Cast of Wonders 408: Growing Resistance (https://www.castofwonders.org/2020/03/cast-of-wonders-408-growing-resistance/)
• Author: Juliet Kemp (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/juliet-kemp/)
• Narrator: Setsu Uzumé (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/setsu-uzume/)
• Host: Katherine Inskip (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/katherine-inskip-2/)
• Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter (http://www.castofwonders.org/people/jeremy-carter/)
• Artist: Alexis Goble (https://www.castofwonders.org/people/alexis-goble/)
"Growing Resistance" originally appeared in Translunar Travelers Lounge (https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2019/08/15/growing-resistance-kemp/), Issue 1, August 15, 2019.
Click here to listen to Episode 408 (http://traffic.libsyn.com/castofwonders/Wonders408.mp3)
Content Warning: Profanity, Plague
In March 2020, the editors noted: This story comes with a pretty significant content warning. It’s an incredibly hopeful story, but the setting and themes surround healthcare in a post-pandemic world. This may be just the story you need right now, or it might be the exact opposite. Please listen or read with that in mind.
The late-afternoon sun hovers above the wall as I kneel on the earth, weeding tomatoes. Beyond the wall, yellow-orange light reflects off the clean sharp lines of the apartment blocks. Boxes for safe people, people who are provided for. People who matter. People who I knew, once upon a time. People who could afford the vaccine before the gates closed. The plague’s gone now, but the wall’s still here.
Tags: action, Alexis Goble, communities, dystopia, found families, gardens, healthcare, illegal, inequality, Jeremy Carter, Juliet Kemp, Katherine Inskip, laboratories, medicine, plague, post-apocalyptic, resistance, scarcity, Setsu Uzumé, Trans Visibility, vaccine