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Today on #diversestories: You Will Never Know What Opens by @mari_ness, @LightspeedMag Dec 2017.
lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/will-n…
2100 words, contemporary portal fantasy deconstruction + sense of wonder + feels!
(Content warning for physical injury + threat of death.)
lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/will-n…
2100 words, contemporary portal fantasy deconstruction + sense of wonder + feels!
(Content warning for physical injury + threat of death.)
Choice quote :) :
"Up until then, you’d just assumed that most people couldn’t even see the doors, let alone go through them; you’d had plumbers in to fix the bathroom after the cheetah incident, and they hadn’t seen anything."
"Up until then, you’d just assumed that most people couldn’t even see the doors, let alone go through them; you’d had plumbers in to fix the bathroom after the cheetah incident, and they hadn’t seen anything."
I really liked the feelings the protagonist had about the portals and how this conflicted with everyday life, the need to pay bills, etc.
I also enjoyed the second person narration! I only realized halfway through the story was in second person, it's done very smoothly -
I also enjoyed the second person narration! I only realized halfway through the story was in second person, it's done very smoothly -
