Escape Pod 13: The Once and Future Dentist
Show Notes
Rated PG. Contains violence, alcohol, and gratuitous time travel.
The Once and Future Dentist
By D. Richard Pearce
“‘He was the most skillful gambler, and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever saw.’ Do you know who said that, Doctor?”
He coughed politely and sat in a nearby chair. “Begging your pardon, ma’am, I’d be more interested in who they were talking about.”
She laughed softly, and seemed to turn her attention to him fully for the first time. “Wyatt Earp said those words about you, Doctor. At your funeral, I suspect, though I don’t know for sure.”
About the Author
D. Richard Pearce
D. Richard Pearce is a writer from the west coast of Canada. He is currently in exile because of crimes committed by his weasels. Pearce writes in many perspectives, not least of which is third person, the style chosen for this biography. While this can be awkward and confusing in writing about oneself, it means that the label can be “BIO” and not “AUTOBIO.” He likes writing sentences without Proper Casing, but only on personal websites or blogs, or, indeed, bios—never in stories—as he believes in saving avant-garde for the funny papers.
About the Narrator
Serah Eley
Serah Eley is a chaos spirit who first appeared in 2013, from the right cerebral hemisphere of a former podcaster named Steve Eley. Best known as the founding editor and host of Escape Pod, with the famous signoff “Have Fun,” Steve realized he was having more fun as Serah and gave her the body for transition and general mayhem. Now much prettier than Steve and at least seventy percent weirder, Serah lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her spouse Sadi and collects stories too fantastic to be fiction. If you ask nicely she may even tell some of them. Very nicely.
