PseudoPod 72: Heavy Rains
Heavy Rains
by Andrew Nicolle
The place we’re heading for is called Island Lagoon, smack-bang in the middle of the South Australian Outback. It looks like everything else out here in the bush: dry, dusty, the odd saltbush scattered along the plain. But I know this place is different.
First, the name is a bit inaccurate. You’d think a place called Island Lagoon would have some water, or maybe some swampland. It doesn’t. Not usually, anyway. Most of the year it’s just a dry saltpan, and if you blinked, you’d probably miss it.
Sometimes though… sometimes after heavy rain it turns into a salt lake. And when it does, things can get disturbed.
About the Author
Andrew Nicolle
Per Andrew’s website:
I’m an Australian American, living in Midwest USA with my wife and son, three cats, and lots of books. I’m a software engineer by day, and write fiction and apps by night. (more…)
About the Narrator
A.J. Fitzwater
A.J. Fitzwater is a dragon wearing a human meat suit from Christchurch, New Zealand. A graduate of Clarion 2014, she’s had short fiction published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Crossed Genres Magazine, and other venues of repute. Look out for upcoming stories in Shimmer Magazine and The Future Fire. She has done narrations across all Escape Artist podcasts, as well as Redstone SF, Interzone, and Wily Writers.
