The Rupture Files

The Rupture Files | Nathan Alexander Moore

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Of the four stories, "Sequela" is closest to scifi, even this sharing the dark urban fantasy vibe of the others, folding in Yoruba folklore & mermaids ??‍♀️
"A Crescent Cracking" is a contemporary tale of werewolves and witchcraft, marginalisation & belonging ?
"Ashes for Your Beauty" is a post-apocalyptic vampire dystopia, ruled by the powerful Sanguinista, facing an incipient challenge from the Skinless, mystically empowered humans ??‍♀️
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Bookwomble "The Rupture Files" has slight Cthulian vibes, another post-apocalypse, this one in the aftermath of what seems like an interdimensional incursion of amorphous monsters, focusing on the survivalist story of three psionically powered sisters. ?
All the stories feature a romance element, all feature Black queer characters, and Moore handles this lightly, unobtrusively letting the characters simply be.
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Bookwomble There are linking themes of transformation, transition and becoming, which definitely reflect present social discourse, but again handled deftly and without polemicising.
While none of the stories feel unfinished, they all feel like "pilot episodes", each easily imaginable as bases for novels, and Netflix adaptations.
Dark fun 4? 5mo

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The Rupture Files | Nathan Alexander Moore

Up next this collection of scifi short stories by transfemme author, Nathan Alexander Moore 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
The stories feature Black queer characters rising above their dystopian circumstances to actualise their authentic selves.
The first story is set on a deep-sea scavenger station, & the blurb says other stories feature shape shifters, monsters, and a vampire's consort seeking revolutionary emancipation. The book's Spotify playlist in comments 🎧

Bookwomble https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3IZ09jHcx1qCRogC2vXAEA?si=J-F_sDE7ReOOIajS-BXn... 5mo

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