★★★☆☆ Average
(High Fantasy) It’s the first Ancestor Night since Paolo and his siblings lost their parents, and for some reason his sister Jasna isn’t eager to see them again. (1,893 words; Time: 06m)
"Ancestor Night," by Nina Kiriki Hoffman [bio] (edited by Scott H. Andrews), appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue 260, published on September 6, 2018.
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Pro: They all learn the truth about how Jasna wished her parents ill and inadvertently caused their deaths. Paolo has dreaded the day he runs out of things to sell to support the family. Jasna was the only one of them skilled enough to earn enough, but she’s been depressed. By giving her their forgiveness and charging her to work to support the family, their parents have saved them—even if Paolo never forgives her for what she did.
Con: If it’s that easy for an unhappy teen to kill her parents, I wonder how this world got as far as it did.
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Pro: They all learn the truth about how Jasna wished her parents ill and inadvertently caused their deaths. Paolo has dreaded the day he runs out of things to sell to support the family. Jasna was the only one of them skilled enough to earn enough, but she’s been depressed. By giving her their forgiveness and charging her to work to support the family, their parents have saved them—even if Paolo never forgives her for what she did.
Con: If it’s that easy for an unhappy teen to kill her parents, I wonder how this world got as far as it did.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 260)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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