Quasar

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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."

Contemporary FantasyPolitical ResistanceHopeful

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Magical RealismIntrospectiveFound FamilyElegiacLyricalLyrical ProseMemoryContemporaryBelongingFantasyFirst PersonLiteraryGrief And LossBittersweet

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