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The Persistence of Blood

Novella 26,506 words Recommended by 5 award/anthology sources

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Selemei’s push for a law to allow women to stop having children when it risks their health upends the complex caste-based society she lives in.

Speculative FictionMotherhoodSlow Burn

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Political ResistanceDefiantTenseBodily AutonomySecondary WorldIntimateSacrificeSurvivalSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeClose Third PersonCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

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death-of-a-loved-oneillness-and-pandemic

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