Read "ICE Out" by Charles de Lint

[ysabetwordsmith]

"ICE Out" by Charles de Lint (free PDF version)

ICE came to Newford. Big mistake.


For:
Luis Gustavo Núñez Cáceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
Víctor Manuel Díaz
Parady La
Renee Nicole Good
Luis Beltrán Yáñez–Cruz
Heber Sánchez Domínguez
Alex Pretti
murdered by ICE


I've been an activist for decades. I've done marches and letter campaigns and all the usual stuff. The technique I've found with the highest throughput of people saying, "I did the thing!" is plain old storytelling. Stories are part of what makes us human. Stories bind the past, explain the present, and imagine the future.

For bards, this is our fight. This is how we fight. Pass it on.


EDIT 3/5/26 -- My contribution is "The Express Bus to Crazy-ass Death Land."

Comments

[seleneheart]

Thanks for that! Charles de Lint is one of my favorites.

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have long loved his writing. He struck well this time.

Perhaps more of the Old Things will stir themselves in response.

[pattrose]

Thanks for the link. I truly enjoyed your work.

You're welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

We all do what we can.