In a world where memory lasts only two days, one woman remembers everything.

Zakara lives in Cerberus City, where every citizen relies on memodyn devices to replay their lives each morning. Without them, the past disappears.

But Zakara doesn't need a memodyn.

She remembers every conversation, every loss, every person who has vanished from the memories of the world around her.

When the city archivist uncovers a centuries-old journal describing a plant that once changed human memory forever, Zakara sets out to find it.

What they discover will reveal the truth about their civilization, and force Zakara to decide whether remembering is a gift... or the cruelest burden of all.

Other standalone fiction by Cameron Cooper:
And We Danced All Night
A Place for Everyone
A Room of Her Own
Resilience
Space Opera Firsts
Galactic Reflections
He Really Meant It
Quiet Like Fire
Winds of Change

The Woman Who Remembered Yesterday

Science Fiction Novella
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Praise for The Woman Who Remembered Yesterday:

The obstacles are daunting - who people are, how to cook, what your job is... Insightful and entertaining.

Such a great concept for a story. And one of the few stories written since the greats like Heinlein, Clarke, etc that actually got me thinking and left me a bit disturbed.

This was an excellent story! Unique, moving, thought provoking, and even a bit surprising.

The Woman Who Remembered Yesterday is smooth, well-paced, and extremely thought provoking. How much does long-term memory really matter anyway?

This author, who delightfully always provokes thought in the best possible ways, describes this society seamlessly.

Cameron Cooper has written an outstanding emotion-evoking story here and I think the ending is exactly right.

It is a marvelous, insightful, and deeply affecting story.