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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Ryan Simko's "The Lucia Bird." You can read the full text of the story, and more about Ryan, here.

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Anaea Lay lives in Chicago, Illinois where she writes, cooks, plays board games, reads too much, and questions the benevolence of the universe. Her work has appeared in many places including Apex, Penumbra, Lightspeed, Daily Science Fiction, and Nightmare. She lives online at anaealay.com.
Ryan Simko splits his life between the rural cornfields of Ohio, USA and the metropolitan cityscapes of Hiroshima, Japan. He spends his time on a variety of activities ranging from studying languages to writing music, but writing remains his real passion. This is his first professional publication.
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25 Nov 2024

Pranams to my most dear and queer Strange fam. We are finally at the penultimate episode of this show and I do not know how to process this. I’m scared. I’m hungry. I’m sleepy. LIFE IS SO CONFUSING! I’m not too sure what to expect but as we have seen, literally anything can happen in this story. Anyway, Let's go! Let’s start with a completely unreliable recap of our story and cast of characters. There are the Wilsons who are dead, the mayor Hugh, his inappropriate wife Anna, a handful of assorted professors, an annoying doctor and poor Janet who
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