This is short.
And it made my thoughts go all quiet.
I think it's beautiful. ( )

This story will break your heart. It might be a story about how society treats people who are different, both loving and hating them too much. It might be a story about falling in love for the first time. And it might be a story about living to your fullest in the face of your inevitable death.

‘Did he die?’
‘No,’ I said. ‘He lived.’

[2013 Hugo Award Nominee] ( )

A boy who is casts no shadow makes friends with a boy who is transparent. Their common estrangement makes them friends and then lovers. It all just seemed too whimsically daft, a la Harry Potter.et al. ( )

sad and sweet ( )

A few thoughts on the story and the Hugo nomination it has received can be found here. ( )