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The Giant with No Heart in Her Body

ShortStory 3,280 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources

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"The truth is that I lost my arm the same summer I lost my brother. Lost is a euphemism. In fact, my arm was retrieved by the paramedics and brought to the hospital, along with the two fingers severed from my left hand, and the various parts of my brother’s body. My right arm was broken in three places: I can still feel the ache and itch of my poorly mended bones."

Fairy Tale RetellingBodily AutonomyFragmented

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Magical RealismSpeculative FictionTraumaElegiacSecondary WorldLyricalLyrical ProseSacrificeMelancholicMemoryContemporaryContemplativeFantasyLiteraryGrief And LossVoice Driven

Content warnings 3

body-horrordeathdeath-of-a-loved-one

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