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The Right Way To Be Sad

ShortStory 4,831 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source

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Sheru is a dog in an Indian city. He’s captured by researchers experimenting with deep learning. And he’s sad.

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Class InequalityConsciousnessIntimateUrbanMelancholicSocial SFContemporaryContemplativeBelongingLiteraryClose Third PersonGrief And LossBittersweetCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

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