Quasar

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Our Father

ShortStory 1,610 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources

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"I think of you most when the sun sets on Atlas. The skies are so bright there you can feel the colors on your skin. I find myself repeating this to my granddaughter, Lila. The night she was born, I took her onto the terrace to watch the daylight roll back in waves. We stood together in the rosy light..."

Generation ShipDiasporaTender

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MotherhoodIntrospectiveFound FamilyFar FutureElegiacLyrical ProseSacrificeSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeFirst PersonGrief And LossBittersweetScience Fiction

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death-of-a-loved-one

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