Tag: audrey zhou
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Orion’s Belt Interview: Audrey Zhou (July 2024)
Sara Omer: In “Five Stages of Shedding a Skin,” Ming grieves her old memories as she prepares for a new life at the hands of the enigmatic Tailor, who will help her shed her old skin like a snake. What inspired this story? Audrey Zhou: This story started with an idea I had nearly a…
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Five Stages of Shedding a Skin by Audrey Zhou (July 2024 Prose)
1. Denial The only reason anyone gets a new skin is to become someone else. Ming’s skin—the one she was born with, the only one she’s ever known—fits fine, mostly. It’s a little tight, as if stretched taut, but that’s just what happens eventually, everyone says. Growing pains. “Well,” Xuemei says, “I heard there’s this…