He did not know how to talk to his daughter. Silence sat between them like a concrete wall. She hugged herself on the seat beside him, arms wrapped around her legs, chin pressed into her knees, eyes fixed on the window, watching the city fall away as they soared into the sky.
The opening lines of the sixth story in this thrilling collection, which Strange Horizons says is "well worth reading."
Read a sample. Pre-order!
https://www.ododopress.com/short-story-collection/a-killing-in-the-sun/
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