Hi all!
I listen to a bunch of speculative fiction podcasts (all three Escape Artists, The Dunesteef, BCS, StarShipSofa, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, The Drabblecast...) and quite a while ago now I heard a story that I loved. For the life of me I can't remember the title or even which podcast it was on.
It was about a princess caught in an aging castle. She throws a party but the guests are mostly too worn out to come. We learn that the castle is actually a very old spacecraft and she's an AI of some sort. At the end a couple of salvage guys show up and try to take control of the ship. She (or a different aspect of the same AI) doesn't allow it and does away with the salvage crew.
So! What story is this???
Much obliged!
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