short fiction – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg short fiction – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Eleusinian Mysteries https://www.maproomblog.com/2015/09/eleusinian-mysteries/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:32:36 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/2015/09/eleusinian-mysteries/ More]]> Another fantasy story featuring maps, Charlotte Ashley’s “Eleusinian Mysteries,” appears in this month’s issue of Luna Station Quarterly. In it, a Javanese-Dutch mapmaker named Maghfira is punished for making maps of the moon that include a seemingly fanciful feature: a city named Eleusis. Naturally—this is an sf/fantasy story, after all—Eleusis turns out to be not so fanciful, and Maghfira gets herself into further trouble in its pursuit. The story says a little about maps and forbidden knowledge, rather more about about alienation and the urge to strike out into the unknown.

]]> 6025 Unlikely Cartography ToC https://www.maproomblog.com/2014/03/unlikely-cartography-toc/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:07:41 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/2014/03/unlikely-cartography-toc/ The table of contents for the Journal of Unlikely Cartography, Unlikely Story‘s single-issue special featuring science fiction and fantasy stories about maps (see previous entry), has been announced; the issue will be out in June.

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