Notes, fragments, and strange signals from the edge of story.

A fragile human boy whose shattered heart is barely held together with spider silk confronts his true feelings for a faerie boy

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A Heart Shared Shall Never Diminish

  • “Both an imaginative fantasy and an intimate psychological portrait.“ —Victoria Silverwolf, Tangent Online
  • “A nicely written love story.” —Sam Tomaino, SFRevu

Here is a boy, barely thirteen, broken, lying in the road, twisted metal around him, twisted metal in him. Here is his heart, pierced by the shrapnel of the truck, a truck no longer, now a confusion of tangled wire and torn steel and glass pebbles. The boy’s name is Sheridan. He will live a few minutes more.

In Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 159, August 2023. Read Buy