Author of Survivor Injustice and Coercion, Kylie Cheung's Genesis is a speculative, autofiction novel in which the author's abortion opens a wormhole of infinite timelines and possibilities.
At 26-years-old, Kylie has an abortion while listening to One Direction. Like all abortions, hers opens up a wormhole establishing a multiverse of infinite realities and possibilities because she doesn’t have to give birth or parent.
In the main timeline, she goes on to pursue a doomed relationship with a married writer whose wife is pregnant. In one, she wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. In others, she: assassinates a health insurance CEO; builds a time machine and meets the six wives of Henry VIII; becomes the first female president of the United States—and is promptly impeached; cures cancer; has three more abortions; and recovers from debilitating sex addiction to get married and start a family.
Abortion is often treated as the ending, but Genesis invites readers to treat it as the beginning of infinite possibilities. In that sense, this novel in its entirety is a true story. Absurd, hilarious, and even horny, this novel is an honest look at sexual politics and human possibility, reimagining agency in mainstream culture. Abortion isn’t the end—it’s the beginning. A genesis.