"The Inheritance"
| Title | "The Inheritance" |
| Year for Search | 2021 |
| Authors | Ferrão, Virgilia [Leonilde Tembo](b. 1986) |
| Secondary Title | Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine |
| Volume / Edition | no. 19 |
| Date Published | October 31, 2021 |
| Keywords | Female author, Mozambican author |
| Annotation | The story is set in a future Africa in which at an unknown point in their life, they will be attacked by a disease, known as the manifest, that begins to immediately kill them. They have a pill that gives them temporary relief and time to try to get to a clinic where they can get a shot that may allow them to continue into what may be an afterlife, but the shots effectiveness depends entirely on the lives lived by their ancestors. The protagonist is a young man who has been constantly afraid of the manifest whose girlfriend is certain that she is safe. |
| URL | https://omenana.com/2021/10/31/the-inheritance-virgilia-ferrao/ |
| Author Note | Mozambican female author (b. 1986) |
| Full Text | 2021 Ferrão, Virgilia [Leonilde Tembo] (b. 1986). “The Inheritance.” Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine, no. 19 (October 31, 2021). https://omenana.com/2021/10/31/the-inheritance-virgilia-ferrao/ The story is set in a future Africa in which at an unknown point in their life, they will be attacked by a disease, known as the manifest, that begins to immediately kill them. They have a pill that gives them temporary relief and time to try to get to a clinic where they can get a shot that may allow them to continue into what may be an afterlife, but the shots effectiveness depends entirely on the lives lived by their ancestors. The protagonist is a young man who has been constantly afraid of the manifest whose girlfriend is certain that she is safe. Mozambican female author. |
