Concessions
Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
Strange Horizons
03/06/17
2017
Novelette
8,315 words
Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources
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Bilqis, the only real doctor in a dying community of religious exiles, finds something strange when she examines a pregnant woman.
DystopiaFaithPost Apocalyptic
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Slow BurnMotherhoodHopefulIntrospectiveSpeculative FictionSecondary WorldLyricalLyrical ProseIntimateSurvivalSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeBelongingFantasyFirst PersonGrief And LossVoice DrivenBittersweetScience Fiction
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pregnancy-loss
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