The initial premise of this story is about two telepaths trying to survive and stay sane on an alien prison planet. The main character, Bianca, has also lost her memory- and the memory of the cataclysmic crime for which she was imprisoned- and wants desperately to escape, despite her lover (the other telepath) urging her to stop resisting and stay. Like many short stories, the plot has plenty of twists... all of them fairly predictable.
Unfortunately, that's my major problem with this story. There's nothing especially unique about the plot itself, or where it goes. Most of the twists are telegraphed early on, and while the main character is shocked every time, I can't say the same as the reader. The predictability - in a story that's clearly trying to subvert expectations and toy with our sense of reality - would be bad enough, but forgivable, if it was written in an interesting enough way. But it's not. The worldbuilding is teased at, but not fully fleshed out, and barely anything is actually done with the concept. You get the sense that this story would've functioned a lot better as a full novel, or perhaps an even shorter novella. The whole middle act could probably safely be gutted.
However, the saving grace of this story is that there's some truly beautiful writing and imagery scattered throughout. If you have 4 bucks to spare and an hour to kill, it might be worth reading just to enjoy some of the descriptions and prose. Overall, the plot is nothing special, but the writer definitely has talent.
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