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  • FUTURES

This story is for Emily

In search of a happy ending.
By
  1. Alice Towey

    1. Alice Towey is a writer of speculative fiction and poetry based out of Northern California. Her short stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Asimov’s and Analog. She is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writing workshop. When she’s not writing, she works as a civil engineer specializing in water-resources management.

Two figures face each other atop a disintegrating world that has a heart at its centre

Illustration by Jacey

“Can’t you write something nice for a change? Something happy?”

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01121-3

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