A Cure for Solastalgia
ShortStory 2,426 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
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"When I leave home at seventeen, my mother tells me three things. Not to care too much. To keep my gift a secret. And to get used to being alone. “You’ll see what it’s like,” she says. “Out there in the real world.” None of this is good advice."
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