Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

These were not random survivors thrown together hashing out their differences, fighting bitterness over perceived slights these were family, lifetime friends, whose dedication to pulling their weight for the community (or not) was bare for all to see, more complicated to deal with, I’m sure. How they dealt with everything that followed, as a small community, fascinated me.

There was a whole safety net they thought was under them that had been ripped away. I know they were already preparing, stocking up for winter, but they still thought everything was a-okay with the people that stock their diesel, restock their grocer’s store. If your communication with everyone off the rez (reservation) is spotty at best during the colder weather, then when it happens with finality, you wouldn’t know right away that gets under my skin, creeps me out. I had not yet read a story of the modern world ending from the viewpoint of of a people already so isolated due to marginalization and separation onto reservations, but I was looking forward to it. The way the world ends could be endlessly written about, ranging from the fantastical to the horrific, mired in scientific explanation or religious signs presented with hopeful to despondent emotion.

I also would like to read the other works by this author. This was the only title on this list I have been able to get my hands on so far (borrowed from my library) but I remain hopeful, and diligent in my searching. Moon of the Crusted Snow, authored by Waubgeshig Rice, popped on my radar by way of the Bookriot article titled: Welcome To Indigenous Horror: 4 Indigenous Books To Try, written by Amanda Diehl.

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice