Fiction Pick of the Week: "Do Not Save the Ferocious, Save the Tender"
A shipwreck, a mythical creature.
A shipwreck, a mythical creature.
Ramona Ausubel Oxford American Jan 2016 20min Permalink
Dead creatures reflect on their current/eternal circumstance.
"Enshrouded and encased, the animal mummies are trying to be patient. They did not expect the afterlife to be lit with flickering, fluorescent bulbs. Darkened sarcophagi, woven boats rowed across the heavenly river, glimmering, gorgeous night—that was what they thought would be in store after they died and priests washed them with palm wine and pulled white linen tight."
Ramona Ausubel The Paris Review Jan 2011 Permalink