Those Brighter Stars

Mercurio D. Rivera Lightspeed 75 2016

ShortStory 6,030 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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Ava recounts the visit of the "Needlers" to Earth and her part in the attempts to communicate with the aliens.

First Contact Motherhood Epistolary Adjacent

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Introspective Consciousness Near Future Melancholic Contemplative Belonging Contemporary Grief And Loss First Person Bittersweet Science Fiction Voice Driven Identity Character Driven

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