“The Privilege of the Happy Ending”

Rounding off our triad of podcasts about the end of the world as we know it, we are honoured to welcome Kij Johnson to discuss her apocalypse-themed fantasy story (with strong hints of science fiction!) “The Privilege of the Happy Ending”. The research, the worldbuilding, and the structural and narrative choices that went into this story make this a genius class in writing craft from one of the genre’s best. (But first listen to Episode 3.4 of the podcast for our summary and discussion of this story.)