Review of Shira Musicant, “Leavings,” Flash Fiction Online 126 (March 2024): 8-10 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
The story comes with a content warning for suicide, but what I found most difficult to read was how eerily and uncannily accurate it was at representing the feeling of displacement that comes with being (in my case) neurodivergent. In a world of neurotypical stories, finding a character whose interactions with his universe come at a slant is not only surprising but also surprisingly difficult. There is a reality to this story that many stories don’t have, and I don’t mean this just in the sense that it was billed as “literary” rather than “speculative”. Worthwhile read, but also worth heading the content warning.
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