The Locust Theorem

by Jasmin Kirkbride

"It is probably best if we start with your body. I'd like you to touch yourself - on the arm, the face - somewhere where your hand can make contact with your skin. Feel it. Soft. Malleable. Our bodies are fantastically adaptable - fantastically adaptable - to external conditions."

Short Story - Science Fiction.

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Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Jasmin Kirkbride is an author and academic.

Her debut science fiction novel, THE FOREST AT THE EDGE OF TIME, is due out with Tor in February 2026. Her short speculative fiction has appeared in places including Reactor, and her story ‘Sand’ was featured in Some of the Best from Tor.com 2021.

Her eco-poetry has appeared in places including Frogpond and Presence, and she was the 2022 Researcher-in-Residence for the British Haiku Society, investigating haiku in the climate crisis.

An ex-editor and book trade journalist, Jasmin holds an MA in Ancient History from King’s College London, and an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Her research explores hope in dystopian climate fiction and intergeneration healing in feminist mushroompunk.

By day, she is a Lecturer, and lives in Norfolk (UK).