Fiction. Poetry. This collection of short fiction and poetry from author Malka Older, examines otherness, identity and compassion across a spectrum of possible existence. In stories about an AI built for empathy, a corps of fighting midwives traveling to a new planet, and a young anthropologist who returns to study the cultures of a dying Earth, Older's characters grapple with what it means to belong and be othered, to cling to the past and face the future, all while navigating a precarious world, riddled with natural and man-made disasters.
Contents
The black box -- The rupture -- The divided -- Tear tracks -- Candidate Y -- Perpetuation of the species -- The email heiress -- Saint path.
