PodCastle 370: Congratulations On Your Apotheosis
Show Notes
Rated PG
Congratulations On Your Apotheosis
by Michelle Ann King
As a life coach, Abby Fowler strongly discouraged magical thinking. It was better for people to take responsibility for improving their lives, rather than wait and hope for supernatural assistance. Better, and a lot more reliable.
So Abby would never advise anyone to use a spell, even one that came with impeccable provenance and the crackle of real power in every square inch of the ancient parchment it was inscribed on. Even one that was purely for divination, nothing more than a harmless bit of information-gathering that might, say, help someone with preparing a five-year business plan for their coaching practice in order to apply for a bank loan. She would never advise it because she knew that kind of thing never ended well.
About the Author
Michelle Ann King
Michelle Ann King writes science fiction, fantasy and horror from her kitchen table in Essex, England. Her work has appeared in various venues and anthologies, including Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and Unidentified Funny Objects 2. She loves zombies, Las Vegas, and good Scotch whiskey, not necessarily in that order. Her short stories are being collected in the Transient Tales series, and she is currently at work on a paranormal crime novel.
About the Narrator
Christiana Ellis
Christiana Ellis is an award-winning writer and podcaster living in Massachusetts. She is the author of Nina Kimberly the Merciless, Space Casey and Phyllis Esposito: Interdimensional Private-Eye, and she can often be found running a variety table-top role-playing games on her stream and podcast “So Many Levels”
