Mara, by Lois Metzger (? prose, 1981)
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pluralstories"As he walked away I realized how wrong I had been with one of my answers. Two heads are better than one: Mara's and mine. She was silent then. I knew I wouldn't mind being in the hospital. But I couldn't bear if I were by myself."
Blurb: A heroine finds another world and a friend who helps her survive this one. What is sanity anyway?
Why is it worth your time?: A very short story, a time capsule from early feminist press sci-fi, still emotionally resonant today.
Plural/1+ Tags: Abuse:intermediate focus, nonhumans (space alien?), friendship, voices
Content Warnings: institutionalization.
Accessibility Notes: This story was only published in WomanSpace: Future and Fantasy: Stories and Art by Women, from New Victoria Press, a long shuttered feminist independent press, and it seems to be impossible to find a copy. (I myself found it in a sci-fi library.) Anna's Archive has a digitized copy, but the story is so short, I just typed it up myself.
Blurb: A heroine finds another world and a friend who helps her survive this one. What is sanity anyway?
Why is it worth your time?: A very short story, a time capsule from early feminist press sci-fi, still emotionally resonant today.
Plural/1+ Tags: Abuse:intermediate focus, nonhumans (space alien?), friendship, voices
Content Warnings: institutionalization.
Accessibility Notes: This story was only published in WomanSpace: Future and Fantasy: Stories and Art by Women, from New Victoria Press, a long shuttered feminist independent press, and it seems to be impossible to find a copy. (I myself found it in a sci-fi library.) Anna's Archive has a digitized copy, but the story is so short, I just typed it up myself.
