"Loosely based on the medieval bestiary, The Rapture Index examines the relationship between animals, humans, and storytelling. Harnessing the bestiary's combination of religious parable, encyclopedia, and art, Molly Reid journeys deep into suburbia...
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"Loosely based on the medieval bestiary, The Rapture Index examines the relationship between animals, humans, and storytelling. Harnessing the bestiary's combination of religious parable, encyclopedia, and art, Molly Reid journeys deep into suburbia to reveal characters struggling to navigate desire and responsibility: the desire to indulge their baser instincts while still fulfilling the expectations of society and family. Filled with moments of curiosity, misunderstanding, fervor, and heart, these stories offer a new twist on familiar landscapes as they explore what happens in the places where the wilderness has been tamed when we try to deny our own animal nature"-- Happy you're here -- Bestiary I: the neighbor's bees -- The permutations of A -- Bestiary II: suburban fox -- Dog story -- Bestiary III: attic raccoon -- The first location -- Anatomy is destiny -- Bestiary IV: Steller's jay -- Apocalypso -- Bestiary V: chimney swifts -- 3d printing: a love story -- Summer people -- Bestiary VI: one hamster -- Adventures in wildlife -- Fall from grace -- All men -- The rapture index -- Bestiary VII: laundromat bobcat -- Come closer -- Bestiary VIII: the alligators.
