photo by John Le When asked why women should read science fiction and fantasy, Ursula K. LeGuin replied: Because it offers alternatives. What any group that is socially oppressed, or marginalized, or not in control, needs is to know that there are other ways to run a society, that the way this society is being …
Tag Archives: writing
Fiction Friday 6: New Beginnings
photo by wolfgang The gods had forsaken this land long ago. If the scorching prime-light of the Patriad was not enough to prove this, then certainly the dust-storms were. Evensong’s cloak was pulled tight across her body, though every bit of loose fabric whipped furiously about her. The pack full of instruments rested heavily upon her back, triple wrapped. …
My Brother
My brother is and always was story. He is lying through his teeth with every tale he tells but we lick it like sugar from his open hands, and know not what is fiction and what is truth. He holds power over every aspect of his story, even the sound of his voice. He throws …