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010 | Boy, Deer, Chair by Sam Asher

010 | Boy, Deer, Chair by Sam Asher

Update: 2022-03-23

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Matthew, Elena, Marina, and Mel talk with Sam Asher about his beautifully strange story Boy, Deer, Chair. We discuss symbolism, inherited trauma, pantsers vs. plotters, and imposter syndrome.

Sam Asher is an alcoholic born and partly raised in the Middle-East, now living in New York. He loves translating English -language fiction into Arabic, and being terrible at social media. Find his work in Amazing Stories, Daily SF, and the Gateway Review.

Referenced in this episode:

Boy, Deer, Chair by Sam Asher on The Metaworker website

Chelsea Sutton - author recommended by Sam

Karen Joy Fowler - author recommended by Sam

Blackfish City by Sam Miller

Clarion Writers Workshop

Literary Magazines:

Strange Horizons

Uncanny Magazine

Mid-American Review

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010 | Boy, Deer, Chair by Sam Asher

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