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Podcast: Cartilage
By: Bryce A. Taylor
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Bryce A. Taylor
Issue: 16 August 2021

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Bryce A. Taylor's “Cartilage” with a reading by the poet.


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© Copyright 2021 By: Bryce A. Taylor
Podcast read by: Ciro Faienza
Podcast read by: Bryce A. Taylor
About Bryce A. Taylor
Bryce A. Taylor writes from Spring, Texas. His fiction and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in Image, America, Literary Orphans, Dappled Things, Aurorean, Lydwine Journal, and Macrina Magazine. You can find him on Twitter at @mrbrycetaylor.
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