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 tells the story of a character with motor coordination issues and their experiences during an alien occupation of Earth. The ending will surprise and delight you!❤️, Editor DianeFind the book:Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Twelfth Planet Press | Goodreads Another of our stories, Did We Break the End of the World? by Tansy Rayner Roberts, is also available to listen to for free via podcast. Check it out here. -- source link
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