![]() ![]() ![]() Grief may not be something we're eager to see in our own lives, but in the lives of these characters, it proved illuminating and memorable. In life, the void at the heart of that process can make feelings difficult to articulate, but in fiction, words can be found to describe the pain and turmoil inside, and we readers can understand what it means to endure the death of a sister who drove you crazy when she was alive, a parent when you yourself are still a child, a lover who doesn't speak your language. In a large number of this year's entries, including the 10 finalists, characters experienced the loss of someone close or could see such a loss coming and were caught up in the process of grieving. ![]() It turns out to have been a big part of the 25th Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, too. ![]()
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