In this short story, which originally appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, an exiled alien mourns for the race that will no longer accept it.

Find out why Endeavour, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated Cat Rambo’s been called one of the strongest storytellers in a generation of speculative fiction writers. Her emotionally rich stories play out against worlds that are evocative, imaginative, and beautifully but economically realized. In her Twicefar Station series, she explores questions of class, sexuality, and political revolution against a far future backdrop.