Ep 457 - The Comet by W.E.B. Dubois and Woeful Tales from Mahigul by Ursula K. Le Guin

<p>We're celebrating the fiction-filled and fictional holiday of Short Story Week by sharing two short stories with y'all this week. First up is The Comet, a speculative sci-fi tale by civil rights activist and writer W.E.B. DuBois from his collection Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. After that is Woeful Tales from Mahigul, a short story collection <em>within</em> a short story collection by Ursula K. Le Guin from her collection Changing Planes. </p><p>Check out our previous LeGuin episodes on <a href="https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2016/2/5/episode-159-the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-and-the-forbidden-words-of-margaret-a-bonus-episode" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas</a> and <a href="https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2018/1/29/episode-282-the-dispossessed-by-ursula-k-le-guin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Dispossessed</a>.</p><p>Our theme music was composed by&nbsp;<a href="http://instagram.com/nicklerangis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick Lerangis</a>.</p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>