Main Fiction: "After the Atrocity" by Ian CreasyIan Creasey lives in Yorkshire, England. Several of his stories have previously been podcasted at StarShipSofa, most recently "The Language of Flowers" in episode 542, June 2018. A collection of his science-fiction stories, The Shapes of Strangers was published by NewCon Press in 2019. For more information, please visit his website at iancreasey.comThis story originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, March/April 2017.Narrated by: Christina M. RauChristina M. Rau is the author of What We Do To Make Us Whole, the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Astronauts, and two poetry chapbooks. She serves as Poet in Residence for both Cedarmere and the Oceanside Library (NY) and was 2020 Walt Whitman Birthplace Poet of the Year. Her poetry airs on Destinies radio show (WUSB) and appears in various literary journals. When she's not writing, she's teaching yoga or watching the Game Show Network. http://www.christinamrau.comFact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.