Coming of the Light
Chen Qiufan
Clarkesworld
102
2015
Novelette
8,399 words
Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
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Zhou is an ad man for a Chinese marketing firm, and he has to find a way to get people to buy a new photo technology that has unusual capabilities.
Speculative FictionFatherhoodSatirical
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.
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