Short story where statues have their heads replaced by those of carved insect heads
Looking for a short story that takes place after the apocalypse/societal breakdown? Can’t remember much else about it except for the final scene. The protagonists find that the statues in the park/square? have had their heads removed and replaced with the carved heads of insects. I think they are being pursued as well.
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Looking for a short story that takes place after the apocalypse/societal breakdown? Can’t remember much else about it except for the final scene. The protagonists find that the statues in the park/square? have had their heads removed and replaced with the carved heads of insects. I think they are being pursued as well.
story-identification short-stories
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Looking for a short story that takes place after the apocalypse/societal breakdown? Can’t remember much else about it except for the final scene. The protagonists find that the statues in the park/square? have had their heads removed and replaced with the carved heads of insects. I think they are being pursued as well.
story-identification short-stories
edited 3 hours ago
TheLethalCarrot
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asked 3 hours ago
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Looking for a short story that takes place after the apocalypse/societal breakdown? Can’t remember much else about it except for the final scene. The protagonists find that the statues in the park/square? have had their heads removed and replaced with the carved heads of insects. I think they are being pursued as well.
story-identification short-stories
story-identification short-stories
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asked 3 hours ago
user111684user111684
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edited 3 hours ago
TheLethalCarrot
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asked 3 hours ago
user111684user111684
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edited 3 hours ago
TheLethalCarrot
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TheLethalCarrot
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This is Alfred Bester's "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To"
...directed her gaze at the Wonderland monument...
A consummate craftsman had removed the heads of Alice, the Mad
Hatter, and the March Hare, and replaced them with towering mantis
heads, all saber mandibles, antenna, and faceted eyes.
The story takes place in New York City, and the reference is to the famous Alice In Wonderland monument in Central Park.
(photo from centralpark.com)
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This is Alfred Bester's "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To"
...directed her gaze at the Wonderland monument...
A consummate craftsman had removed the heads of Alice, the Mad
Hatter, and the March Hare, and replaced them with towering mantis
heads, all saber mandibles, antenna, and faceted eyes.
The story takes place in New York City, and the reference is to the famous Alice In Wonderland monument in Central Park.
(photo from centralpark.com)
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This is Alfred Bester's "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To"
...directed her gaze at the Wonderland monument...
A consummate craftsman had removed the heads of Alice, the Mad
Hatter, and the March Hare, and replaced them with towering mantis
heads, all saber mandibles, antenna, and faceted eyes.
The story takes place in New York City, and the reference is to the famous Alice In Wonderland monument in Central Park.
(photo from centralpark.com)
edited 1 hour ago
Niffler
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This is Alfred Bester's "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To"
...directed her gaze at the Wonderland monument...
A consummate craftsman had removed the heads of Alice, the Mad
Hatter, and the March Hare, and replaced them with towering mantis
heads, all saber mandibles, antenna, and faceted eyes.
The story takes place in New York City, and the reference is to the famous Alice In Wonderland monument in Central Park.
(photo from centralpark.com)
edited 1 hour ago
Niffler
4,207749
answered 2 hours ago
Organic MarbleOrganic Marble
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This is Alfred Bester's "They Don't Make Life Like They Used To"
...directed her gaze at the Wonderland monument...
A consummate craftsman had removed the heads of Alice, the Mad
Hatter, and the March Hare, and replaced them with towering mantis
heads, all saber mandibles, antenna, and faceted eyes.
The story takes place in New York City, and the reference is to the famous Alice In Wonderland monument in Central Park.
(photo from centralpark.com)
edited 1 hour ago
Niffler
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answered 2 hours ago
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