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An underground butterfly

Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga

Original publication

2026

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Opening Excerpt

From the story

Floating fluff is fairy dust, pollen on the subway. A green caterpillar climbs my sleeve, so I place it on the windowsill. It crawls up its surface. Light flashes onto us as we speed past a park. Then darkness. Caterpillar climbs but these windows don’t open. It forms a chrysalis on ...

Story Vibe & Style Profile

Literary Dimensions
Emotional Weight 2.6 / 5

Reflective

Narrative Pacing 2.4 / 5

Deliberate

Literary Style 4.2 / 5

Lyrical & Evocative

Speculative / Reality 3.6 / 5

Speculative / Fabulist

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Uncanny Magazine
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