In the High Places of the World — Helen Marshall

The intertwined lives of a child seeking release from the world and a writer haunted by the death of his lover converge in the city of Brasilia. From Aurora Award-winner Helen Marshall's Hair Side, Flesh Side, this short story is one of a set of fifteen quirky and cutting parables about history, memory, and the cost of creating art.

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