Jirel of Joiry: "The Dark Land" (opens in new tab)

It's hard not to consider modern ideas the impetus for a lot of C. L. Moore stories. Much of her work feels more recent than the 1930s, in the way that it anticipates second-wave feminism and even modern-day issues like consent. If I'm being a good former English major, I know that I shouldn't be presentist like that, but I think that speaks to the strength of C. L. Moore's creations: that they feel so prescient almost one hundred years later.​"The Dark Land" is the fourth Jirel of Joiry [...]