April and May brought so many stories of strangeness, beauty, love, and darkness. Here's a sampling of just some of what I loved.
Stories of Beauty, Strangeness,
and Love “Mothers, Watch Over Me,” by Maria Haskins in Mythic Delirium I confess that I’m not even a
dog person, yet this story nearly had me in tears. In a post-apocalyptic world,
a dog named Maya gives birth to a sickly pup. Although she has lost puppies
before, she knows that this one
must
live, and she is determined to do all she can to make it so. Maya carries her
litter of pups in a basket with her into the Forbidding, on a journey to the
towers of God for help. A beautifully written, delicate, and poignant story of
love, survival, and determination.
“Strange
Waters”by Samantha Mills in Strange Horizons Another story about a desperate (this time human) mother.
Mika is a sailor who is lost at sea. She knows
where she is in relation to the coastline and her home city of
Maelstrom. But she often doesn’t know
when
she is.
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