Quasar

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Rembrandt, graffiti, and the strange disappearance of ducks

ShortStory 4,988 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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"The alert comes screaming in on Jana’s implant, bright light lancing through the fog of REM sleep: [New glyph. Intersection of 148th and Cliffton.] When her eyes snap open, it’s there, the only thing fully in focus. A blurry image of the yet-untitled glyph #75 hovers beside it."

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MotherhoodSpeculative FictionUrbanMelancholicMemoryNear FutureContemporaryContemplativeBelongingLiteraryClose Third PersonGrief And LossVoice DrivenBittersweetCharacter Driven

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