Monday, December 23, 2019
The Donner Party, by Dale Bailey
The Donner Party is a Locus Award finalist in the novelette category. It has nothing to do with the historical Donner party. So that name just has a hard go of it. Because it actually does have to do with the Donner Party--in that the people in the story eat human flesh ("ensouled" flesh). In this case by choice, with full awareness. The story is set in Victorian England, and the protagonist is a social climber--it's more of a horror story than anything speculative, but it's pretty darn horrible. Weak 3 stars from me.
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