You are listening to a Clarks World magazine podcast with your host and narrator Kate Baker.

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I hope this podcast finds you well.

Welcome to the last story for the month of September 2024 issue 216. I hope that you've enjoyed

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Our last story is titled A World of Milk and Promises and is by R. H. Wesley.

R. H. Wesley is a writer of speculative short fiction with a background in philosophy.

He works as a programmer and spends the rest of his time playing board games and camping.

He lives in Toronto with his wife and dog.

This is his first published work of fiction.

Congratulations.

So my dear listener, I hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.

When your little sister is born, will I tell her that we live inside your ribcage?

Or will your bones always be nothing but magical arches that hold up our roof?

I haven't decided yet. Every evening for three years I've walked the clearing clearing with the flowers. At first the way from the

shelter was a lazy stroll. Now the path is crowded with pale boulders and engulfed in

dense vegetation. It's difficult to navigate, especially carrying your sister in my belly.

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