“The Ones Who Come Back to Heal”
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2023
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Strange Horizons
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One of the many responses to Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (1973), and here one of those who had walked away returns as a healer for the child with the story recounting the process. |
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July 17, 2023 |
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2023 Gómez, Cynthia (b. 1977). “The Ones Who Come Back to Heal.” Strange Horizons (July 17, 2023). http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-ones-who-come-back-to-heal/ One of the many responses to Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (1973), and here one of those who had walked away returns as a healer for the child with the story recounting the process. The female author writes horror and other speculative fiction, set primarily in Oakland, where she makes her home. She has a particular love for themes of revenge, retribution, and resistance to oppression. |
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The female author (b. 1977) writes horror and other speculative fiction, set primarily in Oakland, where she makes her home. She has a particular love for themes of revenge, retribution, and resistance to oppression. |
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