Sisters, Loss, and the Female Bond in Dystopian Fiction
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The bond between sisters — and the devastation of its rupture — is among the most powerful and underexplored emotional territories in dystopian fiction. This post examines how grief, guilt, and the ghost of a lost sister drive some of the genre's most resonant narratives.
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Sisters, Loss, and the Female Bond - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

In dystopian fiction, the bond between women — sisters by blood or by choice — is rarely just emotional. It is structural. It is the thing that authoritarian systems most need to break, and the thing they most consistently fail to destroy completely.

David Somerfleck
Why I Chose 2096 for My Dystopian Science Fiction Series-
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2096 is not an arbitrary date — it sits at the precise distance where plausibility and imagination can coexist.
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Why I Chose 2096 for My Dystopian Science Fiction Trilogy - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

Why 2096? The year is not arbitrary — it is load-bearing. A personal essay on the distance, symbolism, and storytelling logic that made 2096 the only possible home for the Shards of a Shattered Sky trilogy.

David Somerfleck
What 2096 Could Look Like If We Don't Act Now
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The year 2096 is not science fiction's distant invention — it is the trajectory of choices being made today.
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What 2096 Could Look Like If We Don’t Act Now - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

A lyrical, data-grounded vision of America in 2096 — the plausible, peer-reviewed future hiding inside today’s headlines — drawn from the research that underlies dystopian science fiction Shards of a Shattered Sky trilogy.

David Somerfleck