Burning Roses

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Burning Roses , S.L. Huang, 2020 novella. Huang won the Short Story Hugo last year for "As The Last I May Know". A pair of monster-hunting ladies gradually relate their backstories, one based in European fairytales and one in Chinese mythology. I'm always happy to read stories about older women, and I liked the themes here about facing up to the past and trying to do the work of atonement and repair.