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Beverly Suarez-Beard’s short stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including Realms of Fantasy, Century, Talebones, Paradox, Cicada Magazine, and Writers of the Future. Her story “Rosita’s Baby” won first prize in the international Writers of the Future Contest for new writers, and “Silver Apples” was a semi-finalist for the Nebula. She has recently completed a novel and is working on another.
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Published Mar 29, 2020 · 3,888 words (15 minutes) · 312 views
How can a maiden be true if she is false? How can a curse be wicked if it is just?
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Published Apr 13, 2019 · 7,366 words (27 minutes) · 516 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Historical alternate history the Inquisition
When the Inquisition comes to question Francisco's mentor, the genius Donato, Francisco must find a way to save him.
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Published Nov 23, 2018 · 9,911 words (37 minutes) · 3 likes · 699 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction Strange
The child seems to come from the distant past. Electrical appliances are new to her; she speaks a lost language. Her hands move compulsively in strange patterns. Who is she and what is the tragedy that haunts her?
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Published Oct 7, 2018 · 7,371 words (27 minutes) · 9 likes · 1030 views
Roger and his parents hide in the hills as a virus reshapes humankind into something more alien. But when he meets Rosita, an infected survivor and her baby, all his assumptions change. Author Beverly Suarez-Beard, previously a semi-finalist for a Nebula Award, takes us on an eerie, post-apocalyptic journey in her first story on Curious Fictions.
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