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Sam Butler

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NKnkjemisin.bsky.socialJul 23, 2024 2:48pm

I wrote an intro for the 10-yr anniversary of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach books, which Esquire has helpfully reprinted here: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

We Need Speculative Fiction Now More Than Ever

Amid a terrifying political moment, escapism can be dangerous. But as we celebrate ten years of the Southern Reach trilogy, N.K. Jemisin reminds us that stories can help deconstruct colonial power.

SBsambutler.usDec 10, 2023 4:47pm

A story inspired by a fire left alone in the suburbs. (Also titled "Strange View of the Suburbs.") Continue reading at pss.pm/wake

A picture of a page, that says:

Up and down walkways
In and out of houses
individualized lives
even the fire
is forgotten

(a stanza of text right justified)

On FIRE,
smoldering alone,
the God of Light,
forgotten.

(back to left justified)

To the glowing blue of television.
Humming. Attracting us like flies.
Extreme and depraved reality television, like a sedative.
Orwellian nightly news broadcasts on the not-holocausts unfolding around us.
*"It's another warm day tomorrow, breaking records ..."*

In extra-large bold text that takes up half the page:

THERE IS NOTHING
THAT'S GOING TO
WAKE US UP FROM
THIS.

In the bottom-right corner of the image, text says "Continue reading"

pss.pm/wake

Sam Butler

@sambutler.us

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