Snowflake
Novella 24,949 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"So when my phone started up, jittering on the nightstand, I knew right away what it had to be. I pushed off the covers and went out on the balcony, holding the rail thinking, God, not again. Tokyo all lit up and crazy at this unholy hour of three a.m., and it made me feel worse, somehow, seeing those lights, like watching commercials for stuff you can’t afford."
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