An Anthology of Disability in Dystopia
A woman donates her fat for money. A woman must buy hormones in secret. A young man survives surgery when he wasn't meant to.
Sixteen disabled and chronically ill authors challenge our ideas of who is allowed to survive the end of the world in stories that are by turns visceral, heartbreaking, romantic, and at times, gooey. From deeply speculative to almost too real, these stories not only twist dystopian tropes and narratives on their head, but actually let disabled characters live.
From editor Ella T. Holmes who brought us the Amazon Bestselling Artifice & Access anthology, comes this heart pounding disability in dystopian anthology. Why Aren’t You Dead Yet? continues the project of uplifting some of the most marginalised voices in publishing.
While Artifice & Access boldly proclaimed “we belong!” This time we’re screaming “you can’t get rid of us!”
Stories include:
- Cat and Mouse by Ashley N.Y. Sheesley
- Mind For Sale by Morosia Tindilos
- Someone’s Gotta Shovel It by Sally Sultzman
- Reduce, Reuse by Ellis Nye
- Heartbeats by Kara Siert
- Toward The Light by S. Leigh Ann Cowan
- If You Go Into The North Today by Shantell Powell
- Redheads by Gabriella Hassan
- Opportunity Cost by Alexis Ames
- Mirror Image by Morgan Greensmith
- Fat Is An Essential Medicine by Ella T. Holmes
- Soft Edges by Ceinwen Langley
- Cattle and Mulch by Nora Black
- Vermin & Whimsy by Casper E. Falls
- The Storm Runners Julie March
- The Holes in Her Head by Kate Orman
