The Horrid Glory of Its Wings by Elizabeth Bear
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (18 pages)
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by AstilbeThere’s a harpy with bronze wings living in the dumpster behind Desiree’s building. She’s ugly and she eats garbage, but she has a little kingdom back there. Desiree wants something of her own, too — something all hers. Can that foul old thing possibly help her?
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Desiree was a foster child who was living with an incurable, disfiguring illness. The doctors had originally thought she’d die at a very young age, so she wasn’t entirely sure what to do with herself once she outlived all of their earlier predictions. While there were times when I wished she could have a more optimistic opinion about what her life would be like after she aged out of foster care, I also understood why she feared turning eighteen so much. She had been dealt a tough hand in life, and she didn’t have the support system that most people have at that age.
It was interesting to compare Desiree’s place in society to how the harpy was treated. They shared far more in common than I originally guessed they would, from their loneliness to their troubles connecting to almost anyone who happened to stumble across them in life. This wasn’t something I was expecting to find in this story, but I sure did enjoy finding examples of all of the types of experiences that both of them could relate to.
The ending was everything I’d hoped it would be. Based on how few choices Desiree and the harpy had in the beginning of this piece, I could only think of a few different ways their encounters would eventually end. I’d grown to like Desiree that I couldn’t wait to see what would happen to them and if she’d figure out a way to fix some of the problems that had been plaguing her since birth.
The Horrid Glory of Its Wings was a dark tale that I’d recommend to anyone who has ever felt stuck in unfortunate circumstances.
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