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Water-Eaters by Beth Goder

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Three aliens float across from Tabitha, their bodies undulating softly, wetly, like enormous raindrops filled with chrysanthemums. Petallike structures push against their transparent membranes, forming rounded shapes within, which curl […]

BiopunkColonialismRestrained Prose

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First ContactFar FutureBodily AutonomyVisceralSecondary WorldDreadUnsettlingSacrificeTenseSocial SFSurvivalClose Third PersonIdentityScience Fiction

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