numerousn styles and has been a martial arts business consultant since 2010. At the age of 38 he pursued his childhood dream and became a professional wrestler. He actively wrestled for Millennium Pro Wrestling from 2013-…
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Don was born in Illinois. He attended Saint Andrew School in Boca Raton, where he was an MVP in Football and Basketball. He also tried his hand at wrestling, where he placed 4th in the Florida State Collegiate Wrestling competition. Listerners will know him as a martial artist, professional kickboxer and action movie star. AS a kickboxer he scored …
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Sloane Leone | The Blade and the Bloodwright
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The soldiers slit the woman’s throat every evening before bedding down so they can sleep without worry. She mocks them but never fights the knife coming to her. Two of the men still take turns watching her in case she heals before the rest of the cadre wakes. | © 2023 by Sloane Leong. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. V…
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Frank Delo Jr – Amalgan Martial Academy – Ep126
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Frank is an author and private security contractor who has been a successful teacher for over ten years and a practicing martial artist for over twenty. His personal teaching philosophy emphasizes mastery of fundamentals, and the real confidence and personal acheivement earned through dedication and hard work. He has also served as a licensed subst…
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Muna shuts the storeroom door as quietly as she can. Holding a just-waxed bundle of letters to her chest, she sticks out her head to check the bookshop floor. If she walks between the shelves on the far right, she can slip out unnoticed in ten heartbeats. The main door of the bookshop is propped open, the sun shining after what feels like a year of…
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Barry Eisler – Best Selling Novelist – Ep125
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Barry spent 3 years in a covert position with the CIA’s Directorate of Covert Operation, then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the Kodokan Judo Institute along the way. He is a New York Times best selling author who has written over 25 books, including the series that introdu…
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Rory is an author, instructor and martial artist who spent 17 years working in the correctional system, including 10 as a sergeant. Assignments included booking, maximum security, disciplinary and administrative Segregation. He was a CERT member for over 11 years. His training has included over 800 hours of tactical training, witness protection and…
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Chun Rhee was literally born into the martial arts world. He is the 3rd of 4 children and became very familiar to people in the DC area when at the age of only 5 years old he was featured in a now famous commercial for his dads martial arts school. He is currently a 7th Dan Black Belt and owns and operates the Jhoon Rhee Institute in Falls Church, …
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JB Park | Six Months After All Life on Titan Died
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I need a binge-worthy banger about the incident on Titan. Let’s start with that one picture from Titan that leaked, the one of the weird fishes in those underwater ruins dying. Let’s get going with a second-person narration of You looking at it, thinking about how extinction just happened, and your hands are trembling, and history---your memories o…
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Morgan Frechette – Sensei Morgan – EP122
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Morgan is a martial artist and entrepreneur in Melbourne, FL. She is the former owner of two companies and acquired commercial land for her business before exiting in 2021. She currently practices real estate and business acquisitions when not studying or sharing in her martial arts career. She has been studying and competing in martial arts for mo…
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Call me Philoctetes. My real name doesn’t matter, and I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you what it is, anyway. Security concerns, you understand. What you need to know about me is that I was a US Army Green Beret---one of the Quiet Professionals. Usually tasked with working with the locals in counterinsurgency efforts and the like. The stuff that does…
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Benny is a martial artist, Author, teacher, actor, stuntman and more. He was born in Los Angeles, CA. The son of a wrestling mother and a boxing father. He started his martial arts journey at a very young age and was competing in “pee wee” boxing at age 5. He has appeared in numerous movies and tv series like: Meals on Wheels, Road House, Diggstown…
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Alexis was raised in Park Rapids, MN and Graduated from Nevis, MN, She holds 2 bachelors degrees in Business/Economics and Secondary Education. She also holds a dual masters degree in Business Administration – Hospitality & Tourism. She has been teaching and training in Martial Arts for over a decade and in 2017 opened her own school, just down the…
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Neil Ripski – Red Jade Martial Arts – EP119
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Neil is an author and martial artist who grew in central Alberta, Canada in a town called… Dogs Rump Creek… Just west of Edmonton. The first 10 years of his life were spent not training in any kind of martial arts which meant years in primary school getting harrassed and bullied. This all changed in 1986… Since beginning his martial arts journey he…
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The most beautiful boy you have ever seen in your life is hot-wiring a spaceship. It’s an objectively unsexy spaceship, insofar as a spaceship can be unsexy---a six-seater built like a 2008 Honda Odyssey, a car model you’re only aware of because it continues to appear in memes. The boy is decidedly not unsexy, though. His name is Eddie, he’s your x…
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Daniele Bolelli – The Drunken Taoist – EP118
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Daniele was born in Milan, Italy in a family of writers. After high school he moved to Los Angeles and attended Santa Monica College and later graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Anthropology. When he was 20 he co-authored his first book, he then co-Authored 2 more books and his first solo book was published when he was 22. He Currently teaches at a…
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Steven is known as one of the first martial arts tricksters in open martial arts competitions and an early pioneer of non-traditional forms. He helped popularize the 540 kick and the Hawkeye kick in the mid 80’s. He launched his film career when he was hand picked by Jet Li to be his stunt double in 1989 for a series of Hong Kong films. In 1990 he …
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Timothy Mudie | Blood For a Stranger
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Crunches and shrieks buffeted the Magellan LLC smartship as it plunged into Enceladus’s kilometers-thick ice crust, making their way to the subsurface ocean and the rival LuxeSpace corporation’s station situated there. Warning signals flashed through Jarrell and his fellow shipminds’ readouts, but they followed their orders and continued inward. Th…
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Daniel Marino – The Naihanchi Project – EP116
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Daniel was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He is married with no kids. He has studied martial arts most of his life and started treaching right after high school. He plays guitar, enjoys live music and also enjoys comic books, fantasy and sci-fi. He is co-host of the Motion Martial Arts Podcast Please enjoy his story. Practical Tang Soo D…
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Arthur Fratelli – The Amazing Arthur – EP115
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Arthur is an accomplished speaker, martial artist, mentalist, magician, hypnotist, and former teacher who specializes in delivering top-notch entertainment for high-end corporate events. He has honed his craft through extensive training in martial arts, psychology, eastern and western philosophy, stoicism, and hypnotherapy. His background and exper…
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Dan is the founder of American Freestyle Karate, a uniquely American martial art as well as the author of the best selling book – American Freestyle Karate: A Guide To Sparring which has been in print for 40 years. He has a 10th Degree Black Belt in Karate, a 10th Degree Black Belt in Filipino Modern Arnis, and an 9th Degree Black Belt in MA80 Syst…
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I came to the city to find an egg. A robin’s egg, to be precise, an oval of pale, perfect blue that echoed the spring sky. Inside, not a robin, but an emerald. Inside the emerald, a wizard’s heart. He had decided he missed it, and he wanted it back. It was the usual sort of thing, or so he had assured me. His heart taken out and stored for safekeep…
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Jamie Clubb – Clubb Chimera – EP113
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Jamie is an author, podcaster and martial artist who was born to an old travelling circus family. When he was 16 he almost had his hand torn off by a Hyena. He started the UK’s first ever extreme pro wrestling promotion in 1998 and co-founded the Combat Performance Academy. He founded Clubb Chimera Martial Arts. in 2005 he created, wrote and presen…
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Amanda Helms | The House, the Witch, and Sugarcane Stalks
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The house wakes from its somnolence as the witch trudges up the path made of tarts. Through its rock-candy windows, the house scans her figure for any signs of hurt. The witch’s errands in the city make her nervous. And the house, being made of her magic and therefore of the witch, worries along with her that the wrong person might recognize her, o…
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