Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue

"Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue" is a science fiction story by Charlie Jane Anders. It was first published in Boston Review, in their 2017 "Global Dystopias" anthology.

"Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue"
AuthorCharlie Jane Anders
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction short story
Published inBoston Review
Publication dateOctober 30, 2017

Synopsis

Rachel is a trans woman who is captured by an agency that forces detransition by means of brain transplants — where she discovers that the person supervising her torture is her childhood friend Jeffrey.

Reception

"Don't Press Charges and I Won't Sue" won the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award,[1] and was on the Honor List for the James Tiptree Jr. Award.[2] Gardner Dozois compared it to Kafka's "The Castle".[3]

Publishers Weekly considered it "astoundingly good".[4]

References

  1. Anders Wins 2018 Sturgeon Award, by Mike Glyer, at File 770; published June 23, 2018; retrieved May 1, 2019
  2. 2017 Honor List, at the Tiptree Society; retrieved May 1, 2019
  3. Gardner Dozois Reviews Short Fiction, by Gardner Dozois, in Locus; published February 12, 2018; retrieved May 1, 2019
  4. Global Dystopias, reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published December 4, 2017; retrieved May 1, 2019
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