★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Modern Fable) A road is so nasty that it attains consciousness when it becomes aware of just how “not-nice” it really is. (2,980 words; Time: 09m)
"Road: A Fairytale," by Shalini Srinivasan [bio] (edited by Vanessa Rose Phin), appeared in Strange Horizons issue 05/20/19, published on May 20, 2019.
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Review: 2019.325 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: It’s a pretty graphic description of how nasty things can get in third-world countries.
Con: There seems to be little point to the story. Road and Sludge both turn into monsters, but no one recognizes it, even when they eat an ambulance. Road finds a few humans to be nice to, but nothing comes of that, and then one day Road gets so mad it just blows up and dies. The end.
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Pro: It’s a pretty graphic description of how nasty things can get in third-world countries.
Con: There seems to be little point to the story. Road and Sludge both turn into monsters, but no one recognizes it, even when they eat an ambulance. Road finds a few humans to be nice to, but nothing comes of that, and then one day Road gets so mad it just blows up and dies. The end.
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Shalini Srinivasan Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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