Stories! kindness after the apocalypse
Feb. 24th, 2019 03:27 pmLooking back at the story! tag, an awful lot of the stories are apocalyptic. Makes sense, given what's happening in the world these days. I like the goal of bringing kindness to the apocalypse. Better than feeling completely helpless.
No Flight Without the Shatter by Brooke Bolander.
Asphalt, River, Mother, Child by Isabel Yap. This story is full of violence. And yet. I am posting it because the goddess Mebuyen is kind to her charges. Because someone cares about the violence, and it has consequences. Also I loved that the story is full of Filipino words and phrases (with glossary at the end). Do check the content warnings at the top of the story.
I do have an anatomy geek complaint about locating something "above her ribs" in the second paragraph. Our ribs go all the way up to the collarbones, and a little higher. I don't think "above" is what the author meant.
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No Flight Without the Shatter by Brooke Bolander.
After the world’s end, the last young human learns a final lesson from Earth’s remaining animals.I loved the dreamtime prose.
Asphalt, River, Mother, Child by Isabel Yap. This story is full of violence. And yet. I am posting it because the goddess Mebuyen is kind to her charges. Because someone cares about the violence, and it has consequences. Also I loved that the story is full of Filipino words and phrases (with glossary at the end). Do check the content warnings at the top of the story.
I do have an anatomy geek complaint about locating something "above her ribs" in the second paragraph. Our ribs go all the way up to the collarbones, and a little higher. I don't think "above" is what the author meant.
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bibliogramma where there are other short story links.
