You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay

Alyssa Wong Uncanny 10 2016

Novelette 9,938 words Recommended by 8 award/anthology sources

In a magical Old West, young Ellis has a love for the desert and an affinity for dead things. Both of these attract unwelcome attention from strangers visiting from back East.

Historical Fantasy Queer Identity American Southwest

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Second Person Dark Fantasy Slow Burn Found Family Elegiac Dark Lyrical Lyrical Prose Sacrifice Survival Belonging Fantasy Literary Grief And Loss Bittersweet

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

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