★★★☆☆ Average
(Modern Fantasy) Airplanes have their own spirits, and much turbulence is caused by those spirits being restless. So every plane secretly carries a priest who communicates with the spirit and keeps it happy. (2,052 words; Time: 06m)
"A Priest of Vast and Distant Places," by Cassandra Khaw [bio] (edited by Jason Sizemore), appeared in Apex Magazine issue 106, published on March 6, 2018.
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Pro: This is about the narrator’s struggle with the decision to retire. Ostensibly it’s about her service to the gods of the planes, but it speaks to anyone with a high-paying job that takes them away from home and family.
Con: It’s not a story so much as a dialogue between the narrator and the plane, at the end of which the narrator still does what she planned to all along.
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Con: It’s not a story so much as a dialogue between the narrator and the plane, at the end of which the narrator still does what she planned to all along.
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Cassandra Khaw Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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