(Mainstream) The commitment-averse narrator meets a man at a party and they begin a relationship. (3,059 words; Time: 10m)
Rating: Not Rated No Speculative Element
"The Sincerity Game," by Brit Mandelo [bio], appeared in Uncanny Magazine issue 8, published on January 5, 2016.
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Pro: The story is about the narrator's attempt to forge a relationship with Jameson, and it logically ends when the relationship fails.
Con: There is no SF or fantasy element in this story whatsoever.
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Con: There is no SF or fantasy element in this story whatsoever.
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The story does a really good job of conveying the feeling of the situation. But, yeah, some vague suggestion that it didn't work out because he might have been a werewolf or something doesn't make the story speculative fiction.
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