The Transfiguration of the Gardener Irene by the Dead Planet Hipea
ShortStory 7,420 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The first of Irene’s memories I eat is the night she learned I had been murdered. It was karaoke night—not the official one for the cruise ship passengers, but an illicit one Irene organized for a few of the other crew. They weren’t supposed to be in the botanical garden, but it was still two weeks from spaceport..."
Content warnings 3
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.