Episode 6 - Selkie Stories Are For Losers by Sofia Samatar

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Sometimes I Read

Richard Neo

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I read. A lot. But I also like reading aloud. Welcome to Sometimes I Read, where I read some of my favourite stories aloud for your pleasure, and discuss them with my mates from time to time.

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I read. A lot. But I also like reading aloud. Welcome to Sometimes I Read, where I read some of my favourite stories aloud for your pleasure, and discuss them with my mates from time to time.

Books

Arts

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Episode 6 - Selkie Stories Are For Losers by Sofia Samatar

Sometimes I Read

16 minutes 49 seconds

5 years ago

Episode 6 - Selkie Stories Are For Losers by Sofia Samatar

Welcome back! You're listening to episode 6 of Sometimes I Read, where I'll be reading Sofia Samatar's Selkie Stories Are For Losers, which was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award For Best Short Story. It's another brown author, and while it's not outrightly sci-fi/fantasy, it takes on the traditional European myths of selkies (seal women) to discuss ideas of absent mothers and the trauma inherited in their daughters. Slightly queer, relatively short, and very digestible. Enjoy!

Read the full story here: http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/selkie-stories-are-for-losers/

Music used:

Music for Manatees by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4102-music-for-manatees

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/