{"id":4143,"date":"2023-02-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?post_type=sf-podcast&#038;p=4143"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T20:05:31","slug":"episode-5-martas-smile-by-maria-haskins","status":"publish","type":"sf-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/sf-podcast\/episode-5-martas-smile-by-maria-haskins\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 5: \u201cMarta&#8217;s Smile\u201d by Maria Haskins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-libsyn-podcasting-block\"><div class=\"libsyn-shortcode\" style=\"display:block\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My dear friend Maria Haskins joins us with her haunting story, &#8220;Marta&#8217;s Smile,&#8221; based on the February theme of <strong>Secret Crush<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host: R. B. Wood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maria Haskins<\/strong> is a Swedish-Canadian writer and reviewer of speculative fiction. 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