I'd previously thought about the short story prequel in conjunction with Pillion (which I loved, as I'm loving this book); as it turns out, the novel is actually even more in conversation with the movie in interesting and generative ways (such as around the roles of family and consent).
Jake (a deer) 🔜 AC, Canfur
The back of my mind spent the movie thinking about @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog's great short story Of First Belonging: in certain ways an inverse of Pillion and really interesting to put in conversation with the film.
