About this episode
The episode discusses the story 'Bad Doors', which explores themes of pandemic and loss.
‘Bad Doors’ was originally published in Uncanny Magazine in 2023, and was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. C/W: pandemic, family and animal disappearance/death The country was at just over ten thousand deaths the morning that the door appeared. On Kosmo’s phone NPR was interviewing a doctor with a nasal voice about the need for social… Source
Topics covered
- pandemic
- family
- animal disappearance
- death
- short story
- fiction
Keywords
- Bad Doors
- Uncanny Magazine
- Nebula Award
- pandemic
- family disappearance
- animal death
- fiction
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Uncanny Magazine
Books & works: Bad Doors
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