Cairns
Jason P. Burnham
Strange Horizons
03/30/20
2020
ShortStory
5,208 words
Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
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In a world dying from pollution by micro plastics, Ana struggles to protect her family, but even the food they eat is slowly killing them.
DystopiaCorporate PowerBleak
More tags 17
MotherhoodDefiantClass InequalityIntimateSpeculative FictionUrbanNear FutureSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeSurvivalContemporaryGrief And LossFirst PersonBittersweetScience FictionCharacter Driven
Content warnings 2
deathillness-and-pandemic
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