Shortlisted for the 2022 Shirley Jackson AwardUnwieldy Creatures, a biracial, queer, nonbinary retelling of Mary Shelleys classic novel Frankenstein, follows the story of three beings who all navigate life from the margins Plum, a queer biracial Chinese intern at one of the worlds top embryology labs, who runs away from home to openly be with her girlfriend only to be left on her own Dr. Frank, a queer biracial Indonesian scientist, who compromises everything she claims to love in the name of science and ambition when she sets out to procreate without sperm or egg and Dr. Franks nonbinary creation who, painstakingly brought into the world, is abandoned due to complications at birth that result from a cruel twist of revenge. Plum struggles to determine the limits of her own ambition when Dr. Frank offers her a chance to assist with her next project. How far will Plum go in the name of scientific advancement and what is she willing to risk?

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