No, the title of my story isn’t literally “Consequences,” that’s what the theme of the anthology is (though, as it happens, there is one story that does have that title). So it goes. My story, in any event, is called “Rights” and is one of a large book’s shorter stories. And there are poems, too, that may be even shorter, but in all there are 49 items — symbolizing the 49 years Roe v. Wade was in effect before a new, right-wing heavy Supreme Court changed its mind.
The initial call for stories was this: Roe V. Wade has happened. The question is what is next. What happens in our country. What happens TO our country. What freedoms are next? Do we resist? How?
There will be consequences. What are they? Who stands up? Who caves?
This is a look at the consequences of a SCOTUS who reserves rights for the Rich, the Corporation, the Badged and the Powerful.
And now the hard copy is in my hands. For more information — or ordering one’s own — one need but press here.
Published on October 22, 2022 13:59