This episode features “Tick-Tock” written by Xia Jia. Originally published in Chinese SF Comet. Published in the May 2019 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.

The text version of this story can be found at:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/xia_05_19

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