Ponies for Tor!
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I really connected with this well-crafted short story called "Ponies" by Kij Johnson. It's a rarity that I have such a strong and visceral reaction to an article that I'm illustrating. "Ponies" is also getting strong reactions and comments from other readers on the Tor page. I don't want to give too much away but here are a few of the comments. Spoiler alert!
"DEPRESSING, CRUEL, but perhaps a too real depiction of today's youth in too many cases. (Not that yesterday's grown-ups were any better.) The writing is good, the subject questionable and the art beautiful." -Dogpatch
"Disturbing, in the sense that it takes something as commonplace as children cruelty to the high ground of allegory, and brings it crashing back with a single, commonplace phrase. I enjoyed it, despite it managed to haunt me." -Whiteorca
"DEPRESSING, CRUEL, but perhaps a too real depiction of today's youth in too many cases. (Not that yesterday's grown-ups were any better.) The writing is good, the subject questionable and the art beautiful." -Dogpatch
"Disturbing, in the sense that it takes something as commonplace as children cruelty to the high ground of allegory, and brings it crashing back with a single, commonplace phrase. I enjoyed it, despite it managed to haunt me." -Whiteorca
