Morning child

by Gardner Dozois, LeVar Burton (Narrator )

Two people reconnect in a post-apocalyptic world.

Listening Time: 32 minutes

Genres: Short Stories, Audiobook, Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction

1 pages, Audible Audio

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois

http://us.macmillan.com/author/gardne...

Reviews

[Meredith · Rating 2 out of 5]

This short story follows a day in the life of two people living in a post-apocalyptic world.

The storytelling is masterfully subtle. I was on the lookout for the standard post-apocalyptic players: zombies, cannibals, fanatical religious cult members, et cetera ..., so it took me a while to notice what was going on. None of the usual suspects are the cause of the central conflict, which was refreshing. And I did not see the final twist coming.

As with the best post-apocalyptic fiction, the focus is on the relationships between survivors as well as the need to protect the most vulnerable who are usually children.