{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9077c08c-f50e-4ce8-95d1-03fbe7cc72d1/b9784021-64f1-42c2-8a3a-41e6529742a1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"StarShipSofa No 537 Lauren Beukes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae920252fa86ccc84ffe/6112afa5d6c7ff0012729930.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Main Fiction: \"Pop Tarts\" by </strong><a href=\"http://laurenbeukes.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lauren Beukes</strong></a></p><p>Originally appeared in <em>Laugh it Off.</em></p><p>Lauren Beukes is a South African author and scriptwriter. Her books include the black magic noir, <em>Zoo City</em>, which won the Arthur C Clarke Award, <em>The Shining Girls</em>, about a time-travelling serial killer and the survivor who turns the hunt around, which won the University of Johannesburg Prize, and Survivor’s Club, a horror comic with Dale Halvorsen and Ryan Kelly. Her latest book is <em>Slipping: Short Stories, Essays &amp; Other Writing</em>, which includes Pop Tarts and other weirdnesses.</p><p><strong>Narrated by: Masali Baduza&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Masali Baduza is an actress based in Cape Town. She studied at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. She has two babies (read: dogs) who make her very happy. Chocolate also makes her very happy. Cheesy pasta too. One day she hopes to run a production company.</p><p>Special thanks to Jon Keevy of the Alexander Bar Cape Town theatre and the Sound Foundry studio, where this story was professionally recorded.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/StarShipSofa/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tony at YouTube</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Tony C Smith"}