The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half Savage
Alix E Harrow

This short story, at about 20 pages, has such vivid and beautiful atmosphere which I’ve come to expect in Harrow’s work. She has the ability to create such a complete world in very few pages.
The story follows Oona, a mixed indigenous woman who is forced by circumstance to become a mapmaker for colonizers in order to secure her younger brother’s safety. It is a gorgeous story of culture and revenge and I truly love Harrow’s ability to create a complete life and world rooted in some primal understanding of human behavior.

Please give it a read.