Thomas Ha
Clarkesworld
2025
ShortStory
Science Fiction
6,220 words
details
"My country may seem strange to you. There are times when it seems strange to me. I wake and work. I work then rest. And in between I say things, and I don’t say things. Because, as you’ll learn, in my country, what you say is important. But what you don’t...
DystopiaSurveillance StateRestrained
Content warnings 3
deathdeath-of-a-loved-oneviolence
L. Chan
Clarkesworld
2021
ShortStory
Science Fiction
1,050 words
details
"Home brews coffee; black, no sugar. She maintains the temperature of the coffee at precisely sixty degrees Celsius. Most of the coffee sloshes over the jagged edges of the half-shattered mug. Rough holes have been torn through the matte plastic back of...
DystopiaSurveillance StateRestrained