This appealing and fast-paced story held the reader’s attention until the end. But it’s not expertise her fellow survivors want from her. Inyama, a mycologist, is her species’ last hope. Is it revenge for what she did to Inyama? Or from jealousy since only Inyama has a future on this planet? Whatever the reason, Inyama is closing in on where the kidnappers will make their last stand. In Kemi Ashing-Giwas stunning post-apocalyptic short story, 'Fruiting Bodies', a Tor.com Original, an alien fungal infection has ravaged a faraway planet, turning all but six of the colonists into ravenous alarinkiri. What these kidnappers want from Morayo is hard to know. In Kemi Ashing-Giwas stunning post-apocalyptic short story, 'Fruiting Bodies', a Tor. And now Inyama goes in search of the men who abducted Morayo. Morayo, her love, injected her with a serum that made her immune to the alien ravages of this planet. Inyama adapts to the new fiery planet in this short SF. And like 1984, this story did not feel dated by the passage of time. It was one of the first stories to establish the anti-utopia genre. This story was out of print for many decades and only ‘rediscovered’ in the 1990’s. This story was written just after the Russian revolution and poked fun at the new Soviet government.

How could he be sure that the board only selects those people of no value?

Meanwhile, Ak considers this and begins to have doubts. The people began panicking as individuals were deemed useless and killed in their thousands. So said the poster, and so did the board under the direction of Ak. Those deemed unworthy must end their lives in twenty-four hours or face execution. The Board of Supreme Determination decides who is worthless or not in this short SF. “ The Tale of Ak and Humanity” by Yefim Zozulya (translated by Alex Shvartsman) There are two first publication stories at Tor.com for January, including a translation of a classic from a century ago. “The Tale of Ak and Humanity” by Yefim Zozulya (translated by Alex Shvartsman)

Fruiting Bodies by Kemi Ashing-Giwa