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Learning the Loom

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Content note: suicidal ideation   I am a star, falling. “Awake now?” My eyes open to words as an unknown face greets me, small with a curious gaze. She parts full lips to bare teeth and I tense. A threat? No. A smile. I stare back. “I didn’t think you’d ever awaken,” the girl says. […] The post Learning the Loom appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .

Secondary World FantasyQueer IdentityWest Africa

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VisceralDark FantasySlow BurnIntrospectiveTenseFound FamilyFreedomDarkSecondary WorldLyrical ProseSacrificeContemplativeFantasyFirst PersonIdentity

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