Author: Samantha Xiao Cody
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The Shortlist: April 4, 2025
Fiction by Kate Arnold, J. Malcolm Garcia, Samantha Xiao Cody, EJ Kavounas, Sarah Perrin, Pete Prokesch, Emily Rinkema, and Jeff Friedman
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Blood Makes a Bad Dye by Samantha Xiao Cody
The narrator of this story is the Chinese-American daughter of a single mother, trying to fit in with the cool kids at ballet camp. Her adventures are painfully awkward and relatable, and as the story goes on she gains a new understanding of her mother’s story. Each morning, I rose at six to dress before…