Toward a New Lexicon of Augury, by Sabrina Vourvoulias

[Apex]

★★★☆☆ Mixed

(Modern Fantasy Dystopia) The government wants to build affordable housing for the homeless, but it wants them to agree to quit using magic first. (6,924 words; Time: 23m)

El Cantar of Rising Sun, by Sabrina Vourvoulias

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(Mainstream) Alonso and Amor Quijano, children of a Philadelphia drug dealer, struggle to escape from their origins. (3,321 words)

Rating: Not Rated, No Speculative Element

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The Ways of Walls and Words, by Sabrina Vourvoulias

Tor.com, April 15, 2015; 6,999 words
Rating: 3, Good, ordinary, story  Recommended By: io9

In Mexico in 1562, Bienvenida meets an imprisoned Spanish girl her own age, befriends her, and looks for the magic to set her free.

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Pro: Beautifully written, this is a strong piece of historical fiction that reminds us of a terrible injustice. The resolution, in which Anica's spirit is freed, but not her body, is sad but realistic.

Con: It's not 100% clear that there's really a fantasy element here. It's just as easy to interpret that last scene as a hallucination that Anica has.