Douen is an ethnography as a story. Palumbo is from Trinidad and Tobago and tells the story in her vernacular English. We learn about child ghosts in this culture. I liked reading it, and that I have read it.
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Laughter Among the Trees, by Suzan Palumbo
Laughter Among the Trees is a Nebula short story finalist. Horror story, lost child coming back to haunt the living trope. Good execution probably, since horror is not as much my thing I may not fully appreciate it.
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