Tor.com has just published “The Memory of Wind,” a novelette1 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.
That’s good writing!
Thanks, Ron!