Nectar of the Gods

A short story

[Note: This story previously appeared in The Asylum and Passage Prize Vol. 1. It is republished here in full.]

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Madeline’s Culmination Ceremony was scheduled for Monday, December 15, 2091, which didn’t leave her much time.

All the arrangements had been made. The paperwork was signed. Her few remaining effects were neatly packed into two small plastic s…