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Episode 956.

Vault Part 1 by D.A. Showlin Spires. Oh, Hello and welcome to Escape Pod your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm your host this week,

Tina Connolly, and I'm here to bring you part one of vault by. Shaolin Spires.

This story first appeared in Clark's World,

and we will be running it in two parts,

so be sure to come back next week

for the second half of the story.

D.A. Shaolin, Inspires, steps into portals and reappears in sites such as New York, Hawaii,

various parts of Asia and elsewhere, with her keyboard appendage attached. Her work appears in publications such as

Clark's World Analog, Strange Horizons, and anthologies of the Strange and Beautiful,

Make shift deep signal and sharp in Sugar Tooth. and tales of Space and Time Stories, with Poetry Nomine Best of the Net and Pushcart Awards.

She has PhD in sociocultural anthropology and has conducted National Science Foundation funded research.

Her multifaceted writing reflects her interest in food systems,

ecology, technology, and society. She mentors

Thresefwa and has taught academic and creative writing to students at the college level.

She speaks multiple languages and teaches stick fighting and weapons-based

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