Yeah, no, this is not one of those stories. This one is political. Not political like "these extraterrestrial characters are an allegory about a group of people currently having the rights taken away."
Political like "the president is an absolute asshole and I wrote a story to satirize the last four years."
Politics are a touchy subject. And also, it's a super duper real world subject and I don't have time for that nonsense. Real world. Psh :-)
I'm happy to let my beliefs influence my stories while not becoming the stories. Usually.
Look. I have friends and family who are Republicans. I know people who voted for the circus peanut in chief. They are not bad people. But to call the current administration a dumpster fire is an insult to dumpster fires and I'm okay with letting my art piss off a few people.
No Collision, featured in Shout: An Anthology Of Resistance Poetry And Short Fiction, is not about a collision between a Russian and 'Merican spaceship, because there was no collision. Nope. Absolutely not.
It's about people who don't fit the ideal 'Merican mold, trying to uncover and shed light on a conspiracy, and I am really proud of this story because when I write? Sometimes it's good and sometimes it has a good message and sometimes it's funny, but I almost never do that on purpose. This time, though. I wanted it to be funny, I wanted it to be satire, I wanted it to mean something.
I don't know if it's good, but if it is, it was actually on purpose this time.
One reviewer said my story has "sharp and humorous wit, which is served unerringly with a light and precise hand, and never overdone."
A portion of every sale is donated to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Raices: Texas, so what are you waiting for?
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