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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents James Robert Herndon's "Bodies Are the Strongest Conductors." You can read the full text of the story, and more about James, 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.
James Robert Herndon is a graduate of Clarion West and the Warren Wilson MFA Program. His short story "Mammals" was selected by Jeff VanderMeer as the winner of Omnidawn's fiction contest, and was recently published as a chapbook. He lives with his wife and dog in Atlanta.
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