The Night You Swallow the Moon
“Daddy,” you say, “would you have dropped the bomb?”
First published in the Kenyon Review, "The Night You Swallow the Moon" was initially imagined by the author as an interactive story. This version contains contextual images and audio not available to Kenyon Review readers or Soundcloud listeners. May it provoke thought, compassion, and hope.
CW: Medical misogyny, physical and mental illness, gender dysphoria, menstruation, and racism, including the use of a slur.
Bugs: This game is playable on mobile but the audio is buggy (including narration, atmospheric music, and SFX . For the best experience, play on desktop with headphones if able.
- Estimated 20-minute playthrough
- This is a work of fiction informed by personal experiences
Story, Sound Design
hosomeowa
Audio Narration
Radhika Samwald
Tools
Twine 2, Sugarcube 2
Audacity
SLK_image2pix by Lukas Holzbeierlein
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Fonts
EB Garamond by Georg Duffner, Octavio Pardo
Oswald by Vernon Adams, Kalapi Gajjar, Cyreal
Noto Sans Mono commissioned by Google
OpenDyslexic by Abbie Gonzalez
Audio
Adobe Inc.
Cover Art
Original Publication
The Kenyon Review, Vol. XLV Summer 2023
Nicole Terez Dutton, Editor
Jackson Saul, Managing Editor
Elizabeth Wagner, Chief Copy Editor
Chandra Wohleber, Copy Editor
Miscellaneous
