The Last Lunar New Year
ShortStory 5,310 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Ambassador Shǐ Guì Sūn Yán and Prime Minister Xiang Hu Li Yáng floated in the crystalline water tank at one side of the courtroom. Beyond the anchoring shelves for the judges, the bulbous organic diamond window looked out onto a swollen, orange, solar atmosphere. The window’s shielding and the tank’s mirror finish..."
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