“The Propagator”
| Title | “The Propagator” |
| Year for Search | 2019 |
| Authors | Kern, Simone |
| Secondary Title | Metamorphosis |
| Date Published | August 23, 2019 |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-64076-006-6 |
| Keywords | Genderqueer author, US author |
| Annotation | The story is set in a future Texas which is badly polluted, and almost all good soil is owned and strictly controlled by a single corporation. The protagonist is using stolen good soil to grow crops illegally. A second focus of the story is the extreme restrictions on whatever Texas has called a reproduction crime and the harsh punishments imposed on anyone deemed to have committed such a crime. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019. Ed. B. Morris Allen (Np: Metamorphosis Books, 2020), 75-97; and in their Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: A Collection of Stories (Eugene, OR: Android Press, 2022), 43-62, which is published as by Sim Kern. |
| URL | https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2019/The-Propagator-Simone-Kern/ |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Genderqueer author who uses the pronouns they/their |
| Full Text | 2019 Kern, Simone. “The Propagator.” Metamorphosis (August 23, 2019). https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2019/The-Propagator-Simone-Kern/ Rpt. in Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019. Ed. B. Morris Allen (Np: Metamorphosis Books, 2020), 75-97; and in their Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: A Collection of Stories (Eugene, OR: Android Press, 2022), 43-62, which is published as by Sim Kern. PSt The story is set in a future Texas which is badly polluted, and almost all good soil is owned and strictly controlled by a single corporation. The protagonist is using stolen good soil to grow crops illegally. A second focus of the story is the extreme restrictions on whatever Texas has called a reproduction crime and the harsh punishments imposed on anyone deemed to have committed such a crime. Genderqueer author who uses the pronouns they/their. |
