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The River Speaks My Name

ShortStory 5,514 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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"Before you hear what I’m about to tell you, I need you to understand two things. Firstly, I do not know how to swim. When you live in the place I do, it’s more or less a useless skill. I mean, the deepest water around is up to my shoulders at best, can you really blame me?"

Folk HorrorGuiltAmerican Southwest

More tags 16

Unreliable NarratorBleakPsychological HorrorHorrorDreadUnsettlingTenseSpeculative FictionIntimateSacrificeMemorySurvivalContemporaryFirst PersonGrief And LossVoice Driven

Content warnings 3

body-horrordeathgore

Quasar links out; the story lives on Strange Horizons, where the author gets the click.