Clarkesworld Podcast for "A Sweet Calling"
The audio version of my story "A Sweet Calling", as read by Kate Baker, is now available for your listening pleasure. It's the second podcast this month for Clarkesworld #44. I just finished listening to Ms. Baker's admirable narration myself and am very, very pleased!
Once you've listened to or read the story, you may wish to check out the bonus material below.
"A Sweet Calling" is my tribute to a real but vanishing art. The sugar opera is said to have originated China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and my story is set in the Southern Song Dynasty. Even today, a few candymen still know how to entrance with the magic of pulled sugar. Watch a modern Tangren sculpt a Dragon:
Once you've listened to or read the story, you may wish to check out the bonus material below.
"A Sweet Calling" is my tribute to a real but vanishing art. The sugar opera is said to have originated China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and my story is set in the Southern Song Dynasty. Even today, a few candymen still know how to entrance with the magic of pulled sugar. Watch a modern Tangren sculpt a Dragon: