2016 Story 51
Today's story comes from Clockwork Phoenix 5, edited by Mike Allen:
51. THE TRINITITE GOLEM by Sonya Taaffe. Taaffe's short, tightly-focused tale tells the story of Robert Oppenheimer's guilt long after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, infused with the methods by which the government tried (and largely succeeded) to destroy him. Oppeheimer encounters a classic Golem ... or does he? So much of the story seems to be in the main character's mind that I found myself wondering if the encounter is real or imagined? Ultimately, I don't think it matters to the strength of the story, which is a bullet of grief and regret but also a little bit of hope.
51. THE TRINITITE GOLEM by Sonya Taaffe. Taaffe's short, tightly-focused tale tells the story of Robert Oppenheimer's guilt long after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, infused with the methods by which the government tried (and largely succeeded) to destroy him. Oppeheimer encounters a classic Golem ... or does he? So much of the story seems to be in the main character's mind that I found myself wondering if the encounter is real or imagined? Ultimately, I don't think it matters to the strength of the story, which is a bullet of grief and regret but also a little bit of hope.