Salto Mortal
Nick T. Chan
Lightspeed
73
2016
Novelette
8,199 words
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In El Paso, Mary flees her abusive husband and runs into one of the space aliens who have destroyed Mexico.
First ContactBodily AutonomyAmerican Southwest
More tags 16
Post ApocalypticDystopiaVisceralDefiantTenseFast PacedFreedomTraumaDarkSurvivalNear FutureLiterary SFClose Third PersonIdentityCharacter DrivenScience Fiction
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abuseracismviolence
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