Episode 146: Tethered to the Cold and Dying by Ray Cluley
Wow, can you believe it? The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine won a Parsec Award! You'll have to excuse us for getting a little exuberant and talking for a long time about it before we get to the story. You can skip to 17:10 if you want to go straight to the start of the story.
The apocalypse left Jackson's world a burned out and dismal place. He has lived in Two-Nine with Mother for a long time, without ever dreaming that there might be more out there. But when a stranger comes to his station with a story and some pills to trade, Jackson starts to believe that he might still be able to go up to go forward.
Afterward, Big and Rish talk about hidden meanings in the story, lay out Sonny See's drinking game rules, and spout some of their other usual B.S. The sky's the limit no longer!
Special thanks to Sonny See for producing today's story, to Desia B. and Sonny See lending their voices to today's episode, and to Caroline Parkinson for providing the art for the show.