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Only the steady thud of the bag of Fanta bumping against my leg. It’s always the same at Avalon Cemetery: the red sand, the unkempt weeds that Nkhono concerns herself with, the drinking fountain that promises no water, and the lump that sits in my throat. I think she meant he’d enjoy it more on a boiling hot day like today. We were meant to visit him yesterday, but Nkhono said the weather wasn’t good and the winds were too strong. And today we will pour it over his grave to quench his thirst. It belongs to my father, Nkhono’s fourth son. Find a brief excerpt below: In the kitchen sits a cooler box. “The Strong-Strong Winds” was originally published in adda. Mathapelo was long-listed for the 2021 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize, and is currently working on her debut composite novel, The Ministry of Sadness. Her short story and essay publications include adda, Popshot Quarterly, and Goldsmiths Press. Her short films have screened at BFI Soul Connect, Underwire, London Shorts, and Aesthetica, among others. In 2018 she completed an MA in scriptwriting at the London University of Goldsmiths after being awarded the Chevening Scholarship. Mathapelo Mofokeng is a writer from Johannesburg. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers and for the anthology by judges Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and Beth Piatote.

In the recent weeks, we’ve featured Q&As with the contributors, whose stories were selected for PEN’s Robert J. She seems severe and untempered, but with a deep understanding of who she’s hunting.Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize is the fifth edition of an anthology celebrating outstanding new fiction writers published by literary magazines around the world. Looking back, Kathleen’s first scenes remind me so much of how Helena Cain was introduced on Battlestar Galactica.

There’s no need for Kathleen to kill the Doctor just because Brian died, but that unpredictability can be necessary to the story at large. However, it’s Kathleen’s unhinged nature that makes for the real threat. Their storyline feels largely like they’re only there to bridge the gap and get viewers into the arc with Henry and Sam. Kathleen and Perry feel like a breath of fresh air injecting the story with a new impetus even if their motives seem misguided and short-sighted. It feels like there’s no general threat except other people trying to survive, which is what makes the Kansas City insurgency compelling.

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However, the rest of the series appears to be about trying to survive in a world against FEDRA. Right now, the series gives us the main objective of Joel having to deliver Ellie to see if her immunity may provide a cure for cordyceps. Related What to Watch on TV: Chicago P.D., Star Trek: Picard, Carnival Row, and 9-1-1: Lone Star We get an overall idea of how the infected are treated, and how most people view FEDRA, but so few characters have a compelling motive as to why they’re doing what they’re doing. However, at its core, these early episodes are struggling to showcase the danger. The Last of Us is a beauty series that presents some interesting dynamics and relationships. Their relationship is the bright spot in an episode that could have easily eclipsed them as we enter the Kansas City insurgency. Ellie’s desire to help them strengthens their bond and her reaction in the aftermath shows just how similar they are.

Seeing them slowly start to form an affection for one another, especially when Joel gets pinned down by insurgents. Their bond continues to grow as they traverse the country and bond, despite Joel referring to Ellie as “cargo.” The jokes that Ellie continues to tell Joel over the course of the episode, regardless of whether he enjoys it adds some levity to their bond. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey continue to deliver dynamic performances. The Last of Us Season 1 Episode 4, “Please Hold My Hand” dips as a transitory episode, but doesn’t fail to hold our expectations.