Few things are more disappointing than a predictable work of fiction, but one worse thing is the work of fiction that aims to surprise but falls flat. There's a big, fat, twist in November's online exclusive work of fiction, "Edge Habitat," by Helen Hooper. It's a particularly welcome twist because, well, it blindsided us. We recently emailed Hooper and asked her to tell us a bit about that twist, her other work, and about her previous life as a DC-based policy analyst with The Nature … [Read more...] about Online Fiction Interview: Helen Hooper
Helen Hooper
Edge Habitat
The window over the kitchen sink looks out at the backyard. Theory’d been, she could watch the kids play. Croquet or whatever. That was a long time ago. Carl had put in a garden that turned out to be popular with local wildlife. Once the shoots were up they came and returned, voracious. Subsequent Googling to learn that deer like edge habitat. Which is what this is, he said. The edge. The best place. He installed that fence, the so-called exclosure, a metal net reinforced with steel rods. … [Read more...] about Edge Habitat