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How One Snail Inspired Two Novels on Two Different Continents

How One Snail Inspired Two Novels on Two Different Continents

What a beautiful conversation. Six years ago, Ed Yong wrote a story about the life and death of a snail. An endling, that’s the term for the last surviving member of a species. That story inspired two women, unbeknownst to one another, to write novels, both with the same title: Endling. Here, they meet for the first time.


From Weekly Filet #547, in October 2025.

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