* Author : M.K. Hutchins
* Narrator : Julia Rios
* Host : Graeme Dunlop
* Audio Producer : Peter Wood
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PodCastle 374: Poet-Scholars of the Necropolis is a PodCastle original.
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Poet-Scholars of the Necropolis
by M.K. Hutchins
Hedrana, the Lord-Governor’s aunt, arrived the next morning. She banged on the necropolis door as if she’d been locked out of her own house. “Hello! I won’t be kept w-aiting!”
If Hedrana’s shrill, sing-song voice couldn’t wake the dead, nothing would.
Royzca was already awake, but she took her time shuffling down the hall, her hip aching as it did every morning. Onyo joined her from his room. “Do we have to let her in?”
“If we’re nice, maybe she’ll go away more quickly,” Royzca said. “She’s only here to flatter herself.”