Dancing with Ereshkigal by Sameem Siddiqui : Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science Fiction & Fantasy — by Sameem Siddiqui — If only I could be as direct as you, Pyn. Like when you announced you’d carry my baby, and that I’d carry yours. I wish I had that clarity and confidence now. Back then I thought you might be clairvoyant because you were so decisive when you made arrangements to trade eggs. So decisive when you made plans for us to make love with [him]. So convinced there wouldn’t be any emotional complications since [he]’d be off beyond the Kuiper belt in a few months. You like clean breaks. But you know I can’t be direct. So, let me just tell...
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