Her Sacred Spirit Soars
S. Qiouyi Lu
Strange Horizons
07/18/16
2016
ShortStory
5,428 words
Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
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In 1949, researchers attempt to harness "oriental lovebird energy" to cure human comas.
Historical FantasyDiasporaHistorical USA
More tags 15
Second PersonMagical RealismColonialismTenderQueer IdentitySpeculative FictionElegiacLyricalLyrical ProseFantasyLiteraryGrief And LossIdentityVoice DrivenBittersweet
Content warnings 3
death-of-a-loved-oneracismsuicide
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