“Right now the Amazon, home to millions of my relatives, is burning. If it goes on like this, twenty years from now my house will become a desert and my people will be at risk of becoming history. Governments … are not helping. They promote hate-based narratives and a development model that attacks nature and indigenous peoples. These governments are trying to put us in extinction. They are part of the problem.”
—Artemisa Xakriabá
—Artemisa Xakriabá
Issue 2019.51
![[ Issue 2019.51; Cover art © 2019 Saleha Chowdhury ]](http://futurefire.net/images/f51cover.jpg "[ Issue 2019.51; Cover art © 2019 Saleha Chowdhury ]")
Flash fiction - ‘Hysteria’, Katrina Smith (illustrated by Fluffgar)
- ‘Shore Pines and Spider Silk’, Misha Penton (illustrated by Joyce Chng)
- ‘Billie the Dragon Slayer’, Alexandra Grunberg (illustrated by Toeken)
- ‘Earthgazing’, Lisa Cai (illustrated by Katharine A. Viola)
- ‘Inanition’, Kate Kastelein (illustrated by Rachel Linn)
- ‘The First Breath after Drowning’, Tannara Young (illustrated by Eric Asaris)
- ‘Through the Dark, Persephone Speaks’, Jennifer Bushroe (illustrated by Miguel Santos)
- ‘Daughter’, Eva Papasoulioti (illustrated by Cécile Matthey)
- ‘Riddles of Lunacy’, Rufina Jinju Kang (illustrated by Saleha Chowdhury)
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So excited to be a part of this issue! I have a write up detailing what influenced my short story on my blog: https://lisacchen.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/publication-earthgazing/
ReplyDeleteA shout out to Cécile Matthey's visual interpretation of Eva Papasoulioti's poem--I love how these two pieces came together!
ReplyDeleteSo a cool issue to be a part of! Bravi tutti!
ReplyDeleteI've been moving and just got a chance to look at the rest of the issue. Wow--so much beautiful lyricism and imagery in these stories! And the final sentence in 'Through the Dark, Persephone Speaks' by Jennifer Bushroe doesn't pull any punches.
ReplyDeleteLovely images in Misha Penton's flash. And I love Joyce Chng's illustration;the colors and the simplicity, so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAlex Brown talks about “Inanition” by Kate Kastelein over at the Tor blog, and recommends it among her top ten stories of the last couple months.
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