Inspired by the "Where might I send this story?" thread in Interstices. For stories that are unusual, cross-genre in an odd way, awkwardly lengthed, unclassifiable or difficult to sell for some other reason. Give a description, including length, likeliest genre, and possibly a rating in the event of sex, violence, or profanity, and we'll knock our heads together to try and come up with some place to send it.
I'll start with a 5000-word distopia. It's not your typical science-fiction, since it's strongly character focused and there's no technology that doesn't exist in the modern world. It's not dark, but it does have a strong focus on sexual issues (the protagonist is asexual, and has to deal with a culture where anything not heterosexual and promiscuous is looked upon as a freak or worse), so I guess it's an R rating or maybe a strong PG-13. Anybody know a place that might like it?
I'll start with a 5000-word distopia. It's not your typical science-fiction, since it's strongly character focused and there's no technology that doesn't exist in the modern world. It's not dark, but it does have a strong focus on sexual issues (the protagonist is asexual, and has to deal with a culture where anything not heterosexual and promiscuous is looked upon as a freak or worse), so I guess it's an R rating or maybe a strong PG-13. Anybody know a place that might like it?