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Tag Archives: Fragility

Fiction, Short story/novella

Carter, Scott William: Shatterboy (2010)

2013-03-02 humanitysdarkerside Leave a comment

For some reason I absolutely loved this cover created by ?????

Shatterboy originally appeared in Circada in November 2005. It is a short and wonderful science fiction story about loss and letting go. Mr. Carter manages to pack quite a punch into his 8 pages. Such a fragile tale. This is a must-read.

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Illustration by Getty Images; Cover by Jan Biberg
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Illustrated by Marcellus Shane Jackson
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