Flowers Grow in Desolate Places

Flowers Grow In Desolate Places is a queer-normative post-apocalyptic short story.

Flowers Grow in Desolate Places Summary

From the age of eleven, Jayna has served as a Diamond Head soldier. Though she has never questioned this life or her duty, the turf wars between the Head and the Wasteland Syndicate have reached their frenzied peak. Yet when Jayna makes an unexpected vow of pacifism, it is not just her life but the lives of her closest friend and lover that will change forever.

• Flowers Grow In Desolate Places was originally published by Big Pulp in the 2013 LGBT-themed edition, Clones, Fairies, and Monsters in the Closet.
• 12 pages
• Ebook Publication Date: March 17, 2025
• Content warnings for child soldiers, assault, and references to violence, torture, and death