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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents LaShawn M. Wanak's "21 Steps to Enlightenment (Minus One)." You can read the full text of the story, and more about LaShawn, 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.
LaShawn M. Wanak is a graduate of Viable Paradise XV and has been published in Daily Science Fiction, Ideomancer, and Escape Pod. She's a south side of Chicago native living in Wisconsin with her husband, son, and inlaws. Writing stories keeps her sane. Well, that and pie.
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