Escape Pod 120: The Sundial Brigade
Show Notes
Referenced Sites:
UK Terrorism Act 2006
Graydancer.com
Stranger Things
Closing song: “Think For Yourself” by George Hrab
The Sundial Brigade
by James Trimarco
Not long after that, Antonio had an appointment with his curator, Yoshi, at the Department of Human Heritage. Antonio explained his situation in the Tyrranean language.
“So you’re unsatisfied with your role as a beggar,” Yoshi said. “That’s hardly surprising. The unemployed of the early twenty-first century were also unhappy. Your emotions are true to period, that’s all.”
“But it’s all wrong,” Antonio insisted. “I did well in school. I studied to be an engineer. If this was the real Italy, someone like me wouldn’t end up like this.
Yoshi’s mouth curved into the sterile non-smile of a bureaucrat with no time for sympathy.
About the Author
James Trimarco
Despite numerous late-night attempts to discover the fourth-dimensional reptilian lurking within him, James Trimarco has no choice but to call himself a fully human anthropologist and writer from New York City. He is a member of the Altered Fluid writers’ group. His work appears in The Selling of 9/11: How a National Tragedy Became a Commodity, Talking Back: Epistolary Fantasies, and Strange Horizons.
About the Narrator
