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pluralstories2023-07-30 04:02 pm
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A Myth of the Doe, by XeniaNuminous (spiritual prose, 2023)
"Whoa, we’re all out in the open! I communicate to
her, pressing the thoughts to her heart like wet hooves
stepping on dry ground. Rain dripping off, sending bits of
love into her soul as water coming into soil."
Blurb: "A short story about trans gender feels, spirituality, and a deer getting eaten alive."
Why is it worth your time?: This is a story about cosmic oneness and mindsharing across animal lives. Some plurals are making really experimental work, and that has value, even if by nature it's hard to fit into the "rules" of how this comm is supposed to work. If you're looking for something ecstatically transcendent and unusual, give this one a shot! It's free, what do you have to lose?
Plural Tags: plural creator, abuse not mentioned, nonhumans [deer], mindsharing, spiritual
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments
Access Notes: Xenia Numinous have worked really hard to make this accessible! The ebook is plaintext and screenreadable, and it also comes in audio form.
Misc Notes: There's also bonus audio commentary and a print-format PDF, so you can print, fold, and staple it at home.
Read it here!
her, pressing the thoughts to her heart like wet hooves
stepping on dry ground. Rain dripping off, sending bits of
love into her soul as water coming into soil."
Blurb: "A short story about trans gender feels, spirituality, and a deer getting eaten alive."
Why is it worth your time?: This is a story about cosmic oneness and mindsharing across animal lives. Some plurals are making really experimental work, and that has value, even if by nature it's hard to fit into the "rules" of how this comm is supposed to work. If you're looking for something ecstatically transcendent and unusual, give this one a shot! It's free, what do you have to lose?
Plural Tags: plural creator, abuse not mentioned, nonhumans [deer], mindsharing, spiritual
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments
Access Notes: Xenia Numinous have worked really hard to make this accessible! The ebook is plaintext and screenreadable, and it also comes in audio form.
Misc Notes: There's also bonus audio commentary and a print-format PDF, so you can print, fold, and staple it at home.
Read it here!
Content Warnings
This story contains the following:
graphic description and exploration of gender
graphic description of a deer giving birth
graphic description of deer genitals
mentions of psychedelic fungi
graphic description of being hunted
graphic description of being eaten alive
sexual themes and exploration of sexuality
death and dying
These content warnings meant it took me months to read this, but all of the above is treated with a sort of reverent poetic awe (yes, even being eaten alive). So I found this far less difficult to read than the content warnings might lead you to believe! I never thought being eaten alive would be a thing of beauty!