Podcast Episode 48: SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER

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Aaron: I’m Aaron Kling, audio editor for Reckoning, and listeners, if you’re feeling cold, this episode will warm you right up. It’s “SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER”, from Reckoning 7, written and read by T.K. Rex. I really enjoyed “SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN”. Before it’s a story about climate, it’s a story about building interspecies bridges, hand to flipper. Before it’s a story about communication, it’s a story about a changing world through a new pair of eyes. And before all that, it’s a story about curiousity, about being willing to push out of your own sphere and into someone else’s, even if you’ve got to go underwater to do it. And I think that’s worth a listen. Right?

SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER by T.K. Rex

T. K. Rex looks at the camera with a conspiratorial smile, wearing a gray hoodie, lit by direct sunlight in Dolores Park, with the San Francisco skyline in the background. The author presents as perhaps in their 30s, and vaguely femme, although they identify as nonbinary and use the pronouns she and they interchangeably. They have long, dark brown hair, brown eyes, and fair-to-olive skin with a significant nose that isn't exactly Jewish or Roman, but some delightfully unholy alliance of both (in the author's own words). The photo was taken by fellow author Giovanna Lomanto circa 2024.

Author: T.K. Rex

T. K. Rex is a science fiction and fantasy author from the western states, whose stories can be read in more than forty publications, including The Sunday Morning Transport,  Apex, Asimov’s, and their debut collection, The Wildcraft Drones, coming 2026. They’re an alumni of the Clarion, Taos Toolbox and Futurescapes workshops; a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, the Authors Guild, and the Writers Grotto; the co-host of Stir, a reading series in San Francisco; and ADHD as hell. T. K.'s stories, socials, and newsletter can be found at tkrex.wtf.

Author: Aaron Kling

Audio Editor

Aaron Kling is a podcaster, fiction writer, and voice talent working out of the Midwest. He enjoys obsessing over worldbuilding, running tabletop campaigns, and talking to his partner, his friends, and himself.

One thought on “Podcast Episode 48: SQUAWKER AND DOLPHIN SWIMMING TOGETHER”

  1. Hearing Mx. Rex read this moved me to tears, but then I live in Port Charlotte and have seen hurricanes come and go since Charley in 2004! Their vision of finally beginning to communicate with the most curious NHI on the planet, which we are only just now beginning to appreciate, is sublime and profound! I look forward to their forthcoming anthology with great anticipation!

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