Maybe the Birds
by A.J. Ashworth / Goldsmiths Press
Paperback, 170pp.
GoldSF series
After the apocalypse destroys most life on Earth, a woman makes artificial bird voiceboxes to try and keep birdsong alive. A young female vampire uses her knowledge of mirrors to save her village from the creature who turned her. A woman haunted by her past feels that the robins she has always loved are no longer her friends.
Maybe the Birds is a collection of 14 speculative and realist short stories, that considers what happens when the world is no longer as it used to be – whether it be the postapocalyptic future, the paleolithic past or the dark north of the present. A. J. Ashworth’s second collection gives voice to women who are trying to survive in difficult circumstances and explores themes of love and loss, family and foe.
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