I Read Stories: The Love Song Of M. Religiosa by Nibedita Sen

The Love Song Of M Religiosa by Nibedita Sen in Kaleidotrope

A Mantis is kept in a laboratory. He yearns for She, another mantis in another tank. He is keen to mate with her, but also not keen to be killed and eaten by her. He escapes and asks the other insects and other creatures in the lab for their advice.

By turns whimsical and deadly serious, the Mantis’s journey sheds light on the people in the lab as well, and their attempts to mate without having their heads bitten off.

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