Original Publication:
“Her Sacred Spirit Soars.” Strange Horizons: Our Queer Planet, July 18, 2016. 5,400 words.
Audio:
Reprints:
- Inhalations: Collected Works, Volume 1, February 2020.
- Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction edited by Bogi Takács, October 2017 from Lethe Press.
Recognitions:
- Otherwise Award (formerly known as James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award) long list, 2017.
- Locus Recommended Reading List, 2016.
Translations:
- Español (Spanish), as “Su espíritu sagrado se eleva.” Translated by Emanuel Urrea.
Trigger Warnings:
Suicidal ideation.
Content Notes:
Bird–human body swapping, nonhuman point of view, Chinese-American characters, sapphic characters, f/f relationship, PTSD, construction of identity, negotiation of agency, grief.