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Escape Pod 907: A Layer Thin As Breath

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A Layer Thin As Breath By T. K. Rex “Valley. Can you still hear me?” Julian’s voice filtered through her dying radio. The Prince of Cats was a speck of light, dimming through the gold-grey film that, atom by atom, was devouring her helmet. Valley tried to say something, anything. Failed. Julian was sobbing on the other end. “I’m so sorry. I’m so, so kzzzzzzchchchcffft-” and that was it. Her radio was gone. “Oh god,” she breathed to herself, to no one. “Oh god,” I don’t want to die. I don’t want…

First ContactFriendshipRestrained Prose

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VisceralHopefulIntrospectiveUnsettlingDeep SpaceFar FutureConsciousnessMelancholicLiterary SFBelongingClose Third PersonGrief And LossIdentityCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

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body-horror

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