Soph (they/them)<p><a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/Rec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rec</span></a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/StoryRec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StoryRec</span></a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStory</span></a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/Novelette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Novelette</span></a> </p><p>We Shall Drink Wine<br>By Andrew K Hoe</p><p><a href="https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/we-shall-drink-wine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/st</span><span class="invisible">ories/we-shall-drink-wine/</span></a></p><p>➤ a fantasy novelette set in a historical china, and holy shit it is SO SO SO GOOD</p><p>➤ about two sword-brothers, meeting again after decades apart</p><p>➤ the way the story circles around itself over and over again, uncovering new layers each time, new complexities, new details about what happened and what is happening -- it's so beautifully constructed and leads the reader on so compellingly</p><p>➤ and the story it's telling.....one about love, and trust, and classism, and imperialism, and the threat of monstrous creatures inflitrating......about, at its heart, the relationship between these two men, their importance to each other, and the fractures at the heart of their relationship, and the wide-reaching consequences</p><p>➤ I love it so much, it's brilliantly and beautifully done and with such fascinating explorations of its themes!</p><p>➤ 10k words</p>