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4.2 Mappamundi by Angelisa Fontaine-Wood

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A Croat refugee comes to terms with his trauma through studying metaphorical maps to his own lostness. Content warnings: Graphic wartime violence and implied torture, death of friends and strangers, hateful language directed at ethnic groups, mental illness Copyright khōréō magazine 2024. Story by Angelisa Fontaine-Wood, edited by Kanika Agrawal. Audio edition read by Goran Kramarić and produced by Lian Xia Rose, with casting by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Historical EuropeSlipstreamMagical RealismLyricalGuiltElegiacTraumaDreadUrbanLyrical ProseMemoryDarkLiteraryGrief And LossContemporaryClose Third PersonFantasy

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