Beyond the El

Beyond the El A Tor.com Original

John Chu2019
Connor is a food crafter just getting back into the business after his mother’s death. To cope with his grief, Connor spends day after day recreating her potstickers, but they are never quite what he remembers. To move on with his life, he will have to confront his past. Read John Chu's Tor.com Original short story, Beyond the El. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Sarah Escorsa@shrimpy
2 stars
Mar 8, 2022

🍳 Free Cooking Fantasy short from Tor 🍳 Supposedly magical cooking + boring family stuff + paper dumplings + abusive siblings + handsome band singer *eyeroll* =

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Emma Kimbrough@emmae
4 stars
Nov 17, 2021

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