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lb_lee ([personal profile] lb_lee) wrote in [community profile] pluralstories2025-05-26 05:43 pm

O's Story, by L. Timmel Duchamp (sci-fi fiction/fanfiction, 1989)

"I've no way of knowing if I've ever lived in Elsinore. After wiping they tell one very little about the past history of one's body..."

Blurb: Sci-fi retelling of Hamlet where Ophelia's mind was wiped and the woman she is now continues living on, telling her story to a rather insufferable female noble (before banging her).

Why is it worth your time?: Unusual story of a singular nature, and it's short, free, and online. "O" has no memories of the pre-wipe body tenant, and has only what she's put together and what she's been told.

Plural Tags: abuse low-focus, serially singlet

Content Warnings: incest plus skeezy sexual dynamics (very much on purpose)

Access Notes: This story is in an out-of-print small press anthology, Memories and Visions: Women's Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Susanna J. Sturgis. Used copies can still be scraped up; it is also available in bootleg screenreadable digital form on archive.org. The whole anthology contains many spirited, many-selved stories and is worth checking out!
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[personal profile] acorn_squash 2025-06-05 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
This one was fascinating! Thanks for the recommendation.