She Blooms and the World is Changed
ShortStory 2,337 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"My sister Sera was twelve standard years old when our parents confined her to our family habitat. They kept her there for over a year, and then they died far from home (expedition, landslide). I’ll never know if they were seeking a cure for Sera, or a way to protect the world from her."
Content warnings 1
death-of-a-loved-one
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