… an interesting question. Two thoughts:
1. I think you're referring to Annie Proulx's excellent piece. That's not *us* saying something, that's *her* saying something. Her free speech, if you will.
You might like to check out some of the other things other contributors have freely said on our blog:
https://www.fictionable.world/blog_front.html
2. Short stories are connected to the world. Even SF, fantasy and romance are still reflecting our world back to us. So it's basically impossible for a story *not* to be political. (Even a story that studiously avoids politics is political, by endorsing the status quo.) So there's no way around it. Writing is political.
That doesn't mean every short story is *about* politics. And plenty of the stories we publish aren't really about politics at all.
You might also like to check out our archive:
https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html
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