The Norms from Up Here
Thoughts are routed, filtered and processed to mold voices according to the Norm, making people obey “linguistic standards.”
Meet the Mechanist
Renan Bernardo
Renan Bernardo is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His fiction appeared or is forthcoming in Apex Magazine, Podcastle, Escape Pod, Daily Science Fiction, Translunar Travelers Lounge, Solarpunk Magazine, Dark Matter Magazine, and others. He was one of the selected for the 2021 Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest with his story When It’s Time to Harvest. In Brazil, he was a finalist for two important SFF awards and published multiple stories. His fiction has also appeared in other languages.
He can be found at Twitter (@RenanBernardo) and his website: www.renanbernardo.com
