Short stories tagged with Imperialism

Listing 11 stories.

In a hyper-surveillance state set in the near future, a female military cyborg wrestles with extreme PTSD and guilt after unintentionally murdering young civilians on a mission abroad. After hearing a recording of the deaths, she realizes her "accident" isn't what it appeared to be, and takes justice into her own hands.

A high school girl raised to question history is disappointed by her crush, who has bought into the one-sided truths presented in school.

When he discovers gold near his village, an African man dissatisfied with his lot in life develops new obsessions, flouts old responsibilities, and ultimately loses more than he gains.

A South Asian woman harbors a deep fascination with the ocean. When she works with renegade scientists to track a blue whale, the woman and the whale form a deep bond.

In 1919, a young Indian woman and a handsome Irish soldier in a British uniform bond over their mutual love for poetry and their desire to be freed from British imperialism.

An Australian soldier spends several seasons stationed in a British Imperialist colony in Asia where he interacts with the city’s residents and comes to terms with the evils of imperialism.

After an explosion kills several of his workers, the manager of a tin mine in French Indochina must confront the poor working conditions and growing ethnic resentment that his enterprise has created.

Earth is colonizing the people of Venus, and a Venusian royal protects an Earth general as he concludes his imperialist takeover on the planet. In the face of an even worse enemy, she is able to bring the two sides together to save the planet.

A white Peace Corps volunteer talks with a Cameroonian passenger in a ship bar on a voyage from Africa to Europe about tensions between white and Black people on the European and African continents. What starts out as a small disagreement grows into a shocking interaction that leaves the volunteer unsure of his future.

Haunted by the ghosts of those he killed in the Congo, King Leopold II hires an inventor to create a machine capable of cleansing him of unwanted visions.