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Bogi Takács PERSON @bogiperson
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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.)
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."
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 -
There is a lot here that I relate to specifically as a gamer, and this story is not about gaming at all.

The desire for exploration, the second person perspective, the need to keep the electricity on somehow ;)

That was all very interesting to see.
If you liked it, I also recommend:

This Is Not a Wardrobe Door by @Merc_Rustad in @FiresideFiction 2016:
firesidefiction.com/issue29/chapte…
Portal fantasy + feels

Conservation of Shadows by @motomaratai in @clarkesworld 2011
clarkesworldmagazine.com/lee_08_11/
Second person narrative, gaming ambience
Mari Ness on Twitter @mari_ness

Author website: marikness.wordpress.com

She also just had a book-length poem out (US Amazon affiliate link):

amzn.to/2zZKz0N
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