spoonie-living: [Image: Three figures at night, caught in a searchlight shining from a destroyed cit

spoonie-living: [Image: Three figures at night, caught in a searchlight shining from a destroyed cityscape. There are a child and adult holding hands, and a taller figure walking with arm crutches.]Defying DoomsdayApocalypse-survival fiction with disabled and chronically ill protagonistsHey all—Editor Diane here.Look, with the world the way it is… I’ve given a lot of thought to various apocalypses, natural disasters (hellooo Cascadia subduction zone), and war. What would I do? What could I do? I’ve devoured all sorts of apocalypse and dystopian fiction, but I was still left asking, what does doomsday look like for sick and disabled folks? It feels lonely when nobody seems to be talking about it.This book really filled a need for me. There are very few disabled folks in science fiction (let alone well-developed and represented ones), and to see a character like us is powerful. Even more powerful is to actually see scenarios played out—see the ways disabled folks survive, help, or even die in the apocalypse, just like able-bodied folks see anytime they pick up a dystopian fiction novel. It’s a form of recognition. It’s a form of processing. And it’s a real source of validation.The stories in this anthology are really fantastic, with an extremely wide range of disability and chronic illness. They don’t all have happy endings (in fact, some of the are really gritty), but they do explore what the apocalypse means to us.Want a taste of what’s in here? Check out one of the stories, Given Sufficient Desperation, for free via Escape Pod (audio reading and full text available). It’s by Bogi Takács and concerns a character with motor coordination issues and their experiences during an alien occupation of Earth. The ending will surprise and delight you!ETA: The anthology editors pointed out that another one of the stories, Did We Break the End of the World? is also free via the Sheep Might Fly podcast (audio only)! Tansy Rayner Roberts. This one’s about a young person with hearing aids who turns to specializing in battery scavenging, repair, and recharging after the electrical grid goes out in a mysterious event. ❤️, Editor DianeFind the book:Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Twelfth Planet Press | Goodreads Y'all, there’s a Kickstarter for a sequel of post-apocalyptic stories in this vein! Probably just the balm some of us need right now… I know it is for me.Back it here! -- source link

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