Poem: "Hello, Lokitty" (Part 1 of 5)

This poem is a Marvelverse crossover with Schrodinger's Heroes, and ties in with the Schrodinger's Hulk  fiction series listed on the crossover page. It was partly inspired by some prompts from siliconshaman during the October 1, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. I'm dividing the poem into parts because, yes, it's the size of a story; I do that sometimes.

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Bingo Generator

 Comes with code, but needs prompts to be input.  The idea is to add some standard lists of prompts over time.

Story: "Squiggles" 1509.04.19

"Squiggles: Excerpts from Nleimen's Journal"

1509.04.19

This year we got together for a summer vacation with our relatives who live in Affamarg. Aunt Kobessa is my mother's sister and her husband is Uncle Manya. I like my cousin Umini; she is my age and also interested in science, so we have a lot in common. Her baby brother Olsan is a nuisance, though. He screams all the time. Anyway, this year they all came to Tifirf for the summer flower festival.

Umini's newest interest is food spoilage. She wants to learn about yeasts, molds, and bacteria that make food go bad. So I showed her the bakery tent at the flower festival. It sells bread shaped like flowers, and some actually made with edible flowers baked into the dough. The bakers also display and sell all kinds of yeast -- powdered, caked, and blobs of "starter." They have some special ones that smell a little like flowers. So Umini bought herself a flower-flavored sourdough starter in a cute crock painted with petticoat daisies.

We talked a lot about school. Umini chose the Science track too, though she takes different classes than mine. One of her electives is a cooking class -- I think I might try that too, since I like cooking. Umini also told me all about the Forth Form schools in Affamarg. Her city has an excellent university for the sciences, as well as several trade schools. Those are more centralized than the lower forms; most people have to leave home to study Fourth Form. Umini says the Affamarg schools are very prestigious. She promised to send me some of their handouts for prospective students. So maybe I will consider applying there.


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Disability in F&SF

Here are two interviews about disability in speculative fiction, one with a reader, one with an author.  It's important to include diversity, to tell all the stories.

What are some of your experiences on this topic?