First appeared in Apex Magazine. Recommended by Locus, Tangent Online. Reprinted by Paula Guran.
Mourning those who died in arson-burned The Freedmen’s School in Gayoso’s Flats, Dusa Dayan builds a "ragged mud doll":
"Wrapped in tree roots, its garment was tattered. Whatever color or pattern it once held faded long ago. A dark, rust-colored stain covered the space where its heart once was. It had no head. Only a red ribbon where it should be. It had no limbs. No mouth or plump cheeks and belly to kiss and pinch."
The doll has more to it than it first seems.
The story takes on another dimension in its final lines.
Read online at Apex.
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