"There was a sound, too heavy to be fluttering, but definitely the sound of wings, and then the feeling of three-taloned toes digging into her calf."
Read 'The Cockatrice' by Emlyn Meredith Dornemann
https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-cockatrice-by-emlyn-meredith-dornemann/
"The Flame in You" is a tale of two brothers, in which L Nabang shows us the threads from which patriarchal power may be woven in our selves and in our families, and the suffering inflicted by rigid gender norms
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/inner-worlds-4-the-flame-in-you-by-l-nabang/
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Short review of the magnificent fabulist and horror novel. Swamplandia by Karen Russell.
"Because He Was a Doe Once, and His Feet Can't Forget the Taste of Soil" by Kyle E Miller is a surreal and exhilarating plunge into a stream of consciousness in an encounter with nature.
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/inner-worlds-2-because-he-was-a-doe-once-kyle-e-miller/
Ashley was only a few miles from home, but he had never been to this part of the countryside. He stood in an empty cornfield thinking of the chair he had been commissioned to build, watching the wild clover, which seemed unbearably green after the pale grays and sodium yellows
What's everyone reading coming up on this long weekend? I've got two books on the go as I often do! I'm enjoying both of these very much. Premee Mohamed's THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS just came out two weeks ago, and Sydney Hegele's debut novel BIRD SUIT comes in in May. Thanks to Invisible Publishing for the advance copy!
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@sarahijackson Ooh, lovely. And I found a great blog post after searching for it: https://adancewithbooks.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/dont-call-it-that-magical-realism-vs-fabulism-wyrdandwonder/
"Phalanges (Wings)" by @greene offers a darkly beautiful fantasy of transformation, escape, and acceptance.
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/inner-worlds-1-phalanges-kila-greene/
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Content warnings Ableism. It’s a Thursday, Maddie’s longest day of the week this semester; four classes, the last ending at nine PM. She crammed herself into a corner seat for that one, fluorescent flicker of overhead lights spreading like an itch over her skin. Her ears felt full
On the other hand, many AIs will tell you that computer scientists don't exist.
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