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PodCastle 373: Sweet Potato Woman
* Author : Chris Barnes
* Narrator : Graeme Dunlop
* Host : Graeme Dunlop
* Audio Producer : Peter Wood
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First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM) #28, in 2007.
Rated PG
Sweet Potato Woman
by Chris Barnes
The voice hummed the tune again, softer. George blinked, rubbed his eyes and focused on the bedside clock’s green glowing hands. Twelve-something.
Kitchen. The song was coming from the kitchen. He sat up and listened. The tempo slowed, the voice faded, vanished. The house fell silent, expectant.
George climbed out of bed, switched on the lamp, put on his glasses and stumbled into the hallway. He stood and listened. Nothing. Through the living room, the dining room, into the kitchen. The linoleum chilled the soles of his feet. He tried the back door. Locked, as it should be. Then where …?
The sweet potato woman?