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EscapeBod, episode 975. Flashback Friday. Donny Cro, by Bruce Holland Rogers. Hello everyone, welcome to EscapePod, the weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Alastair, your host for this week.

And this week's story comes to us from Bruce Holland Rogers and was originally published on the 6th of October 2005.

This seems like a very good time to mention that this is EscapePod's 20th birthday.

Our narrator for this story, the first time through, and now, was the amazing Evo Terra, and we'll get into Bruce and Evo's backgrounds in a moment.

I also want to shout out Sarah Ely, our founder, whose host spot on this episode was a

delight and helped immensely in the construction of mine. I also want to talk briefly about content

warnings. This is a story that deals with a very matter-of-fact description of the careful

dismembering of a dead body, the logistics of mortality and pottery. My host spot, for reasons which will become very apparent when you get into it,

deals directly with recent familial bereavement.

And also how difficult it is interacting with media about recent familial bereavement

if you've experienced it.

If you have, and you don't feel like you can deal with this, I know exactly

where you're coming from. Step away, choose joy, have a cookie, go get a cup of coffee, anything

like that. Or better still, listen to the story because the story itself is not really about

that, and then just step away once it's

done. I won't be offended. I am where you are. We take our piece where we can get it, right?

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