AI JIANG is a Chinese-Canadian writer and an immigrant from Fujian. She is a member of HWA, SFWA, and Codex. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, Uncanny, The Puritan, Prairie Fire, The Masters Review. Her debut novella Linghun (April 2023) is forthcoming with Dark Matter INK. Find her on Twitter (@AiJiang_) and online (http://aijianAI JIANGg.ca).
We, The Slow Gods
Ai Jiang
WE, THE SLOW GODS
by Ai Jiang
We, the slow gods, with gnarl limbs curling in weathers humans made—slow gods with souls immortal but bodies of dying worlds. We call ourselves prophets of the next generation, but humans gave us a different name: trees; and our name for them: closed eyed destroyers.
