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The Elephants' Crematorium

ShortStory 3,887 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source

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A doomsday weapon has changed the laws of physics on Earth, and most of the population has perished. Liyana spends her time trying to have a baby and studying elephants, who have started to spontaneously combust.

SlipstreamMotherhoodPost Apocalyptic

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Magical RealismHopefulSpeculative FictionElegiacLyrical ProseSacrificeMemorySurvivalContemporaryLiterary SFContemplativeLiteraryClose Third PersonGrief And LossBittersweetCharacter Driven

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deathpregnancy-loss

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