A sad and haunting story, with a delicious end celebrating change, about being stuck in an unaccepting environment and how becoming yourself (blooming into yourself, one might say…) sometimes requires a big change of self and situation. I love fungal horror and this story explores that very well, especially the intimacy that comes with symbiosis. The body horror was also done really well and delicious. While this is only a short morsel, I really enjoyed the atmospheric writing and the exploration of stifling rural life. Very, very fun to read!
A truly amazing short story that I found myself relating to so so SO much. Both as someone who's trans and as someone who comes from a small village in the countryside of East Europe. While my family wasn't religious, everyone else around me was and it definitely infected my perception of who I can be. And when I managed to escape aka to move for university, I also felt like the main character, shedding my skin and blooming into a new person that's been begging to be let free for so long.
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A sad and haunting story, with a delicious end celebrating change, about being stuck in an unaccepting environment and how becoming yourself (blooming into yourself, one might say…) sometimes requires a big change of self and situation. I love fungal horror and this story explores that very well, especially the intimacy that comes with symbiosis. The body horror was also done really well and delicious. While this is only a short morsel, I really enjoyed the atmospheric writing and the exploration of stifling rural life. Very, very fun to read!
A truly amazing short story that I found myself relating to so so SO much. Both as someone who's trans and as someone who comes from a small village in the countryside of East Europe. While my family wasn't religious, everyone else around me was and it definitely infected my perception of who I can be. And when I managed to escape aka to move for university, I also felt like the main character, shedding my skin and blooming into a new person that's been begging to be let free for so long.
As someone who had the immense pleasure of being able to read this early (and blurb it), I am so excited to read it again!
Thank you angel <3