Q: What’s your favorite non-SFF book?
A: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco.
Premee Mohamed’s story “The Last” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 22 July 2016. Subscribe to our e-mail updates so you’ll know when new stories go live.
Erik was balanced atop one of the standing stones on the black pebble beach when the elders told him of his father’s death. Drowned, they said. Out at Sampson Fjord. Killed by Old Blue. Darkness overtook him and he spilled boneless from the stone, was caught and laid on the wet weeds of the tideline. Elder Erde lifted his ankles into the air with one hand. Erik’s friends paused incuriously, then wandered off. “I want …
Q: What’s your favorite non-SFF book?
A: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco.
Premee Mohamed’s story “The Last” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 22 July 2016. Subscribe to our e-mail updates so you’ll know when new stories go live.
I’m a scientist and writer working out of Canada. In my spare time I paint, draw, and annotate my copy of the Necronomicon in case there’s something I’ve missed.
Premee Mohamed’s story “The Last” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 22 July 2016. Subscribe to our e-mail updates so you’ll know when new stories go live.
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