New Fiction: "The Memory of Wind," by Rachel Swirsky

Tor.com has just published “The Memory of Wind,” a novelette ((“The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula awards for science fiction define the novelette as having a word count of between 7,500 and 17,499, inclusive.” —Wikipedia)) by Rachel Swirsky, who also contributes to “Alas” as Mandolin. The story is available on Tor’s site as prose, as an audio file (read by Mandolin herself), and in a number of portable-device friendly downloads.

“The Memory of Wind” concerns Iphigenia, the daughter of King Agamemnon, who Agamemnon sacrificed to bring good winds. As you might imagine, the story has feminist themes.

This is almost my favorite of Mandolin’s stories; it’s beautiful and searing and incredibly sad, and I’ve read it a few times. I highly recommend it.