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The Failed Dianas

ShortStory 4,163 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources

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"I hate Original Diana immediately, or at least I want to hate her. Nothing should surprise me about her appearance, yet I’m embarrassed to be excited to look like her when I’m in my forties. My cheeks get hot when I think about how I held out a shred of hope that she would look, at best, like a shoddy beta version of me."

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MotherhoodWarmTraumaIntimateUrbanSocial SFLiterary SFBelongingFirst PersonLiteraryIdentityVoice DrivenBittersweetCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

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