A review by mdpenguin
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #270 by Alix E. Harrow, Scott H. Andrews, Natalia Theodoridou

4.0

I'm not a huge fan of high fantasy and after a few paragraphs actually considered walking away from this story. However, Harrow did a great job of making it exactly the kind of character-driven, emotionally expressive story that I love. The story is told through the feelings of a healer -- someone whose life's focus is on life and love -- and her response to life in a war-like society. The author created such strong characters and a well defined culture in such a few number of words, which I found quite impressive. I don't think I'd read more than this short story set in this world written in this idiom, but it was definitely worth the read.