The story is set in a future that has adapted to climate change by building domes over cities and extensive rewilding, but the story focuses on the issue of privacy and those who choose a radical version of privacy. Part of a series based on the author’s Toronto friends in the theatre and burlesque that includes “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty: Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips. (San Bernardino, CA: Nasty Publications, 2017). Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-186, with “Notes about ‘The Desperate Flesh’” on 186, which is realist fiction about an old folks’ home for lesbians; “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-224, with “Notes about ‘Alias Space’” on 225; and “Blockbuster.” We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope. Ed. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older (New York: Saga Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025) 311-334, with an Author’s Statement on 332-334.
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C7 - February 6, 2019 DA - 02/2019 LA - eng N1 -Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 227-41, with “Notes about ‘Skin City’” on 242.
N2 -The story is set in a future that has adapted to climate change by building domes over cities and extensive rewilding, but the story focuses on the issue of privacy and those who choose a radical version of privacy. Part of a series based on the author’s Toronto friends in the theatre and burlesque that includes “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty: Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips. (San Bernardino, CA: Nasty Publications, 2017). Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-186, with “Notes about ‘The Desperate Flesh’” on 186, which is realist fiction about an old folks’ home for lesbians; “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-224, with “Notes about ‘Alias Space’” on 225; and “Blockbuster.” We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope. Ed. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older (New York: Saga Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025) 311-334, with an Author’s Statement on 332-334.
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Part of a series based on the author’s Toronto friends in the theatre and burlesque that includes “The Desperate Flesh.” Nasty: Fetish Fights Back: An Erotic Short Story Collection. Ed. Anna Yeatts and Chris Phillips. (San Bernardino, CA: Nasty Publications, 2017). Rpt. in her Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 175-186, with “Notes about ‘The Desperate Flesh’” on 186, which is realist fiction about an old folks’ home for lesbians; “Alias Space.” Alias Space and Other Stories (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2021), 187-224, with “Notes about ‘Alias Space’” on 225; and “Blockbuster.” We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope. Ed. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older (New York: Saga Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025) 311-334, with an Author’s Statement on 332-334.
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