The Cartography of Sudden Death
- by Charlie Jane Anders
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “The Cartography of Sudden Death” by Charlie Jane Anders, Tor.com Original Fiction, 22 January 2014 [webzine].
In a future Earth with an mixture of space colonies and a rigid caste system on Earth, retainer Ythna witnesses a peculiarly dressed red-haired woman emerge from nowhere at the very moment of Ythna’s mistress’s sudden death.
“No, I swear I had nothing to do with her death,” the woman said sadly. “Except that it created a door for me to step through.”
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- “The Cartography of Sudden Death” by Charlie Jane Anders, Tor.com Original Fiction, 22 January 2014 [webzine].