A review by aksel_dadswell
Luminous Body by Zoe Liegh, Brooke Warra

5.0

An absolutely mesmerising short work, one of those few pieces of fiction that truly transported me into its story and made me forget the world around me. Warra balances so many layers with such skill here, the nucleus of her story the narrator's life, encapsulated in a series of shifting fragments and memories that flow perfectly into each other, always converging back into the present. This is an astounding character piece that acknowledges the generations of women to come before, and examination of conception and birth and motherhood, and it's amazing to see how much Warra has managed to fit into the confines of such a short piece of work, all the grime and regret and breathless beauty of the protagonist's life, and her collision with the peripheral characters. On top of which is the artful blend of something that straddles cosmic horror and body horror, and manages to make both into something truly beautiful.

This was the first piece of fiction I'd read by Brooke Warra, and I'll be looking for more immediately.

Another awesome chapbook published by Dim Shores, with gorgeous cover and interior illustrations by Zoe Liegh.