Descent

<b>A work of fabulist fiction that centers on the lives and protection of those living in sick disabled and other marginalized bodies.</b><br>  <br> Arria Deepwater's <i>Descent</i> is a modern fairy tale exploring the vulnerability and strength that come with living in an unconventional body especially for those living with the experience of disabilities chronic illness hyper-medicalization objectification and 2SLGBTQIA+ identities. The reader is invited to become an observer of isolation violation and the magic of secret joy. <i>Descent</i> moves through entangled connections and dissolving boundaries between humanity and the natural world as it seeks to weave a spell of protection for those whose bodies do not conform for whom existence is a radical act of rebellion and creativity.<br> <br> Exploring boundaries of intimacy fluidity and grief Deepwater brings an eco-feminist speculative twist to the growing canon of writers with marginalized identities. Deepwater considers the fractured reality of living in a queer disabled body and how we might find freedom safety and spiritual healing despite grief.<br>  <br> <i>Descent</i> is the winner of Omnidawn's 2022 Fabulist Fiction Contest chosen by Michelle Ruiz Keil.<br>