I never make eye contact because I don’t intend to look kind or inviting in any way. Because men.
INSIGHT
POETRY
Sand & Silt
We all have a story like this, / innocent in its setting, nefarious / in how it stays / spurred into our bones as we grow.
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She Has a Way with Worlds:
The Women of Science Fiction
Last month marked the 2018 Hugo Awards, honoring the year’s best fantasy and science fiction writing. Women swept up top awards in almost every category, including Best Novel (The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin), Best Novella (All Systems Red by Martha Wells), Best Novelette (“The Secret Life of Bots” by Suzanne Palmer), Best Short Story […]
FICTION
Newfangled Creature
Make a game out of nothing. Make rules and order out of air. Guess who is hurting you. Start over, do it again. Feel trapped.
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Mother Chimera
When I woke in the recovery room after surgery, a nurse’s head hovered over mine. “It’s okay,” she said. “I had one too, and now I have three healthy kids.”
And just like that, I gained access to a world of miscarriages.
Conditions
She feels the tidal pull of a future without him. She has almost forgotten what life was like, all those years ago, when they’d talked over books and equations, she his little witch.
