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Meg Elison
Meg Elison writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including the post-apocalyptic novel Book of the Unnamed Midwife. Her stories also appear in *The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Book of Flora
Synopsis
Meg Elison's collection of short stories delves into the lives of women in various speculative futures, often exploring themes of survival, societal collapse, and the human condition. From a post-apocalyptic world where women are revered for their fertility to a future where bodies are commodities, these tales offer a stark look at power dynamics and resilience. Each story presents a unique, often unsettling, vision of what it means to be female in a world transformed.
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FloraProtagonist
A young woman in a post-plague society where women are rare and highly valued, who becomes the central figure of this installment's plot.