The Storm’s Flora Ruth Valentine Silvia Tomasa Rivera

Silvia Tomasa Rivera

of waking “one morning and the Caribbean was gone”

based loosely on the life of Kate O'Brien

Kevin Simmonds

a short story translated by Thomas Aplin Aisha al-Kaabi – Very short stories

The Storm’s Flora Ruth Valentine Silvia Tomasa RiveraLaura Wainwrights debut collection is a powerful exploration of resilience in the face of ecological and human crises. Here, new life whether in words, music, art, nature, or people emerges from darkness and turmoil, and flourishes despite it. Natural worlds and relationships, containing the human within them, can be familiar but also strange, awe inspiring, and beyond the confines of our typical narratives. The Storms Flora explores these