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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Kat Kourbeti presents B. Pladek's "All Us Ghosts."


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B. Pladek is a writer and literature professor based in Wisconsin. He’s published fiction in Strange Horizons, Slate Future Tense Fiction, Lightspeed, and elsewhere. His debut novel Dry Land appeared in 2023. You can find him @bpladek on all socials.
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