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Short Story: As the Last I May Know

January 7, 2020 by slhuang

This short story actually came out two months ago — I’m terrible at updating things.

As the Last I May Know, at Tor.com

The story is inspired by one of the poems I read in the Nagasaki museum, by Atsuyiko Matsuo, who lost his wife and three children in the destruction. It’s haunted me ever since, especially these lines:

After losing everything.
I stand holding
four atomic bomb death certificates.

I’ve never forgotten it.

The death toll within a kilometer of the Nagasaki hypocenter was 100%.

Filed Under: Fiction Announcements, Short Story Announcements Tagged With: asthelastimayknow, shortstories, tor.com

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