A very sweet little story about an apprentice Reaper, someone who guides the dead to the afterlife. Many thought it should have won the Hugo and Nebula awards over Sarah Pinsker's "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather", but I'm respecting the judges' choice here--the ending is a bit on the sweet side and shades toward judgments on who should and shouldn't die that have problematic potential. I really liked it though.
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