010 | Boy, Deer, Chair by Sam Asher The Metaworker Podcast

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
Afrofuturism
Trans authors
Literary Magazines:
Voodoonauts
Fiyah LitMag
Clarkesworld
Apex Magazine
Strange Horizons
Uncanny Magazine
Mid-American Review



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