Dark on a Darkling Earth single work   short story   science fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Dark on a Darkling Earth
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'Mist turns to jade-white ice that scars and wilts the maple trees. I follow the Stomach of the White Tiger, shimmering overhead in a moonless sky, taking me towards the capital on the sea. I carry a dying solar torch in one hand and the pistol in the other. My joints ache from the cold and I’m ten times the age of this sleek young weapon, my hand shaking as I try to hold it horizontal. It would be better if I knew what the buttons did, but that doesn’t really matter. It’s not like I’m going to be shooting anybody.'

Source: Magazine blurb.

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    y separately published work icon Interzone no. 254 September 2014 8358228 2014 periodical issue 2014 pg. 40-54
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