The Red Threads of Fortune

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by JY Yang


  Sonami said, “Venerable One, do you believe in the power of the fortunes?”

  “Of course, child. They are what guides us and shapes the Slack.”

  The child nodded. “The fortunes didn’t give Mother twins for no reason. That means that if there’s a plan, she’s not the one controlling it. And that does make me feel better.” A small, brief smile overtook their face. “Perhaps this is for the best.”

  The Head Abbot blinked. This child, features still cushioned by the fat of innocence, spoke with the quiet confidence many took a lifetime to achieve. He had always suspected they were extraordinary, and not just because of their proficiency with slackcraft. When Sonami had first approached him with a desire to be admitted to the monastery, he had thought that with the right guidance, the child might one day grow up to take his place as Head Abbot, with all the secrets tied to that office.

  Now none of them would ever know. That version of the future had been sealed off from them.

  “Perhaps this is for the best,” he agreed.

  About the Author

  Photograph by Nicholas Lee

  JY YANG is a lapsed journalist, a former practicing scientist, and a master of hermitry. A queer, nonbinary, postcolonial intersectional feminist, they have over two dozen pieces of short fiction published in places including Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com. They live in Singapore, edit fiction at Epigram Books, and have a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. Find out more about them and their work at jyyang.com, and follow them on Twitter: @halleluyang.

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  MAP

  Acknowledgments

  PART ONE

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  ACT TWO

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  ACT THREE

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Excerpt

  About the Author

  Copyright Page

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novella are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  THE RED THREADS OF FORTUNE

  Copyright © 2017 by JY Yang

  All rights reserved.

  Cover illustration by Yuko Shimizu

  Cover design by Christine Foltzer

  Map by Serena Maylon

  Edited by Carl Engle-Laird

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