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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Kat Kourbeti presents Lorraine Wilson's "Bathymetry." For the story's content warnings, please see the text of the story, here.


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Having spent many years working in remote corners of the world, Lorraine now lives by the sea in Scotland writing stories that are touched by folklore and the wilderness. She has published several short stories, and tweets @raine_clouds about science and writing (and cats). Her debut novel, This Is Our Undoing, is out in August 2021.
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