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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Alena Indigo Anne Sullivan's "Gorse Daughter, Sparrow Son (Part 2)." You can read the full text of the story, and more about Alena, here.

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Alena Indigo Anne Sullivan, 24, holds a degree in Anthropology and works as a nanny for two wonderful human children. She lives in an apartment-gone-witch-cottage in Decatur, Georgia with three birds and a cat, all of which still refuse to help her get dressed in the morning.

Melissa Pagluica is a freelance artist living in San Francisco and is the creator of the comic book Above the Clouds. You can find her work at mpagluica.com.
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.
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