Toward a New Lexicon of Augury
Sabrina Vourvoulias
Apex
114
2018
ShortStory
6,924 words
Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
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The government wants to build affordable housing for the homeless, but it wants them to agree to quit using magic first.
DystopiaColonialismIntertextual
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Magical RealismMotherhoodPolitical ResistanceDefiantFound FamilySpeculative FictionLyricalUrbanWrySurvivalNear FutureSocial SFContemplativeFirst PersonLiteraryVoice Driven
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