In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Heather Averhoff’s “SHE”.
A tapestry, shorn— / tearing through the tattered sleeve— / scarlet, muscle, bone
I like to write from the point of view of monsters. I’m a Muslim-Arab man, and I think a lot about demonization—who gets turned into monsters and who gets viewed as monsters.