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Cast of Wonders => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Languorous Lass on December 16, 2021, 01:34:05 AM
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Cast of Wonders 476: When Whales Fall (https://www.castofwonders.org/2021/12/cast-of-wonders-476-when-whales-fall/)
• Author: Darcie Little Badger (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/darcie-little-badger/)
• Narrator: Tina Connolly (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/tina-connolly/)
• Host: Katherine Inskip (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/katherine-inskip-2/)
• Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter (http://www.castofwonders.org/people/jeremy-carter/)
• Artist: Alexis Goble (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/alexis-goble/)
"When Whales Fall" was originally published in The Colored Lens (https://thecoloredlens.com/?p=37349), January 19, 2016.
Click here to listen to Episode 476 (http://traffic.libsyn.com/castofwonders/Wonders476.mp3)
As the whale corpse landed, Discordant Hum felt auspicious vibrations in the cold abyssal water. “A giant fell,” she said. “It’s ours.” Her body glowed green-pleased. Quick Squeak and Melodious Chord, Discord’s sisters, swam in tight circles above her head.
“What about neighbor broods?” Melodious asked. “They may want it, too.” She waved a tentacle, one of six hanging down her belly, its tip shorn during the last territorial fight.
“You have five spares,” Quick said.
“As a sculptor, I need them all!”
Tags: Alexis Goble, aliens, Darcie Little Badger, ecosystems, exploration, families, Jeremy Carter, Katherine Inskip, merfolk, mermaids, ocean, sisters, Spotlight Story, Tina Connolly, warfare, whales, young adult fiction