Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro : Clarkesworld Magazine – Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Finalist: 2026 Locus Award for Best Short Story Finalist: 2026 Hugo Award for Best Short Story Finalist: 2026 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award When Mark told you he was marrying your clone, you said “congratulations” on autopilot, because that’s what you say when your friend tells you they’re getting married, and you had promised to stay friendly after the divorce. You studied his face, his fingers crimping the pleats of his dress pants. That judgmental twist crept onto the corner of your lips without you quite realizing it. Mark—poor Mark—was out of place in the living room you’d once…

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