Review of Stephen Granade, “Dislocated,” Flash Fiction Online 143 (August 2025): 23-25 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
There was a very hopeful thread in this story, a thread entwined about the fact that even in the depths of awfulness humanity still knows how to band together in the form of support groups — whether it’s groups like AA in the real world or Nicola’s teleportation sickness support ground in Granade’s story — which left me feeling quite comforted, actually, considering how objectively depressing the story was. (The extremely delightful ending didn’t hurt, that’s for sure.)