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    In 'All The Names They Used For God,' The Magical Meets The Harrowing

    Author Anjali Sachdeva spins captivating short stories around kernels of the otherworldly. She says it can be a way to overcome the impulse to look away from that which is unsettling or traumatic.
    by Audie Cornish Mar 22, 2018 2 minutes
    "All The Names They Used For God," by Anjali Sachdeva.

    First, the bad news: Earth has been taken over by blob-shaped, toxic aliens, which kill humans on contact.

    The good news: Although they have conquered humanity, they've left things more or less intact. You can keep your office job — but there's a catch. Each human is required to go through the painless but off-putting procedure of replacing their hands with

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