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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Christopher Caldwell’s “Hide Me in the Shadow of Your Wings,” read by Carlton Turner.



Christopher Caldwell is a queer Black American living in Glasgow, Scotland. His family hails from Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Convent, Louisiana, and each of them is embroiled in at least one blood feud about gumbo recipes. He is @seraph76 on Twitter.
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