I’m a guest on Pages on the Tongue, an all-new podcast about short fiction!  Host Michelle Murray was so gracious and fun to talk to.  She’s also traveled to Ecuador, so she had me read “Venom in the Cloud Forest” from Myriad Lands Vol. 2, and then we had a marvelous time discussing my story and our travel experiences, and many other topics:  entering story through setting, how my desire to write a villain shaped the narrative, putting indigenous perspectives at the forefront, etc. 

This seems like a good time to share something I read in the article “Indigenous women are showing us how to fight for environmental and human rights”:  According to Sônia Guajajara, “Indigenous peoples make up only 5% of the world’s population, yet we protect 82% of the remaining biodiversity on the planet.”  Pretty staggering. 

Michelle put a lot of care and time into adding sound effects to my story for an extra immersive experience.  Please support the Pages on the Tongue podcast by downloading the episode and watching for her next guest.