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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Kathleen Jennings's “The Present Only Toucheth Thee.”



Kathleen Jennings is based in Brisbane, Australia. She is a Ditmar Award-winning writer and illustrator, and her illustrations have been shortlisted three times for a World Fantasy Award and once for a Hugo. Her debut Australian Gothic novella Flyaway will be published by Tor.com at the end of July 2020. She can be found online at tanaudel.wordpress.com and kathleenjennings.com.
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