Our Queer Planet, Week 2
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This week we are very pleased to present to you all the second issue of Our Queer Planet. If you're just tuning in, Our Queer Plant is a month long, bumper-sized celebration of queer SF and queer creators. Check out last week's issue here!
We have an excellent story by Sara Norja, "Water, Birch, and Blood".
The birds are fighting again in the yard. Close to the sandbox where Kristian and Maarit are digging holes, hooded crows swoop and bat their wings at each other. From my vantage point up on the third floor, I watch their movements with unfocused eyes. Crows, their granite grey and black wings beating victory into the air, the flash of an unknown face like a fir tree–
My stomach clenches with nerves. I don’t know why. I scratch myself, can’t help it even though I promised Maarit I wouldn’t start again. Red marks run down my arms now. The kitchen of our east-Helsinki apartment is flooded with sunlight that makes the ragged lines glow.
We also have an article by Fabio Fernandes, "How to Write Like A Queer: A Letter To Myself".
At some point in your life earlier than that, however, you will be brave enough to look in the mirror and say to yourself: this is what I am, this is who I am. You will cry, you will laugh, you will feel like leaving the party early. You will try at least once. Don’t. Your story doesn’t end here.
O Horvath, who provided this week's piece of art, is interviewed by Tory Hoke.
I want to challenge how women's bodies are thought of and represented—in comics especially.
You'll also find poetry by Michelle Vider and Halee Kirkwood, a column by Yoon Ha Lee, and handful of delicious reviews of work by Kirsty Logan, Kai Ashante Wilson, and an anthology, Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and FantasyComics.
Join our celebration here.
Wishing you all the best,
Kate
