"While we were on our way, when Mars was still a tiny ball in the distance, I plucked it out of the sky and rolled it between my hands to warm it up for us. Just like I do for you when you get cold."

altars everywhere: pyrite, half-melted candles, music boxes / missingteeth.

In this episode of the  Strange Horizons  podcast, editor Julia Rios presents Anaea Lay's "Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars."