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PodCastle 379: The Truth About Owls
* Author : Amal El-Mohtar
* Narrator : Amal El-Mohtar
* Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
* Audio Producer : Peter Wood
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First published in Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Twelfth Planet Press, 2014), edited by Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein. Read it here!
Rated PG
Winner of the 2015 Locus Award for Best Short Story. Reprinted in Strange Horizons (January 2015) and Jonathan Strahan’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year vol. 9 (May 2015).
The Truth About Owls
by Amal El-Mohtar
Owls have eyes that match the skies they hunt through. Amber-eyed owls hunt at dawn or dusk; golden-eyed owls hunt during the day; black-eyed owls hunt at night.
No one knows why this is.
Anisa’s eyes are black, and she no longer hates them. She used to wish for eyes the color of her father’s, the beautiful pale green-blue that people were always startled to see in a brown face. But she likes, now, having eyes and hair of a color those same people find frightening.
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* Author : Amal El-Mohtar
* Narrator : Amal El-Mohtar
* Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
* Audio Producer : Peter Wood
*
Discuss on Forums
First published in Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (Twelfth Planet Press, 2014), edited by Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein. Read it here!
Rated PG
Winner of the 2015 Locus Award for Best Short Story. Reprinted in Strange Horizons (January 2015) and Jonathan Strahan’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year vol. 9 (May 2015).
The Truth About Owls
by Amal El-Mohtar
Owls have eyes that match the skies they hunt through. Amber-eyed owls hunt at dawn or dusk; golden-eyed owls hunt during the day; black-eyed owls hunt at night.
No one knows why this is.
Anisa’s eyes are black, and she no longer hates them. She used to wish for eyes the color of her father’s, the beautiful pale green-blue that people were always startled to see in a brown face. But she likes, now, having eyes and hair of a color those same people find frightening.
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