“When we entered the apartment, none of us had to ask about the food basket. From the look on Dad's face, we had received a ham. We always prayed for a turkey. It put him in a better mood.” PovertyChristmasEmotional AbuseAlcoholismShort Story CollectionFood Baskets Book:Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years. Source: Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years.
“At a gut level, she knew this illness was one more ploy by her mother—one more ploy to keep Karen under her mother's thumb” GriefAngerLgbtDeath And DyingLesbianMother Daughter RelationshipsCirc24 Author:Circa24
“She gazed over her oxygen mask at the small, smiling Christmas tree that sat on the table behind her. Tonight, the whirling sound of the disk in the drive was a song that was sweeter than any lullaby.” GriefAidsLgbtHivHospiceShort Story CollectionProtestsAids EpidemicCirca24 Book:Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years. Source: Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years.
“When you reach our age, everyone wants to keep you alive with granola. Consider this breakfast an act of liberation. I got greasy egg sandwiches, bacon, and hash browns.” Old AgeLgbtAbandonmentElderlyLesbianOntarioBirthdaysShort Story CollectionCirca24 Book:Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years. Source: Thomas Hardy was an Optimist: A Collection of Short Stories From the Plague Years.
“team. Learning D-com was akin to learning CPR. No one mentions a victim could throw up in your mouth. In extractions, no one tells you what could go awry. Jake had read about the process long before her first case, but book learning went only so far.” CprCryogenicsCirca24Silent ConsentDystopyian Book:Silent Consent Source: Silent Consent
“After his first weeks of walking a beat with Aeron, Garry had wanted to slit his wrists. To him, it wouldn’t matter whose wrists got slit, so long as either he or Aeron wasn’t left standing at sunset.” Science FictionCirca24Lgbt FictionDystopian Fictin Author:Circa24
“I told you, Cow, Tarquin doesn’t demote. She destroys.” CrueltyLgbtDystopianDystopian FictionPolitical PrisonersHarries Book:Silent Consent Source: Silent Consent
“Learning D-com was akin to learning CPR. No one mentions a victim could throw up in your mouth. In extractions, no one tells you what could go awry. Jake had read about the process long before her first case, but book learning went only so far.” DystopianLgbt LiteratureCprCryogenicsDystopian Futures Author:Circa24
“Blood dripped from his blackfly bites. The bottle flies swarmed the wounds on his head and back, but with his arms secured to the cart, he had no way to ward them off.” CrueltyDystopianEnslavementDystopian FictionLgbt LiteratureSilent ConsentHarries Book:Silent Consent Source: Silent Consent