![]() ![]() It’s a chilling story about erasure and gaslighting that uses SF tropes to maximum effect. But the story takes a Single White Female twist, and leaves Jesse questioning his own reality. When he meets a lonely young man who seems to want something actually real, he realizes that he also needs a friend. ![]() ![]() Told in second person, it follows Jesse Turnblatt, who works at a virtual reality Experience, giving Tourists “authentic” Vision Quests that he’s created based on what the typically New Age customers expect from television and movies. It’s a story about identity, both who you really are and who the world expects you to be. Roanhorse’s short story, published in APEX, won both the Hugo and the Nebula. ![]() “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience” If you’re interested in the future of SFF, you can bet your stars that Roanhorse is going to continue to be in the spotlight. Along with her original works, Roanhorse has also written several Star Wars stories, and is a contributor to Marvel’s new comic anthology Indigenous Voices. Her prose is gorgeous, and she takes a hard right turn from more traditional, European-influenced fantasy in her epic new novel, Black Sun. Rebecca Roanhorse launched into high visibility in SFF with her short story “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience” in 2017, and her works have continued to wow readers of all ages (she writes fiction for adults, middle grade, and young adults). ![]()
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