The Constellations Are Unrecognizable Here
ShortStory 6,134 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"When Jenea and I sneak out to the observation deck of the SSE Patroclus after lights-out, I think he’s going to kiss me, but instead he waits until I’m distracted by the stars and tells me he set himself on fire. I tear my gaze from the outer edges of the Milky Way swirling beyond the meter-thick glass of the spaceship’s hull."
Content warnings 3
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.