"The Warmth of His Breath" by Ashley Mangtani

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Stories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.com

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Bio for this weeks author: Ashley Mangtani is a slipstream writer who's never met a rule of reality he didn't want to bend, mostly because straight fiction never let him say what he actually meant. Nominated for Best Short Fictions 26/27, his work appears or is forthcoming in Smokelong Quarterly, Strange Horizons, Litro, Washington Square Review, Boudin, Heavy Feather Review, BULL, Cherry Tree, Thin Skin, HAWKEYE, Mobius, i70 Review, Palisades Review, Third Wednesday, Rock Salt, Neon Dystopia, Apocalypse Confidential, and others. His debut short story collection, Unhappy Endings, will be available in 2027, and he's currently finishing his novella series, Crescendo. Read more at ashleymangtani.com

"The Coin of the Realm" by Rex Burrows

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The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod http://incomptech.com

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Stories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.com

Manawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben Bastin

Bio for this weeks author: Rex Burrows writes speculative fiction, usually of the weird and dark varieties. His stories have appeared in publications including Weird Horror Magazine, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Supernatural Tales, Tenebrous Antiquities: An Anthology of Historical Horror, and the Horror Library anthology series. A full list of his published work and other information can be found at www.rexburrows.com.

"Number Five" by George S. Walker

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Stories are performed by Fox Ballard https://foxballardvo.com

Manawaker Studio's Director of Dice is Ben Bastin

Bio for this weeks author: George S. Walker's stories have appeared in Abyss & Apex, Andromeda Spaceways, Electric Spec, The Colored Lens, On Spec, Penumbric, and elsewhere. Anthologies containing his work include Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism & Beyond, and The Third Science Fiction Megapack.
His website is https://sites.google.com/site/georgeswalker/