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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Betsy Aoki's “A crowd of yakubyō gami (pestilence yōkai)” as read by guest reader Paul Starr.



Betsy Aoki is a National Poetry Series finalist currently serving as Poetry Editor for Uncanny Magazine. Her poems have been published in Nightmare, Strange Horizons, and Asimov’s Science Fiction, among others. Most recently, her fiction was included in the Critical Role: The Mighty Nein—Stories Untold anthology. Learn more at https://www.betsyaoki.com.
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