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Rabbit Test

Samantha Mills Uncanny 2022 ShortStory Science Fiction 7,067 words

"It is 2091, and Grace is staring at the rabbit in the corner of her visual overlay. It is an Angora rabbit, fluffy and white, and when Grace picked the icon out, she did not realize how much she would come to dread the sight of it. She moves, and the...

SlipstreamMotherhoodBleak

Content warnings 6

abusedeathmental-illnesspregnancy-losssexual-violencesuicide

Strange Waters

Samantha Mills Strange Horizons 2018 ShortStory Fantasy Time Travel 6,183 words

Mika is lost at sea, but lost in time, not space, landing at her home port over and over at different times spread across almost two thousand years as she tries to get home to her children.

Speculative FictionMotherhoodElegiac

Content warnings 1

death-of-a-loved-one

10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days

Samantha Mills Uncanny 2025 ShortStory Fantasy 2,048 words

"There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are forced to abandon our home, but one of the neighbors has a...

SlipstreamPolitical ResistanceEarnest

Content warnings 4

deathillness-and-pandemicmental-illnessviolence

Kiki Hernández Beats the Devil

Samantha Mills Translunar Travelers Lounge 2020 ShortStory 4,961 words

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

Adrianna in Pomegranate

Samantha Mills BCS 2019 ShortStory High Fantasy 4,328 words

Benedetto makes his living running a calligramancy shop, where he makes magic via writing. Today, he snapped, closed the shop, and started an elaborate spell of unknown purpose.

Historical FantasyArt And CreationHistorical Europe

Content warnings 1

child-death