Hourglass City

"Hourglass City" is a short story by Myrna Elana.

The story is a dystopian futuristic tale of an older tough revolutionary dyke, and the young cop she takes down. It was originally published in the anthology Hot Ticket: Tales of Lesbians, Sex, and Travel, ed. by Linnea Due (1997), and "Hourglass City" is S/M-themed. This future is right out of nightmares, literally, with human-flesh-renderers sweeping the streets for the elderly, the sick, the disabled. Although just a backdrop, the imagery is evocative and the social commentary — "Old lives are as sacred as young ones" (p. 118) — is scathing, and lingering.

Dedication: "'Hourglass City' is dedicated to loved ones with HIV and cancer." (from Hot Ticket "Contributors' Notes")