This episode is also available as a blog post: https://iriscardenauthor.wordpress.com/2022/02/01/hello-world/

Note: I've stopped recording my own stories/poetry/etc, because of chronic illness related issues with my voice.

You can read this science fiction short story for yourself here http://iriscardenauthor.net/2022/02/14/tangled-web/

In this short story, an investor has hired a lab to come up with a new fabric fibre.  What they create is something the investor never expected.

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You can read the story for yourself here http://iriscardenauthor.net/2022/02/11/talisman/

Ali thinks an old belief in a dead cat as a talisman is a silly idea.  She doesn't think an in inanimate object could protect her from harm, or be of use in her life.  So she says, but perhaps she has a talisman of her own.

You can read more of my writing at iriscardenauthor.net

(If you choose to pay for this podcast, you can pay at the end of any post in the blog on my site. (I chose not to have a blanket subscription fee, in case people could not afford it.)

You can buy my books at your favourite online bookshop or from lulu.com/spotlight/IrisCarden

You can read this story for yourself here http://iriscardenauthor.net/2022/02/10/scandal/

In this short story, Prime Minister Archibald Clark is having a very bad day indeed.

You can read more of my writing at iriscardenauthor.net

(If you choose to pay for this podcast, you can pay at the end of any post in the blog on my site. (I chose not to have a blanket subscription fee, in case people could not afford it.)

You can buy my books at your favourite online bookshop or from lulu.com/spotlight/IrisCarden