Carouseling
ShortStory 5,250 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
Ostap can’t wait to visit his girlfriend and see her big project that’s trying to use quantum mechanics to develop faster-than-light travel.
Content warnings 2
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.