EPISODE · Mar 25, 2014 · 2H 33M
StarShipSofa No 330 Leah Cypess and Mary Soon Lee
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Coming up…Mothering Sunday Special! (March 30 in the UK): Two stories of maternal angst.Main Fiction 1: “Pause Time” by Mary Soon Lee 03:40Twenty minutes into the transatlantic flight, Connor started wailing. Pauline cradled him in her arms. Then she rocked him, she offered him her breast, she sang to him; Connor continued to cry.The man sitting on her right gave her a thin smile. “Did you forget the baby’s pauser code?”“No,” Pauline mumbled, wishing she could sink through the floor into the cargo hold. “I’ve never used the pauser.” In 1992 Mary started writing and submitting short stories, mainly in the science fiction and fantasy genres. She has had over seventy stories published, including appearances in The Year’s Best SF #4 and #5, edited by David Hartwell; her story “Cause and Consequence” (Interzone #136, October 1998) won first place in...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Coming up…Mothering Sunday Special! (March 30 in the UK): Two stories of maternal angst.Main Fiction 1: “Pause Time” by Mary Soon Lee 03:40Twenty minutes into the transatlantic flight, Connor started wailing. Pauline cradled him in her arms. Then she rocked him, she offered him her breast, she sang to him; Connor continued to cry.The man sitting on her right gave her a thin smile. “Did you forget the baby’s pauser code?”“No,” Pauline mumbled, wishing she could sink through the floor into the cargo hold. “I’ve never used the pauser.” In 1992 Mary started writing and submitting short stories, mainly in the science fiction and fantasy genres. She has had over seventy stories published, including appearances in The Year’s Best SF #4 and #5, edited by David Hartwell; her story “Cause and Consequence” (Interzone #136, October 1998) won first place in...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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StarShipSofa No 330 Leah Cypess and Mary Soon Lee
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