I may be wrong—I hope I am wrong—but I strongly suspect that most of those who read this column will not have heard of Veronica Williams.

Remember to tread as gently as possible in the Museum of Printing History, for these machines are delicate. They have withstood wars and insurrections, high-level humidity, and long droughts. They have grown tired of surviving and require only a minimum encouragement to expire.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Nin Harris's "Tower of the Rosewater Goblet."

The rambutan man's ghost / Stands under the boa.