CoW Ep. 408: Growing Resistance

[Languorous Lass]

Cast of Wonders 408: Growing Resistance

• Author: Juliet Kemp
• Narrator: Setsu Uzumé
• Host: Katherine Inskip
• Audio Producer: Jeremy Carter
• Artist: Alexis Goble

"Growing Resistance" originally appeared in Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 1, August 15, 2019.

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Content Warning:

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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