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    Podfics I'm proud of for various reasons. Not always good ones.

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    The whole truth, from the start: the reason Erlin Kindleaf ended up in every tent with Beverly Toegold V, on every single Green Teen trip ever, was not (just) because they were best friends. It was because out of everyone, even the scoutmasters, Erlin was the only one who could ever figure out how to use Lay on Hands in a way that would stop Bev from having an asthma attack.
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    After the war, Erlin and Beverly are starting to settle back in. The bad nights they still have sometimes would be less of a problem if Beverly's lungs weren't proving strangely resistant to healing magic.

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    11 Aug 2026

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    In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.

    In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:

    1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
    2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.

    Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.

    Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.

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    08 Jun 2026

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    “Earth spider animals are so beautiful and intelligent,” Teacher Grace said compassionately to Combustion-Fighter. A thrum of spider animals was going by on the street as it said this. “I wish there was a way I could talk to them and teach them about magnetism.”
    That was called ‘foreshadowing.’

    Three Eridian kids try and write a romance novel about their teacher.

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    02 Jun 2026

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    The elevator's receiver array picks up a garbage signal beamed in from deep space. No matter their attempts, Eridian scientists cannot make top or bottom of it. A misfire, or an echo of that long lost crew's final transmission, most likely. It is recorded, but never publicized.

    And then it happens again.

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    18 May 2026

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    “Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”

    Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –

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    15 May 2026