Dune Song

Suyi Davies Okungbowa Apex 120 2019

ShortStory 4,600 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources

Isiuwa survived the apocalypse, and its people live on in the middle of a desert. The chief says leaving means certain death, but Nata thinks he’s lying.

Dystopia Colonialism West Africa

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Post Apocalyptic Political Resistance Defiant Lyrical Lyrical Prose Melancholic Survival Social SF Belonging Close Third Person Grief And Loss Voice Driven Bittersweet Character Driven Science Fiction

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violence

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