Escape Pod 306: Radio Nowhere
Radio Nowhere
By Douglas Smith
On the anniversary of the worst night of his life, Liam stood outside the darkened control room of the campus radio station. Over the speakers, the Tragically Hip’s “Boots and Hearts” was just winding down. Behind the glass in the studio, Ziggy’s small triangular face glowed like some night angel, lit from below by her laptop screen. She looked up, her eyes finding Liam’s in the darkness. Smiling, she wrinkled her nose at him. His own smile slid away, falling into the dark place inside him, the place that was always darker on this night.
Ziggy turned back to the mike as the song ended. “I’m closing with a request from an old friend, to an old friend. This one’s for Jackie, from Liam. A hurtin’ song, cuz he’s still hurtin’. Fifteen years ago tonight…” She looked at him through the glass.
Fifteen years. He closed his eyes. Fifteen years, and it still hurt this much.
About the Author
Douglas Smith
Douglas Smith is a multi-award-winning Canadian author of fantasy, SF, and supernatural fiction. His work has been published in twenty-six languages and thirty-two countries. He’s won Canada’s Aurora Award three times and has been a finalist for the international John W. Campbell Award, Canada’s juried Sunburst Award, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘Bookies’ award, and France’s juried Prix Masterton and Prix Bob Morane.
About the Narrator
Wilson Fowlie
