Episode 27: The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane by Jon Fredette

Apr 9, 202001:06:53Arts

Originally published in the anthology "Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact" (June, 1977) the novelette went on to win the Nebula Award that year under the pen name James Tiptree Jr.As an unprecedented sickness spreads ar...

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