Anansi Story

A while ago, I shared one of my flash fiction pieces titled “Witch and Spider.” I forgot to include a bit of background regarding that particular “earthbound deity” which does add some significance to the origin of the story’s concept.

I had wanted to write science fiction story that blended subgenres. Somehow, what I came up with was a mashup of dystopia, steampunk and ancient mythology. Dystopia being Earth as an all but forgotten, backwater “has been” hub of civilization. Steampunk: gasligh...