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(2016) Here's a mostly-excellent collection of apocalyptic and postapocalyptic stories featuring protagonists with disabilities. Standouts for me are Stephanie Gunn's "To take into the air my quiet breath," about sisters with cystic fibrosis who survive a global plague; and John Chu's "Selected afterimages of the fading," about an apocalypse in which inattention causes the world to fade. I also quite liked Janet Edwards's "I will remember you."

Hi folks! Pic is from the cover reveal for Rebuilding Tomorrow, the follow up anthology to Defying Doomsday. DD had stories of disabled and chronically ill people surviving and thriving in the apocalypse; in Rebuilding Tomorrow they will be building a new world down the track. Crowdfunding on Pozible right now - please consider joining in and sharing. Disability rep is important, and it's still very limited in SF, especially postapocalyptic.

In time for CF Awareness month, my review of To Take Into The Air My Quiet Breath by Stephanie Gunn from the Defying Doomsday Anthology is on my website
https://sandiwrites.com.au/2017/05/03/book-review-stephanie-gunn/
#cysticfibrosis

I'm reading Defying Doomsday today - Apocalypse fiction featuring disabled and chronically ill protagonists.

#reading #cysticfibrosis #booknerd #survival #cysticfibrosiswarrior

Finished this today. Excellent anthology featuring characters as diverse as the apocalypses described. I particularly liked I Will Remember You by Janet Edwards, And the Rest of Us Wait by Corinne Duyvis and Tea Party by Lauren E. Mitchell.

This made me laugh. Does that mean there's something wrong with me?

Sitting in University of Pennsylvania Hospital with one of my clients today. I think a inner city hospital would be the absolute worse place to be during an apocalyptic event. On the positive side I'm through 12 stories of this excellent anthology and we have a nice view.

As someone who loves post apocalyptic fiction and work with people with disabilities I spend lots of time thinking about how these people who I have grown to love would survive in a collapsed society.

Writer's luck. When you find 3 pens & old rainbow phone under your desk. On the ereader: Defying Doomsday. A fantastic YA anthology feat. disabled & neurodiverse protagonists. #currentlyreading #litsygram #diversitydecbingo #readthemargin

DEFYING DOOMSDAY is an anthology of apocalypse fiction featuring disabled and chronically ill protagonists. The stories hooked me in from the very beginning and are as diverse in their apocalypses as they are in their protagonists. Highly recommended.