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Categories Science Fiction Cli-Fi
Petrichor is the pleasant, earthy scent that often accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. Where today’s civilization often turns its instrumentality to the extraction of resources from the Earth, perhaps in the future our greatest machines will wait patiently, working toward healing a beleaguered ecology.
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Richard A. Shury Petrichor
Richard A Shury studied literature at Otago University, and recently returned to New Zealand after haunting London for many years. He is looking forward to travelling again, and in his spare time gets down with many things nerdy. His story Chiaroscuro was read at Liars' League, while his short story The Vortex placed second in the Limnisa Short Story Competition 2018. His work, including the stories Gamer, The Formula, and Homecoming, has appeared in several anthologies. Call him a part-time optimist. Find him @RichardShury STORY NOTES FOR "PETRICHOR" Petrichor was the result of a writing prompt, ‘Like a Welcome Summer Rain’, which I worked on during one of Gotham Writers’ Write-Ins. From that beginning the piece changed and grew, into my own small piece of hope for a future where human technology works in harmony with the natural world, and helps undo the damage which has been done to it.
Petrichor, by Richard A Shury
Author Details
Richard A. Shury Petrichor
Richard A Shury studied literature at Otago University, and recently returned to New Zealand after haunting London for many years. He is looking forward to travelling again, and in his spare time gets down with many things nerdy. His story Chiaroscuro was read at Liars' League, while his short story The Vortex placed second in the Limnisa Short Story Competition 2018. His work, including the stories Gamer, The Formula, and Homecoming, has appeared in several anthologies. Call him a part-time optimist. Find him @RichardShury STORY NOTES FOR "PETRICHOR" Petrichor was the result of a writing prompt, ‘Like a Welcome Summer Rain’, which I worked on during one of Gotham Writers’ Write-Ins. From that beginning the piece changed and grew, into my own small piece of hope for a future where human technology works in harmony with the natural world, and helps undo the damage which has been done to it.
