"The Lost Roads"
| Title | "The Lost Roads" |
| Year for Search | 2022 |
| Authors | Kern, Sim |
| Secondary Title | Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: A Collection of Stories |
| Pagination | 152-189 |
| Date Published | 2022 |
| Publisher | Android Press |
| Place Published | Eugene, OR |
| ISBN Number | 978-1958121030 |
| Keywords | Genderqueer author, US author |
| Annotation | The story is set in a future that has decided to abolish the motor car, and the roads are being systematically removed and replaced with native plants, streams, and other green improvements. The protagonist recounts their involvement in one such project and, later in life, their daughter’s fascination with cars. |
| Info Notes | First publication |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | Genderqueer author, previously known as Simone, who uses the pronouns they/their. |
| Full Text | 2022 Kern, Sim. “The Lost Roads.” In their Real Sugar Is Hard to Find: A Collection of Stories (Eugene, OR: Android Press, 2022), 152-189. First publication. The story is set in a future that has decided to abolish the motor car, and the roads are being systematically removed and replaced with native plants, streams, and other green improvements. The protagonist recounts their involvement in one such project and, later in life, their daughter’s fascination with cars. Genderqueer author, previously known as Simone (see 2019 Kern), who uses the pronouns they/their. |
