Patsy Cline Sings Sweet Dreams to the Universe

Beston Barnett Strange Horizons 11/20/23 2023

ShortStory 4,714 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources

"i am a memory. i am an METI carrying a memory. i am an METI (Message to Extraterrestrial Intelligence) carrying a memory beaming through the vacuum of space. Because i am an METI, i presume my purpose is to communicate with extraterrestrials, should i find them."

Slipstream Diaspora American Southwest

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Intertextual Post Apocalyptic Fragmented Consciousness Trauma Elegiac Lyrical Memory Near Future Social SF Contemporary Literary SF Contemplative Grief And Loss Voice Driven Bittersweet Science Fiction

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