My Country Is A Ghost
Eugenia Triantafyllou
Uncanny
32
2020
ShortStory
4,650 words
Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources
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An immigrant is distressed because her mother’s ghost is confiscated at the border.
Contemporary FantasyDiasporaIntrospective
More tags 15
Magical RealismMotherhoodElegiacLyricalLyrical ProseContemporaryContemplativeBelongingFantasyLiteraryClose Third PersonGrief And LossIdentityBittersweetCharacter Driven
Content warnings 1
death-of-a-loved-one
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