Death Echoes Overlapping
ShortStory 4,869 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"On the necropolis space station of the Tau Andromeda planetary system, the keepers of the tomb attended to the dead and the dying. They cleansed, prepared, and prayed over the bodies. They performed the last rites, paying intricate attention to the customs of each person’s native community."
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