a hatchery, a smelter, a DJ, and hope

October 8, 2024 8:03 AM

Before & after the end of the world: three speculative fiction stories. "The Day Comes" by Shih-Li Kow (2023, Heartlines Spec): "When I took on the job as the singular employee of Kertih Turtle Sanctuary, the Delphi Visionary Forecast prediction for the end of the world was at forty months." Just after: "And Sneer of Cold Command" by Premee Mohamed (2017, The Sockdolager): "After it was over, the city squares began to boast statues of our conquerors—hasty, ugly things cast in brittle bronze." Further after: "The Wedding of Hope Garrison and Chevrolet Dodge Ford" by R.W.W. Greene, in text and audio (2024, Metaphorosis): "Hank would have bet his fee that she hadn’t heard anything but live music her whole life..."
posted by brainwane (1 comment total)

Mohamed’s Beneath the Rising really disappointed me after all the praise it received, but I liked this story — compact, ambiguous, and very evocative. Maybe I’ll try another novel.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:20 AM on October 8, 2024 [2 favorites]