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Featuring a special large-cast reading of BCS150: The Punctuality Machine, Or, A Steampunk Libretto by Bill Powell, in celebration of the 150th episode of the BCS Audio Fiction Podcast.

Out of the Rose Hills
Marissa Lingen

Tirene was so relieved not to smell roses upon waking that she almost found it difficult to care whether they would be able to find magic or metaphor to get rid of the shadow lady. This pleasant sensation was dispelled halfway through her breakfast of oat cakes, maple syrup, and berries, when the shadow lady swept into the sunny taproom.

The shadow woman's face was also made of shadows, so it was not visible as a face. But the shadows moved in a way that suggested an indulgent smile.
The Punctuality Machine, Or, A Steampunk Libretto
Bill Powell

JACQUENETTE: Monsieur Cartwright! Early?

WHITLOCK: (aside) An identical response! Perhaps free will is a mere illusion. On the other hand, she's an automaton.

(JACQUENETTE slaps him.)

JACQUENETTE: How dare you employ such a term for a lady!

WHITLOCK : How dare you eavesdrop on an obvious aside!

WHITLOCK: (aside) An identical response! Perhaps free will is a mere illusion. On the other hand, she's an automaton.
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The Punctuality Machine, Or, A Steampunk Libretto
Bill Powell

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WHITLOCK: (aside) An identical response! Perhaps free will is a mere illusion. On the other hand, she's an automaton.
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