Forest of Memory

A METAtropolis Story

Katya deals in Authenticities, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. But when she encounters a stranger who calls himself Johnny in the woods - even she can't say whether it's real or not.

This story was first published in METAtropolis: Green Space, the third entry in Audible's original series.

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No proof of occurrence

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Forest of Memory is a short story about a woman who deals in authenticities. Her clients pay a premium for provenance of occurrences. She finds herself in the woods and is ‘taken’ by a man doing something with the animals. She is cut off from the grid and her AI assistant. Her time in captivity becomes a surreal experience that she has no way of confirming.

The narration is good with decent, but limited character distinction. Pacing is smooth.

Uncertainty Shared

Very well read. Fascinating on increasingly expanding levels. Will listen often, reliving the experience.

A mysterious and thrilling short story

I picked it up because a love Mary's writing. It was a very enjoyable, mysterious and thrilling science fiction short story. Narration was also great.

Very good as far as it goes.

Very good as far as it goes. The story is set up to be excruciatingly detailed, And sometimes that causes it to feel a little slow. Ends on an ambiguity.

More short stories please MRK!!

Intriguing, couldn't guess what was gonna happen next or how it was gonna end. I'll be thinking about this story for a long time.