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Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness

S.L. Huang Clarkesworld 2022 Novelette Science Fiction 7,850 words

"From the first time I visited Mariah Lee-Cassidy in prison, she radiated defiance. The poisonous orange of her prison jumpsuit might have been the decision of the state, but everything else about the twenty-nine-year-old, from her aggressively spiked hair...

AI FictionArtificial IntelligencePhilosophical

Content warnings 3

deathmental-illnesssuicide

As the Last I May Know

S.L. Huang Tor.com 2019 ShortStory Alternate Reality 5,863 words

Only one nation has nuclear weapons, but their rules against using them require that things be so desperate that the President be willing to kill a child to get the launch codes.

DystopiaPolitical ResistanceSlow Burn

Content warnings 2

deathviolence

The River Judge

S.L. Huang Reactor 2024 Novelette Epic Fantasy 10,936 words

In this prequel novelette to the critically acclaimed The Water Outlaws, nine-year-old Li Li is introduced to a web of community secrets and family intrigue when she helps her mother bury the corpse of a man that has somehow wound up in the storeroom of...

Historical FantasyRevengeRestrained

Content warnings 4

cannibalismdeathdeath-of-a-loved-oneviolence