Sour Milk Girls

Erin Roberts Clarkesworld 136 2018

ShortStory 6,447 words Recommended by 8 award/anthology sources

Fourteen-year-old Ghost gave up on finding a foster family a long time ago. She’s just waiting until she turns 18 and can leave “the Agency.” Then a new girl turns up—one who can actually remember her life before she was sent there.

Dystopia Class Inequality Introspective

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Psychological Horror Visceral Bodily Autonomy Unsettling Trauma Urban Near Future Social SF Literary SF Survival Dark Belonging Grief And Loss First Person Science Fiction Voice Driven Identity Character Driven

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