The Mermaid Astronaut
Yoon Ha Lee
BCS
298
2020
ShortStory
6,009 words
Recommended by 8 award/anthology sources
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Until a visiting starship arrived, the other mermaids thought Essarala was silly for wanting to explore the galaxy.
Fairy Tale RetellingFriendshipHopeful
More tags 21
Science FantasySpace OperaSlipstreamSlow BurnDeep SpaceFound FamilyWarmLyricalElegiacSecondary WorldSacrificeLiterary SFLyrical ProseContemplativeBelongingGrief And LossFantasyBittersweetScience FictionIdentityCharacter Driven
Content warnings 1
death
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.
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