Nothing to Fear, Nothing to Fear (Senaa Ahmad): one of those science fiction stories that’s almost not about the SF at all it’s just about in McGuffin territory. I don’t want to spoil the story, but it’s focused on the very mundane, not that society has suddenly become any more violent to trans folks than it currently is. Once again, not being part of that community, I’d never thought of those things. In this story we see (along with all the other emotions and things the author is bringing to the dystopia) how the collapse of society would affect trans folks. OF COURSE those would be missed in a world without them, and, of course, most male-bodied writers wouldn’t even think about it. I remember being shocked (at least partially because I’m a guy) when I read a dystopian short story in which a female-bodied person was relieved to have access to tampons. But, when we’re in a dystopia, things we take for granted become more important.
There is so much about daily life that isn’t included in most fiction – like going to the bathroom. None of that is important because Theodoridou has us focused on a group of survivors and their found family. Maybe war caused the dystopia or maybe war happened because things got dystopian. Poems written while (Natalia Theodoridou): Some sort of dystopian future.
I think maybe part of it was me being unable to figure out at first if it was supposed to be a SF or fantasy world and whether what was happening was metaphorical or physical. I failed to gel with the premise or consequences of the world. This issue started off unevenly for me, but I ended up liking most of the stories and non-fiction essays.Ī Catalog of Storms (Fran Wilde): A fantasy world in which weather becomes sentient. Uncanny Magazine Issue 26: January/February 2019 by Lynne M.
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