PodCastle 368: Dinkley’s Ice Cream
Show Notes
Rated G
Dinkley’s Ice Cream
by Effie Seiberg
Shanti squirmed with anticipation, trying to wriggle away from my hairbrush but caught by the knots in her curls. “A fair!” she said. “With monkeys and elephants and a magic man!”
“Yes, a fair!” I agreed, not wanting to confirm the rest – not wanting to set up any disappointment as I set down the brush on her bedside table. She beamed up at me with her sunshine smile and I looped a thin elastic around a pigtail. Four years old, and I’d never been able to take her before. Too expensive.
Fairs don’t come to the city. It’s too crowded, and where would they set up the tents? To even get to the fair it was a five dollar bus ride (two dollars for kids), plus a dollar eighty five for the shuttle if you didn’t walk. We walked.
About the Author
Effie Seiberg
Effie Seiberg is a fantasy and science fiction writer. Her stories can be found in all four Escape Artists podcasts, as well as “Women Destroy Science Fiction!” (winner of the 2015 British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology), “The Best of Galaxy’s Edge”, Analog, and Fireside Fiction, amongst others. She likes to make sculpted cakes and bad puns. Follow her on twitter at @effies , or read her work at effieseiberg.com.
About the Narrator
Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and three children. By day she works as a breast oncology nurse. At all other times she juggles, none too successfully, writing, reading, gaming, and gardening. She has written one novel entitled An Unproductive Woman available on Amazon. She has also been published in or has stories upcoming in Escape Pod, Diabolical Plots, and FIYAH. Khaalidah also co-edits podcastle.org where she is on a mission to encourage more women to submit fantasy stories. Of her alter ego, K from the planet Vega, it is rumored that she owns a time machine and knows the secret to long youth. She can be found online at http://khaalidah.com and on Twitter at @khaalidah.
