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A review by howlinglibraries
Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson
5.0
Read via the Worlds Seen in Passing anthology.
A heartbreaking story about an EMT and her drinking pal, who has come to her to ask if she thinks there could ever be a way to be “unmade”. He doesn’t want to kill himself, he just wishes he’d never existed at all. Major content warnings for suicidal ideation on this one, but Seth writes like someone who genuinely gets depression, and the ending is positively stunning.
ETA: It's been two years since I read this short story and I still think of it constantly. Damn.
A heartbreaking story about an EMT and her drinking pal, who has come to her to ask if she thinks there could ever be a way to be “unmade”. He doesn’t want to kill himself, he just wishes he’d never existed at all. Major content warnings for suicidal ideation on this one, but Seth writes like someone who genuinely gets depression, and the ending is positively stunning.
ETA: It's been two years since I read this short story and I still think of it constantly. Damn.